Directing credits include: A Raisin In The Sun (Juilliard); Samuel J And K; The Summer House; White Baby (Passage Theatre); Black Girl You've Been Gentrified (Joe's Pub); The Persians; Splittin' the Raft (People's Light & Theatre); After Adam (Playpenn); Contents of a Book; Life as a Balloon ( McCarter Youth Ink Festival); Sex on Sunday (BE Company); The Etymology of Bird (NYCitiParks Summer Stages); Cherry Smoke (Clockwork Theatre); Like Father (Producer's Club); White Trash (Players Theatre). Jade is currently a TCG New Generations Future Leader Award recipient, through which she is the Artistic Associate at Second Stage Theatre. Jade was ... read more
Designs for theater, dance, opera, and non-performance-based work. International work includes The Barbican, Festival Lyric d’Aix-en-Provence, La Comédie-Française, Angers Nantes Opera, La Monnaie, Venice Biennale, Dutch National Opera, Holland Festival, Festival Ljubljana, Canadian Opera Company and Sydney Festival. US work includes Juilliard Opera, Lyric Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Seattle Opera and most major regional theatre companies. New York work includes The Park Avenue Armory and The Public. He is a frequent collaborator with Theatre for a New Audience and Steppenwolf. Education: Wabash College, Yale Drama. Assistant Professor of Theatre at Northwestern University. ... read more
Darlene Jackson aka DJ Lady D, is an international DJ, producer and remixer, dubbed “Chicago’s
House Music Queen” by Chicago Magazine. She has toured North America, Europe, Asia, and
Russia and in 2004, launched her independent record label and marketing brand,
D’lectable. A member of the Screen Actors Guild, and a voting member of NARAS (The
Grammy’s), Jackson first acted professionally in “The Marva Collins Story” (with Cicely Tyson
and Morgan Freeman). Since, she has been a featured subject in numerous print, television, and
film media including the music documentaries, Girl, The Godfather of Disco, and Slipcue and the
books, Do You Remember House by Micah Salkind, ... read more
Recently: The Little Foxes (NYTW); The Winter's Tale (The Public/Shakespeare in the Park). New York: Mabou Mines, Vineyard Theatre, 13P, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Signature Theatre Company. Regional: Coronet Theatre; Kirk Douglas Theatre; The Theatre @ Boston Court; East West Players; Taper, Too; Walt Disney Concert Hall; Mark Taper Forum. NYTW Usual Suspect. Proud member of AEA. ... read more
Tony and Obie Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson is an American actor, playwright, and director who has won national awards for his work in all three categories. He wrote the screenplay of the 2020 film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. He is best known for his role of Captain Roy Montgomery from 2009 to 2011 on ABC's Castle. In November 2011 he appeared on Broadway in Lydia R. Diamond's play Stick Fly. In 2013 he starred in the TV series Low Winter Sun, a police drama set in Detroit. Santiago-Hudson played the role of Bayard Rustin in the film Selma. He directed ... read more
David Van Tieghem is a multi-talented artist with an impressive resume that includes work in music, theater, film, and television. Born in Illinois in 1955, Van Tieghem began his career as a percussionist and composer, but quickly expanded his talents to include acting and choreography.
Van Tieghem's Broadway debut came in 1983 with the musical "The King and I," in which he played the role of Lun Tha. He also served as the production's percussionist and music arranger. In 1984, he appeared in the musical "Dreamgirls" as the drummer and percussionist. Van Tieghem's work on Broadway continued with the 1985 production ... read more
