THE TEAM
THE CREATIVES BEHIND COME ON IN - LIVE
Writer/Performer
Daniel Callahan
Daniel Callahan is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker and performer who's practice centers story, ritual and the human form to explore aspects of resilience and mysticism. He and his work have been featured at the Museum of Fine Arts, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art, The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Queens Museum, as well as in publications such as Believer Magazine, The Smithsonian Press, The Boston Globe, and Words Beats & Life: The Global Journal of Hip-Hop Culture. He is a 2023 Brother Thomas Fellow and part of the 2022 WBUR Maker Series highlighting creatives of color making an impact in the local arts scene.
Director/Dramaturg
Iona Morris Jackson
Iona Morris Jackson was nominated for a Hollywood Critics Award and an NAACP Image Award for her direction of the ABC hit comedy, BLACKish, titled “If A Black Man Cries In The Woods,” airing in 2022. Her directing theater credits include her co-creating, directing and co-writing “Broadway Under The Stars: 35th Anniversary of ‘Dreamgirls'. Iona won a Best Director Award from the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Theatre Awards for her direction of the comedy “Sassy Mamas,” and has directed solo shows for Jenifer Lewis, Blair Underwood, Kim Wayans, Tammi Mac and many others. As an actress, Iona won a Best Solo Show from the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Theatre Awards for her production of “FOR YOU”.
Producer
Nerissa Williams Scott
Mrs. Williams Scott is CEO of That Child Got Talent Entertainment, a film production and event management company out of Boston, Ma. She is a graduate of Hampton University (BA in Fine and Performing Arts) and Emerson College (Master of Fine Art in Film Production). Her over thirty years experience working as Producer, Creative Producer, UPM and Line Producer for a variety of Live events, Theatre productions, Fashion films, TV series, Documentaries, Narrative shorts and Music videos has garnered her the LEF Foundation Fellowship, the LEF Pre-Production Grant, the Mass. Cultural Council Artist Recovery Award and an invitation to participate in the Producer’s Guild of America’s Creates Program.