Testify: Freedom In…

Presented by A Soul Sanctuary

May 4, 2026 (7 PM) at 7 Stages

Are you looking for a safe and inclusive space where you can experience great art in the form of storytelling, dance, song and more? What if that space also gave you an opportunity to participate in the fun? (Only to your comfort level from your seat. We promise we won’t drag you on stage!) What if the experience also left you feeling encouraged, hopeful and inspired?

Well, look no further! A Soul Sanctuary’s Testify: Freedom In… is the place for YOU!

Featuring: Julie Dexter, Markell Williams, YaNi Davis, Melvin Bray, Jai Rozell, Eugene H. Russell IV, Dorothy Victoria Bell, Jelani Jones, Kai Anwuzia, Medicine Woman Kat, Stephanie S. Scott, Abundance, and CC Sunchild.

Testify: Freedom In… is an immersive, community-centered experience presented by A Soul Sanctuary, where art becomes ritual and the audience becomes part of the communal offering. Blending live music, storytelling, movement, and sound, the experience invites participants to explore what freedom feels like within some of life’s difficult realities like grief, inequity, change, and more. Rather than a traditional performance, Testify: Freedom In… creates a shared space for reflection, release, and connection—guiding the collective through a journey that is both deeply personal and communal. Rooted in healing, creativity, and spiritual expression, this work reimagines how we gather, witness and transform our lives and our world together.

Playwright – Frank Siera

Translation – Rina Vergano

Director – Heidi S Howard

Stage Manager – Kai Anwuzia

Joe Orton – Geoffrey Solomon

Ken Halliwell – Markell Williams

Edna Welthorpe – Destiny Renee

Musician – Deisha Oliver

Thanks to Michaël Bloos and Dr. Emma Parker

Frank Siera is a Dutch playwright and stage director. He runs his own music theatre collective KASSETT, where he writes, directs and organises. Siera’s texts are typically inspired by a true story or legendary myth, philosophical in nature and written in a poetic and rhythmic style. Ever since he started writing, music has been an important influence, both in style and theme. In 2012, Siera graduated from the Dutch theatre academy in Maastricht with his own play SPRAAKWATER about the silent piano man who washed ashore in a British coastal town. SPRAAKWATER has since been translated and performed at the prestigious Festival D’Avignon in 2021, two different festivals in Brazil in 2022 and 2023 and tours throughout France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg. He wrote his first opera libretto RITRATTO for the renowned Dutch National Opera in 2020. RITRATTO was well-received with 5 stars by the BBC and nominated for an Edison, the Dutch equivalent of a Grammy award. His play SÂLT was performed in front of the Dutch King and Queen in 2023, at the well-known site specific theatre festival Oerol on the island of Terschelling. POETIC LICENCE, a play about British playwright Joe Orton and his partner Kenneth Halliwell, received rave reviews: “Frank Siera’s text plays a dark game with fiction and reality.” For 10 years, following his graduation in 2012, Siera collaborated with 7 Stages as a director and writing coach, in their yearly Dutch-American exchange and training program (Youth Creates and Bootcamp).

Geoffrey Solomon (Joe Orton) is a queer, multi-disciplinary artist – born and raised in East Atlanta. Geoffrey’s creative practice extends from theatre, to painting, making music, and tattooing. His style is influenced by the combination of these practices. As a community focused artist, Geoffrey seeks to make work that is accessible, inclusive, and sincere — executing folksy, unpretentious, themes with skillful polish. Geoffrey is a Youth Creates alumn, and is excited for this opportunity to keep growing his relationship with 7 Stages Theatre.

Markell Williams (Ken Halliwell) is an award-winning actor, writer, and teaching artist based in Atlanta. He is especially grateful to 7 stages for being a creative home that has helped nurture, challenge, and refine his artistic voice. His theatre work spans companies including the Alliance Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, True Colors, Out Of Hand, Horizon Theatre, Birmingham’s Children’s Theatre and Center for Puppetry Arts among others. His on-screen credits include appearances on Will Trent, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and Atlanta.

