Dominique Morisseau is the author of The Detroit Project: Three Plays, including: Skeleton Crew (Tony Award nomination for Best Play), Paradise Blue, and Detroit ’67. Additional plays include Confederates, Pipeline, Sunset Baby, Blood at the Root, and Follow Me To Nellie’s. She is the Tony Award-nominated bookwriter on the Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations and is currently working on her latest, Hippest Trip - The Soul Train Musical. Television/Film credits include Shameless (co-producer and writer), the film adaptation of the documentary STEP (co-producer), and consultant on the Netflix animated feature, Tunga. Awards include Playwrights of New York (PoNY) Fellowship, TEER Trailblazer Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, Audelco Awards, NBFT August Wilson Playwriting Award, Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama, two OBIE Awards, Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellowship, and a MacArthur Genius Grant Fellow. In 2022, Dominique was awarded the key to the city by the Mayor of Detroit. 

RAYMOND O. CALDWELL (Director) is an award-winning director, writer, producer, and educator. He is the Artistic Director of The Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles. Recent theatre credits include Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks at The Kennedy Center, Romeo and Juliet at Folger Theatre, Poetry for the People: The June Jordan Experience at Theater Alliance, Fly Me to the Sun at 1st Stage, Skeleton Crew at The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio, Passing Strange at Signature Theatre (DC), one in two at Mosaic Theater Company, and Nollywood Dreams at Round House Theatre. He received the 2023 Stage Directors and Choreographers’ Foundation (SDCF) Zelda Fichandler Award for directing. Raymond is the former Artistic Director of Theater Alliance. Prior to artistic leadership, he was a faculty member and resident director at Howard University. He also served for six seasons as the Community Engagement Partnership Manager at Arena Stage. He obtained an MFA in Acting/New Play Development at The Ohio State University and a BFA in Acting from the University of Florida. raymondocaldwell.com.

KALEN ROBINSON (Pumpkin) is an actress, dancer, and singer making her Studio debut. Her theatre credits include Finn at The Kennedy Center, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks national tour with The Kennedy Center, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at Olney Theatre Center, The Sensational Sea-Minkettes at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Metamorphoses at Folger Theatre, Nate the Great and The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen at Imagination Stage, Passing Strange at Signature Theatre (DC), Once on This Island at Constellation Theatre Company and Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Spring Awakening at Round House Theatre, and Cinderella and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Fulton Theatre. Originally from Atlanta, GA, she received her BFA in Musical Theatre at Howard University. kalenrobinson.com. On social media @k_nicole143 (Instagram). 

AMARI CHEATOM (Blue; he/him/his) is making his Studio Theatre debut. His theatre credits include Red Velvet at Shakespeare Theatre Company; The Book Of Grace at The Public Theater; Zooman and The Sign at Signature Theatre Company (NYC); Jitney at Manhattan Theatre Club; Sally &Tom at the Guthrie Theater; Skeleton Crew at the Geffen Playhouse and The Old Globe; Detroit ’67 at Baltimore Center Stage; A Raisin In the Sun at Theatrical Outfit; The Temple Bombing at Alliance Theatre; and Fetch Clay, Make Man at True Colors Theatre Company. Amari can also be seen in films such as Judas and the Black Messiah; Roman J. Israel, Esq.; Moths & Butterflies; and Django Unchained. He received training from The Juilliard School, Youth Ensemble of Atlanta, and Tri-Cities High School of Visual and Performing Arts. 

MARTY AUSTIN LAMAR (Corn) is an actor, musician, assistant professor, and arts advocate. Some of his theatre credits include Choir Boy at Studio Theatre and Miss Evers’ Boys Off Broadway at the Red Fern Theatre Company. Other credits include The Amen Corner at Shakespeare Theatre Company; Ragtime at 5-Star Theatricals and Portland Center Stage; Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Ebony Repertory Theatre; Little Shop of Horrors at Constellation Theatre Company; Spunk at Signature Theatre (DC); On the Brink at The Kennedy Center; Big River at Mill Mountain Theatre; and Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope at The Essential Theatre. Television credits include Law & Order (NBC) and a Blue Bunny ice cream national commercial campaign. Marty’s musical directing credits include Black Nativity, A Chorus Line, Merrily We Roll Along, The Lightning Thief, and Handel’s Messiah. 

