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DIRECTOR

Ebony Noelle Golden is a theatrical ceremonialist, culture strategist, entrepreneur and public scholar. In 2009, Ebony founded Betty's Daughter Arts Collaborative, a culture consultancy that devises systems, strategies, and social justice solutions nationally. In 2020, she founded Jupiter Performance Studio, a space to study and practice Black diasporic performance traditions. Winner of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education’s Transformational Practice Award, Golden works to incite and ignite the creative capacity of everyday folks in service of liberation and collective wellbeing. Her practice is rooted in community-design, ritual performance, and leadership development through a liberatory ecowomanist praxis. Invoking messy, magical, and medicinal processes, Ebony and her collaborators, work to conjure a better world.

STAGE MANAGER

Danielle Harrow is a New York State–based theatre enthusiast and freelance artist with an enduring passion for creativity and all forms of expression. Her experience in the arts spans performing, costume design, assistant stage management, and production stage management. Most recently, Danielle served as the production stage manager for again, the watercarriers: Ceremonies from in the name of the m/other tree, supporting the production as it completed its tour in Massachusetts and Mississippi. Her work reflects a deep commitment to collaborative artistry and the transformative power of theatre.

ACTORS

Adrienne Wells (she/her) is an actor and singer from Detroit, MI, whose work spans television and theatre. On screen, she appeared opposite Don Cheadle and Regina Hall as Nomi in Showtime’s Black Monday. Her theatre credits include The Skin of Our Teeth at Lincoln Center Theater, The Ripple, The Wave That Carried Me Home at Yale Repertory Theatre, and Mud Row at Detroit Public Theatre. Adrienne is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and Temple University.

Ashni, daughter of Cynthia and Allan, is a multi-hyphenate artist, soil steward, and farmer at Mumbet’s Freedom Farm. She is also an organizer, facilitator, educator, and Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, with deep ancestral roots in the island of St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Movement, music, healing, and the expansion of these practices through meditation and love are central to Ashni’s being. From early encounters with death and countless hours spent exploring library stacks to discovering yoga and studying with Buddhist monks in high school, Spirit has always stirred her curiosity and illuminated her path. Guided by this devotion, Ashni facilitates ceremonies, meditations, and immersive experiences infused with love, cultivating radical awareness, self-appreciation, and ecstatic wellness within individuals and communities. Her work invites a profound reconnection with Earth Mother and a remembrance of our shared belonging to her.

Drew Drake is an actor, poet, hip-hop artist, and educator based in Knoxville, Tennessee, dedicated to creating art that fosters healing and meaningful dialogue within communities of color. On screen, Drew has appeared as “Lamar Cordell” in Law & Order (Season 22) and as “Keshawn” in the Netflix International Original Ratu Ratu from Queens. His stage credits include performances at Bonnaroo Music Festival, Barclays Center, and Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Word. Sound. Power. He has also performed Off-Broadway in the National Black Theatre’s production of Packages, O’ The Things We Deliver and in Friend of a Friend at Capital Repertory Theatre. Drew currently serves as Artist-in-Residence at the University of Tennessee and is an adjunct professor of Theatre at Pellissippi State Community College and Maryville College.

Lance Coadie made his New York theatre debut and won an Obie Award for his performance in the critically acclaimed production of Robert O’Hara’s Bootycandy at Playwrights Horizons. He went on to deliver roaringly funny performances in Shows for Days and War at Lincoln Center. On Broadway, he appeared in the Tony-nominated and Pulitzer Prize–winning play Sweat, as well as the Tony-nominated revival of Kiss Me, Kate at Roundabout Theatre Company. Lance has starred in numerous productions, including multiple roles in Black Odyssey at Classic Stage Company and the Stage Manager in Our Town at Baltimore Center Stage, both directed by Stevie Walker-Webb. He also portrayed “Dax” in the world premiere of The Refuge Plays at Roundabout Theatre and most recently appeared as “Tilman” in the National Black Theatre’s production of Chiaroscuro. On screen, Lance is known for his recurring role in HBO’s The Wire and has guest-starred in High Maintenance, Elementary, and The Good Fight. He earned his BFA from Purchase College Conservatory of Theatre Arts and Film and is a graduate of The Baltimore School for the Arts.

