![]() ![]() MFA Acting: Brown University/Trinity Rep, BA: Northwestern University.īroadway: Celie in The Color Purple (Tony Award), Ti Moune in Once On This Island (Tony Award nomination), Trouble In Mind (Tony Award nomination), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Tony Award nomination), A Christmas Carol, If/Then, The Wiz, Company, Ragtime, and Dreamgirls. Whitney was previously a staff writer on the upcoming Boots Riley series I’M A VIRGO for Amazon/Media Res and recently wrote and performed in her original piece MACBETH IN STRIDE at the American Repertory Theater (Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actress). She is a recipient of the Susan Stroman Directing Award, is part of the Rolex Protégé and Mentorship Arts Initiative, and is an Associate Director at Shakespeare Theater Company and an Associate Artist at The Roundabout. Recent directing includes: Soft (MCC Theatre, NYT Critic’s Pic), On Sugarland (New York Theatre Workshop, Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk nominations for Outstanding Direction), Semblance (NYTW), The Amen Corner (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (WP Theatre and Second Stage), What to Send Up When it Goes Down (The Movement Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, A.R.T., The Public Theater). Is an Obie Award and Lily Award-winning director, writer, and performer. Lakisha has her MFA in acting from The American Conservatory Theater and her BA from Spelman College. She serves as vice chair of the board at Space on Ryder Farm, a non-profit residency program and organic farm in Brewster, New York. ![]() ![]() Her advocacy work includes being the chair of the Leadership Awards Committee at the James Beard Foundation. Additionally, Lakisha has taught drama students at Spelman College and NYU. She is one of three co-founders of CCC (Color Conscious Collective), a collective of artists who have built an investment apparatus to galvanize resources for artists. She has created work that has screened at the Pan African Film Festival, Center Theater Group’s digital stage, and other festivals. Her TV/Film credits include “City on a Hill”, “Boardwalk Empire”, “Law and Order: SVU”, and others. Lakisha’s theater credits include Skeleton Crew on Broadway (MTC), originating roles in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Everybody, Mfoniso Udofia’s Sojourners, Robert Askins’ The Squirrels and others. 5th Street or give them a call at an actor, producer, and advocate. Feel free to stop by Mumy Away African Hair Braiding at 5657 N. She feels strongly about the importance of safety around her business and always supports more police engagement with the 35th Police District. Sania and her husband have lived in the community and can serve as role models for businesses on the corridor. She has served as a trailblazer through different marketing techniques in the styling industry by going out into the community with her information and also how she conducts her storefront. Sania has now been on the North 5th Street corridor for 11 years. She came to North 5th Street after her sister bought the store but decided to move, so she passed it on to Sania. She started passing out her business card once she moved to Harlem in New York and networked to gain more customers. When she came to America, she started in Georgia styling women’s hair and was encouraged to open her own business. ![]() She would do people’s hair and makeup before they made trips or had large events such as weddings and parties. Saniabou Fall started as a stylist in Africa. Mumy Awa African Hair Braiding 5657 North 5th Street Philadelphia, PA 19120 (215) 276-8820 ![]()
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