RO BODDIE (P-Sam) is an actor, musician and educator. His Studio Theatre credits include Pipeline, Three Sisters, No Sisters, and Dirt. His Off Broadway credits include Socrates at The Public Theater and Seize the King at The Classical Theatre of Harlem. Select DC credits include The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare Theatre Company; Topdog/Underdog, The Mountaintop, August Wilson’s Radio Golf, and The Tempest at Round House Theatre; Tempestuous Elements at Arena Stage; and The Agitators at Mosaic Theater Company. Ro has acted at regional theatres such as La Jolla Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, The Old Globe, Mark Taper Forum, Bay Street Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, and more. Select TV credits include Godfather of Harlem (Epix), Run the World (Starz) and The Good Wife (CBS). Ro is a proud alum of University of North Carolina School of the Arts ’09. On social media @roboddieart (Instagram).  

ANJI WHITE (Silver)’s theatre credits include Fat Ham at Goodman Theatre (co-production with Definition Theatre), East Texas Hot Links and for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf at Court Theatre, Sunset Baby at TimeLine Theatre Company, Skeleton Crew at Northlight Theatre, and The Project(s) at American Theater Company. Anji's television credits include Fargo (FX), Chicago Med (NBC), 61st Street (AMC), The Chi (Showtime) and more. Anji will appear in Marvel's Ironheart premiering in June 2025. Anji has received a Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Ensemble and a Black Theatre Alliance Award for Best Actress. She is represented by Paonessa Talent. Matthew 6:33. 

MICHAEL A. THOMAS (Trumpet) is a trumpeter, recording artist, writer, band leader, and Grambling State University alumnus. He’s collaborated with renowned artists/bands like The Count Basie Orchestra, Washington Renaissance Orchestra, Buck Hill, Andrew White and many others. In 2023, his quintet celebrated 25 years with 25 under JazHead Entertainment LLC. Their performances at “Jazz at Westminster” have solidified their place in DC’s vibrant jazz scene. Passionate about music and community, Michael is a key figure in the DMV’s historic jazz scene. On social media @MThomas_JazHead (Instagram, Tik Tok, Twitter, Facebook). On all digital music platforms (Michael Thomas Quintet) jazhead.com and linktr.ee/jazheadstore.

MARK SALTMAN (Bass) resides in the Washington, DC area and has an M.A. in composition from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he studied with musical pioneer Dr. Yusef Lateef. He has played numerous gigs on the double bass in theaters and clubs and has taught music in the public and charter school systems. Mark scored the award-winning feature film Dante and the short film Lifecell, as well as other short films. He co-leads the original jazz group SaltmanKnowles with pianist William Knowles. He has also written articles about the nature of music and color, Synaesthesia. He is intensely interested in all things creative and recently earned a black belt in martial arts. saltmanknowles.com. 

Arielle Moore (she/her) is an actor from Philadelphia. Her theater credits include Fat Ham at Studio Theatre (understudy), Romeo and Juliet at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, and The Chameleon at Theater J. Her educational credits include The Sins of Sor Juana, The Winter’s Tale, and The Women at American University, where she received a B.A. in Theatre Performance. On social media @itgirlarielle (Instagram). ariellermoore.com 

Obinna Nwachukwu is an actor and songwriter. His theatre credits include Good Bones at Studio Theatre (understudy), Dracula at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, and The Very Last Days of the First Colored Circus at Restoration Stage. Obinna can be seen in the film Residue screening at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.

Jason M. Jones is an actor, musician, and creator. His theatre work includes Pipeline at Studio Theatre (understudy). On screen, he can be seen in television projects such as The Girls on the Bus and We Own This City, as well as the film The Bad Guardian. He earned his BFA in Theatre Arts from Howard University in May 2025. On social media @actorjasonmjones (Instagram).

Aysia Glenn is an artist, creative, and actor from Chesterfield, VA. She is a recent graduate of Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, where she received her BFA in Theatre Arts with a concentration in Acting. Post-graduation theatre credits include Exception to the Rule at Studio Theatre (understudy), Midiculous, at The Keegan Theatre, and the workshop production of A Wrinkle In Time at Arena Stage. Her TV/film credits include Netflix’s She's Gotta Have It (Seasons one and two), BlacKKKlansman, and Be Truly Free (A Spike Lee joint with VEON). During her time at Howard she was a part of productions ofThe House That Will Not Stand, The Vagina Monologues, and Smoke & Mirrors (Howard Players One Act Play Festival). On social media @_aysia_monet (Instagram).