Destiny Renee (Edna Welthrope) is an actress, poet, and teaching artist working across stage and screen. Her work has appeared in theatre productions around the country as well as in film, television, and commercial projects—including her debut appearance on Netflix’s Ruth & Boaz! A longtime member of the 7 Stages Theatre community and former Education Director, Destiny holds this artistic home very close to her heart. She is grateful to continue creating with a community she loves and admires and is thrilled to return for this staged reading of Poetic License. When she’s not performing, she can be found writing poetry, coaching young actors, and dreaming up new ways to tell meaningful stories.

Deisha Oliver (Musician) is a multi-instrumentalist and soundscape artist. She regularly works as a studio musician and an invited performing artist in public art spaces, wellness environments and alongside dancers. Oliver’s early training was with polish cellist, Kristoph Kielbasovich. For the next few years and while in college, she continued her classical training in cello as well as developed skills in operatic singing. As a form of rebellion and after getting to play Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, she respectfully left the classical ladder, opting for Avant rock, jazz groups, and working with dancers and art galleries. As she unlearned her training, she retrained in the art of listening – enjoying the spontaneity of live performance. Deisha currently composes and performs with her group Flight of Swallows as well as the Atlanta Improvisor’s Orchestra, Musicians and Movers, lado, and sometimes simply solo under a bridge.

Kai Anwuzia (Stage Manager) is a multifaceted performance artist with specialties in dance/theatre/voice, educator, and collaborator from Atlanta. She is an alum of 7 Stages’ Youth Creates program, Moving in the Spirit, and obtained her degree in Vocal Performance from Columbia College Chicago. Previous stage management credits include: Mlima’s Tale (7 Stages Theatre 2023), What Are You? (7 Stages Theatre 2024), Incarceration Plantation: The Musical (7 Stages, HomeBrew 2025), Yanni Stone & The Honeypot Trap (Synchronicity Theater 2025), and F.PUNK JUNKIES (7 Stages 2025). As a performance artist, she always enjoys being in creative spaces and is honored to support this amazing cast as stage manager.

Why not make it a Double Feature and join us for Tim Miller’s live performance – “A Body in the O” at 2:00 on Sunday?

Tim’s work as a solo artist for decades has led the way and inspired Scott’s journey to becoming the man and artist he is today!

Add tickets to Tim’s show and get $5 off at checkout! – MAKE SURE TO SELECT TICKETS TO SUNDAY’S EVENTS!!!!!

Trans actor Scott Turner Schofield discusses new film, visibility

A BODY IN THE O

March 14 and 15, 2026 at 7 Stages, climb along with performer Tim Miller inside the giant “O” of the Hollywood sign – or as Shakespeare conjured it “the wooden O” of all theatre and performance–where we try to take on the big themes of our time. Miller performs a new work created from his newest book of performances and stories A BODY IN THE O.

Jumping off from a day in 1984 when Miller scrambled up inside of the O of the Hollywood sign and imagined the performance space tree house of his dreams (PS NY and Highways Performance Space), A BODY IN THE O  journeys through the hoops of the Department of Homeland Security, a queer boy’s truthtelling, and finally a wedding day in NYC in 2013 as Miller imagines the full possibility of performance that changes the world inside these wooden Os!

Why not make it a Double Feature? Join us after Sunday’s show for Scott Turner Schofield’s film Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps at 3:30! Tim’s trailblazing work inspired Scott’s journey to become the man and artist he is today! Add tickets to Scott’s film and get $5 off at checkout! MAKE SURE TO SELECT TICKETS TO SUNDAY’S EVENTS!!!!!

“Tim Miller sings that song of the self which interrogates, with explosive, exploding, subversive joy and freedom, the constitution and borderlines of selfhood. You think you don’t need to hear such singing? You do! You must!” –Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America.

“For an entire generation of queer artists working in the experimental theater world—including me—Tim Miller led the way. His imagination, daring and vision continue to inspire us.” –Moisés Kaufman, author of The Laramie Project.

