The ACT IT OUT Peer Performers integrate training in violence prevention, conflict resolution, teen health issues and creative decision making with drama. Trained in violence prevention and other health-related topics by two Boston health agencies and in drama by Diane Beckett of Arts in Progress, ACT IT OUT actors carry a message of healthy life-styles to their peers while learning discipline and communication and job skills. Participants are recruited from the high schools where the group has performed. The intensive program runs year-round. Between October and May, youth meet after school and on weekends to learn acting techniques, develop an original theater piece and perform the piece in Boston-area schools and throughout Massachusetts. During the summer, the group performs almost every day, often creating a new piece for the summer tour. The group also has produced work for television and video and is working on a new CD-ROM about violence prevention. ACT IT OUT is a program of Arts in Progress, a nonprofit agency that provides artist/teachers to Boston-area schools, as well as to social service and community agencies.