PLAYWRIGHT AND DIRECTOR

Malika Oyetimein (DIRECTOR) received her MFA from The University of Washington’s School of Drama. She is a member of the Directors Lab at Lincoln Center Theater and is in the cohort of the inaugural New Hope Colony Artist Residency, where she was nominated by stage, television and film director Liesl Tommy. She is also Merrimack Reparatory Theatre’s Artist-inResidence. She will be joining the directing faculty at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in the fall.

She was featured in Seattle’s City Art Magazine 2016 Future List and her productions of Booty Candy (2016) and Hoodoo Love (2017) were nominated for Gregory Awards: Best Production. She is also the co-adapter and director of Dr. Maya Angelou’s I Know why the Caged Bird Sings (Book-It Repertory Theatre) which garnered a Gregory Award nomination for Best Director.

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Associate Director /The Half- God of Rainfall ( New York Theatre Workshop)

SELECT Directing credits: Clyde’s (Arden Theatre Co.) Teenage Dick (Seattle Repertory Theatre) PASSAGE (Boston University) Fannie Lou Hamer : Speak on it(Merrimack Repertory Theatre) One in Two (Playbill.com) How I Learned What I Learned (Arden Theatre Co.) The workshop production of The First Deep Breath (National Black Theatre), The Bitter Game(Wallis Annenberg), Eclipsed (Southern Repertory Theatre), the world premiere of WHITE(Theatre Horizon) Barbecue, Bootycandy (Intiman Theatre Festival), And in this Corner: Cassius Clay (Seattle Children’s Theatre).

SPECIAL THANKS TO :

My nephew Aiden - your spirit of joy, laughter & creativity were ever present while I crafted this production. Remember you’re never alone and may you have the courage to embark on your own heros journey.

Nathan Alan Davis (PLAYWRIGHT) is a playwright from Rockford, IL, now based in New York. His plays include Nat Turner in Jerusalem, Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea and The Wind and the Breeze. His work has been produced and developed by New York Theatre Workshop, McCarter Theatre, The Public Theater, Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Cygnet Theatre, The Lark, NNPN, The New Harmony Project, and Sundance. Awards include: Whiting Award in Drama, Stavis Playwright Award, Steinberg/ATCA New Play Citation, Blue Ink Award and Lorraine Hansberry Award. Nathan is a Lecturer in Theater at Princeton University, a Usual Suspect at NYTW, and a 2016 graduate of Juilliard’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program. MFA: Indiana University. BFA: University of Illinois.