Nilan (he/him+) is the Associate Artistic Director of The Drama League of New York and a founder of the award-winning production company A Certain Something. He has been in over 35 theatrical, film, and television projects nationally and internationally. He is the co-host of the podcast TA(L)KING DIRECTION. His plays include Endangered Species, FOLKtales, Blood […]
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Bleu Beckford-Burrell is a first-generation Jamaican-American actor/playwright. Born and raised in New York City, she works for non-profit organizations where she teaches acting to teens, as well as write and direct plays. Her plays include: P.S. 365(2019 O’Neill Finalist) showcased at EST (Youngblood Workshop Series) and The National Black Theatre (Keep the Soul Alive reading […]
Directing work includes Guards at the Taj(Central Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA; IRNE nominee for best play; Boston Globe Top 10 Theatre OF 2018), Charles Cissel’s MUST(Theatre at St. Clements, produced by Bruce Willis); as well as collaborations with Emmy Award nominated actor and musician, Tituss Burgess, on concert events at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie […]
Cherry Lou Sy is a writer/playwright/performer originally from the Philippines and currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She received her MFA in Playwriting from Brooklyn College where she lectures in the English and American Studies Departments. She is also a teaching artist for PEN America’s DREAMING Out Loud where she facilitates creative writing classes for […]
A.J. Muhammad has a background in library public service, dramaturgy and arts administration. He is on the producing team of The Fire This Time Festival and a librarian at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He is also a member of CLASSIX, an initiative that was founded by Awoye Timpo to explode the […]
Gethsemane Herron is a playwright from Washington, D.C. She has developed work with JAG Productions, The Hearth, The Fire This Time Festival, The Liberation Theater Company, Roundabout Theatre Company, The Playwright’s Center, Ars Nova, and WP Theater. She is a Resident Artist with Ars Nova’s Play Group, a 2020-2022 member of the WP Lab, and […]