Paige Gilbert is an actor, spiritualist, and healer through many forms. She was most recently seen as Legba in the National Black Theatre’s production of Chiaroscuro. On Broadway, Paige has appeared in The Skin of Our Teeth at Lincoln Center Theater and The Rose Tattoo at Roundabout Theatre Company. Her Off-Broadway credits include The Welkin (Atlantic Theater Company), A Raisin in the Sun (The Public Theater), Demons (The Bushwick Starr), BLKS and School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play (MCC Theater). On screen, she can be seen in Netflix’s Russian Doll, HBO’s The Deuce, and Mindy Kaling’s Late Night. Paige also hosts the Sage The House Down podcast on Audible, where she shares healing conversations centered on spirit, creativity, and joy.

Savon Bartley is a Black American neo-blues poet and playwright from North Chicago, IL, whose work captures the breadth and depth of Black life in America through poetry, performance, and the rhythms of modern language. His poetry has been featured in The New York Times, Slate Magazine, Afropunk, Great Weather for Media, and The Odyssey. As a playwright, Savon is a proud alumnus of The Public Theater’s #BarsLab and Devised Theater Working Group in New York. His theatrical work, highlighted in Broadway World and Playbill, explores the intersections of language, memory, and Black masculinity. His debut play, Holes in the Shape of My Father, which tells the story of the myth and miracle of boys becoming men, has been presented at The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival, Powerhouse Theater, and The Tank NYC.

Tẹmídayọ Amay (them) is a Black Trans Non-Binary writer, actor, director, and queer activist. Amay’s plays have been developed alongside the Obie Award-winning Breaking The Binary Theatre Company, Musical Theatre Factory, Solas Nua, Theatre Alliance, The Clarice, and Brooklyn College. TENURE: BTB New Works Program Playwright; Theatre Producers of Color Fellow; Musical Theatre Factory Makers Cohort III Composer; Harriet Tubman Effect; MAESTRA Music Musical Theatre Writing Mentee. OFF-BROADWAY: Target Margin; New York Theatre Company; Classic Stage Company: black odyssey (Audelco Awards: Best Play, dir. Stevie Walker-Webb); MCC Theater; Classical Theatre of Harlem; The Public Theatre; Ars Nova; Clubbed Thumb. REGIONAL: Round House Theatre: School Girls: or, the African Mean Girls Play (Helen Hayes Award: winner); Signature Theatre: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; Arena Stage; The Kennedy Center; Shakespeare Theatre Company; Longacre Lea: The Interstellar Ghost Hour (Helen Hayes Award: nominated). WRITING: Bell’e: The Musical; Pool, Part One: An American Fantasia. temidayoamay.com

Travis Raeburn is a first-generation Grenadian-Haitian actor. His notable theatre credits include By the Queen and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival; Soft at MCC Theater; Packages O’ The Things We Deliver with the National Black Theatre; the Acting Company’s national tour of Romeo & Juliet and The Three Musketeers; and In the Southern Breeze at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. On screen, Travis has appeared in Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga and Netflix’s First Match. He has also been featured in national commercials for MasterCard USA, Xfinity, and Pop-Tarts. His semi-autobiographical poetry collection, Kill Me In My Innocence, is available now. Travis gives all praise to God and to his incredible mother, who taught him to always have faith in himself. He extends deep gratitude to his family, friends, teachers, and ancestors, with a special shout-out to his granny in heaven. Black lives will always matter.  Training: SUNY Purchase (BFA, Acting) and LaGuardia Arts High School (Drama).