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Daniel Callahan
Writer / Star

Daniel Callahan is a multidisciplinary artist, award-winning filmmaker and self described - "recovering MC". Merging a legion of disciplines including painting, digital photography, film, music, writing and performance, Daniel works to craft immersive experiences that incorporate story, ritual, and the human form to explore aspects of resilience and mysticism. Best known for his painterly technique of “MassQing” - a ritual painting of the face used to reveal rather than conceal one’s inner essence - Daniel 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 Boston Globe, WBUR, Smithsonian Press and Words Beats & Life: The Global Journal of Hip-Hop Culture. Daniel is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Design where he received a Fine Arts Chair Award and Bachelors of Applied Science in Fine Arts and Africana Studies. He received his Masters in Fine Arts in Film and Video from Emerson College. Daniel is a recipient of the Donor Circle for the Arts Grant, the New En- gland Foundation for the Arts’ Creative City Grant, The City of Boston’s Transformative Public Art Grant, and the Boston Foundation’s Brother Thomas Fellowship. In addition to his artistry Daniel owns and operates his own creative consultancy; utilizing art, design, and instruction to help individuals, organizations, and businesses express themselves in meaningful & attractive ways to their core constituencies. Daniel currently teaches creative writing at Brandeis University.

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Iona Morris Jackson
Director / Dramaturg

Iona Morris Jackson was nominated for a Hollywood Critics Award and now for a 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 recent short film, “Celeste’s Dreams,” won the Award for Merit from the Canadian Short Film Festival in 2020. Her directing theater credits include her co-creating, directing and co-writing the star-studded sold out concert event, “Broadway Under The Stars: 35th Anniversary of ‘Dreamgirls' starring the 3 originals Loretta Devine, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Jennifer Holliday. Iona won a Best Director Award from the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Theatre Awards for her direction of the award winning comedy “Sassy Mamas,” which she also acted in. She has directed 2 successful solo shows for Jenifer Lewis, co-wrote and directed Blair Underwood’s one-man show, director and contrib- uting monologues for Penny Johnson Jerald’s solo show, directing Kim Wayans and Tammi Mac’s award winning solo show and many others. She directed the 21 person musical Sheba in L.A. and N.Y. Mu- sical Theatre Festival, directed Vagina Monologues many times with star-studded casts and many other productions. As an actress, Iona won a Best Solo Show from the Beverly Hills/Holly- wood NAACP Theatre Awards for her production of “FOR YOU,” an autobiographical piece about her father actor Greg Morris from the 1970’s series MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE, an Ovation Award for Best En- semble for the play “In The Red and Brown Water,” and 2 Drama- logue Awards for Best Supporting actress in “Two Rooms'' and for Best Ensemble in the play “Up the Mountain.”

Nerissa Williams Scott
Producer

Mrs. Williams Scott is CEO & Lead Creative Producer of ‘That Child Got Talent Entertainment’ – a film, video and live event production company based in Boston MA. She is a graduate of Hampton University, where she received a Bachelor of Art in Performing Arts, and Emerson College, where she received her Master of Fine Arts in Visual and Media Arts. Her career experience includes over twenty years working in the position of Producer, Creative Producer, Production Manager, UPM and Line Producer. She was awarded the LEF Foundation Fellowship and recently recieved a prestigeuous LEF Pre-Production Grant for producing the experimental feature film, “Paradise” with director Gabby Sumney. She has been awarded the Mass. Cultural Council Artist Recovery Award. She was recently invited to apply for the Sundance Narrative Producer’s Fellowship. She has been invited to participate in the Producer Guild of America’s CREATES Program. She currently sits on the BOD for The Secret Society of Black Creatives and The Coolidge Corner Theater and Chairs the BOD for Sarah’s Hope Charitable and Educational Foundation. As CEO of That Child Got Talent Entertainment, Nerissa has created a company that is a bridge for young women of color to gain employment while serving the greater community. Her favorite quote, “We lay poise for the women whom we provide an opportunity to wow the world with brilliance!”

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Nicole Maxey
Public Relations

Caterina Aragon Lopez 
Production Coordinator

Christine Castasus
CFO/Box Office

Ryley Tanner
Production Intern

Emily Bearce
Lighting Designer

Fritz Davis
QLAB & Image designer

David Coleman
Music Director

Charles Cay
Stage Manager

Chelcy Garret 
Marketing & Media Director

Briana Figarella
Producer’s Assistant

Ashe Gordon
Copywriter

Brendan Doyle
Sound Designer

Danielle Kelly
Set & Costume Designer

Issa Bibbins
Music Co-Producer

Shan Parker
Stage Hand

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