DIRECTING​

• SINGLE BLACK FEMALE by Lisa B. Thompson - Bulldog Ensemble Theatre

• HOTEL BERRY by Jacquelin E. Lawton - TANTRUM THEATRE | OHIO UNIVERSITY

• OTHELLO in modern verse translation by Mfoniso Udofia - National Women's Theatre Fest

• CITRUS by Celeste Jennings - Northern Stage (2020) *World Premiere*

• Don't FORGET YEYE by Nsangou Njikam - Harlem9 - National Black Theatre Fest '19

• TWELFTH NIGHT [Reading] translated by Alison Carey - Play On! | Classic Stage

• WHITE by James Ijames -  Bulldog Ensemble Theatre

• BLACK NATIVITY by Langston Hughes - Justice Theatre Project

• TWELFTH NIGHT by in modern verse transl.by Alison Carey -  Shakespeare In Detroit

• A DOLL'S HOUSE by Henrik Ibsen adapted by Aurelia Belfield & JaMeeka Holloway - Justice Theatre Project

• JUST A BUS DRIVER by Susan Middaugh -  Carborro Arts Center

• AFTER ORLANDO by Various - Playmakers Repertory Co.

• THE TYPOGRAPHERS' DREAM by Adam Bock -  Black Ops Theatre Company/ Manbites Dog

• THE SHIPMENT by Young Jean Lee -  Black Ops Theatre Co.

• FLORENCE by Alice Childress [Reading] -  Black Ops Theatre Co.

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ACADEMIC/UNIVERSITY

• FUDDY MEERS by David Lindsey-Abaire|2018| Duke Theatre Studies

• CITRUS by Celeste Jennings|2018|Dartmouth College

• TWELFTH NIGHT by Shakespeare| 2020| NC Central University 

• CITIZEN: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine|2020|Duke Theatre Studies

• THE BROTHERS SIZE by tarell Alvin mccraney| 2022| UNC MFA acting ground floor series

• MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by Shakespeare |2022| Kent State​

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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

• DREAMING by Howard Craft/Torry Bend|Duke Performances-Nov. 2020

• DREAMING Touring script- story by Howard Craft adapted for puppetry by JaMeeka Holloway and Torry Bend |La MaMa NYC|Oct 2021

• HAMLET, directed by VIVIENNE BENESCHE (SPRING 2023)

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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

• MERRY WIVES OF WINSOR |Oregon Shakespeare Fest | Dir. by Dawn M. Williams

• BROWNSVILLE SONG | Manbites Dog Theatre | Dir. by Jeff Storer

• DETROIT '67 |  Playmakers Repertory |  Dir. by Lisa Rothe

• LEAVING EDEN | Playmakers Repertory | Dir. by Vivienne Benesch

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ADDITIONAL

• Black Ops Theatre Co. - Founder | Artistic Director, 2015 - 2018 Durham, North Carolina 

• Bull City Black Theatre Fest - Founder | Lead Curator 2018 - Durham, North Carolina  

• 2018 Durham Arts Council Emerging Artists Grant | Drama Panelist 

• 2019 National Endowment for the Arts |  Theater Panelist 

• 2019 North Carolina Arts Council | Theater Panelist 

• The Lark Play Development Center Apprenticeship selection committee 

• 2018 Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance | Contributor 

• Black Theatre Commons | Advisory Committee

• Katori Hall, The Mountaintop on Broadway and Hurt Village at Signature Theatre | Executive Assistant 2011-2013

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AWARDS/GRANTS
 

2023 NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM PFAELZER AWARD RECIPIENT

2021-2022 Roe Green Visiting director SERIES | Kent State 

2021 NC Art Equity Grant NC Arts council

2021 BOLD VENTURES Grant Recipient

2018 NC Indy Arts Award Winner 
2019 Governor Roy Cooper African American Arts and Culture Award

2018 Best Direction, A Doll's House: Remodeled |Chatham life and style
2019 Manbites Dog Theatre Fund Grant | Recipient

2019-2020 Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artist Grant | Recipient

2019 Best Director, WHITE by James Ijames | Chatham Life and Style
2019 Outstanding Direction, WHITE by James Ijames | RDU on Stage

EDUCATION
North Carolina Central University, Theatre Studies
Lark Play Development Center, NY - Artistic Apprentice Spring-Fall 2011
Cape May Stage, NJ - Management Apprentice 2014
Oregon Shakespeare Festival FAIR Program, 2017

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SPECIALISMS

Directing- Equity/Professional, TYP, Community & Academic Theatre; Actor Coaching for the stage; Black Theatre & Shakespeare; Contemporary & new plays; Thought-partnerships &collaboration; Content curation, development & Ideation

 

REFERENCES

Kaja Dunn, Assist. Professor of Theatre, UNC-Charlotte, Actor, Director

Monica White Ndounou, Assoc. Professor of Theatre, Dartmouth, founder of CRAFT Institute

Torry Bend, Chair, Dept of Theatre Studies, Duke | Scenic Designer | Puppeteer 
Dawn Monique Williams, Associate Artistic Director, Aurora Theatre | Scholar 
John C. Eisner, Artistic Director, The Lark 

Jess Chayes, Associate Artistic Director, Northern Stage​

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