Tim Miller is an internationally acclaimed solo performer. Hailed for its humor and passion, Miller’s solo theater works have been presented all over North America, Australia, and Europe at such prestigious venues as Yale Repertory Theatre, the Institute of Contemporary Art (London), the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He is the author of the books SHIRTS & SKIN, BODY BLOWS and 1001 BEDS, which won the 2007 literary prize for best Drama-Theater book from Lambda Literary Foundation. Miller has taught performance in the theater departments at UCLA and at Cal State L.A.. He is a founder of two of the most influential performance spaces in the United States: Performance Space 122 (now Performance Space New York) on Manhattan’s Lower East Side and Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, CA. He can be reached at his website: TimMillerPerformer.com

Performance artist Tim Miller brings ‘A Body in the O’ to 7 Stages

Y’allmark

December 11-28 at 7 Stages

Since 2017, Y’allmark has delighted Atlanta audiences with its clever, improvised spin on our favorite guilty pleasure, a made-for-TV holiday movie. This live stage show takes familiar seasonal tropes… think snow-covered small towns, surprise romances, and charming misunderstandings. Then hilariously reimagines them using audience suggestions. This show is equal parts homage and satire, performed by an all-star cast. Come see what all the cheer is about!

Show&Tell @ The Common

September 23, 2025 at 7 Stages

Doors – 6:30 PM, Stories – 7 PM

Remember the thrill of show-and-tell as a kid? We’re bringing it back—with a twist!

Grab an object that means something to you and get ready to tell us a 5-minute story. It could be your story’s star, a quirky sidekick, or just make a brief cameo—but it should hold a special place in your heart. Maybe it’s something that’s been with you forever, or maybe it’s brand new. The only rule? It matters to you.

No worries if your item is lost to time or too big to lug around (looking at you, childhood treehouse)—just bring a photo or paint us a vivid picture with your words!

Don’t have a story to share? No problem. Roll out those Kindergarten skills of curiosity and generosity and take on one of the most important roles of the evening: listener! Brush up on those listening ears—this time, you also get to judge. You (and the rest of the audience) will vote on whose story was the most compelling. The winner? They’ll walk away with bragging rights and a spot at the annual Show & Tell Showdown!

Storytellers – check out the guidelines at thecommonstage.org/st-guidelines

Show&Tell @ The Common

July 15, 2025 at 7 Stages

Doors – 6 PM, Stories – 7 PM

Remember the thrill of show-and-tell as a kid? We’re bringing it back—with a twist!

Grab an object that means something to you and get ready to tell us a 5-minute story. It could be your story’s star, a quirky sidekick, or just make a brief cameo—but it should hold a special place in your heart. Maybe it’s something that’s been with you forever, or maybe it’s brand new. The only rule? It matters to you.

No worries if your item is lost to time or too big to lug around (looking at you, childhood treehouse)—just bring a photo or paint us a vivid picture with your words!

Don’t have a story to share? No problem. Roll out those Kindergarten skills of curiosity and generosity and take on one of the most important roles of the evening: listener! Brush up on those listening ears—this time, you also get to judge. You (and the rest of the audience) will vote on whose story was the most compelling. The winner? They’ll walk away with bragging rights and a spot at the annual Show & Tell Showdown!

Storytellers – check out the guidelines at thecommonstage.org/st-guidelines

There is Another Way – Film Screening

July 19, 2025 at 5 PM – FREE / donations encouraged!

7 Stages Mainstage

In the midst of darkness, we discover who we truly are. There is Another Way tells the story of a group of visionaries who refuse to surrender to violence and injustice, and in doing so show that another path is possible – for them, for us, and for all humanity.  As we are all faced with essential questions about who we are, will we choose collective liberation, where the needs, rights, and safety of all are prioritized – in which our humanity comes first, knowing that no one is free until everyone is free. 

Combatants for Peace, nominated for two Nobel Peace Prizes, is an extraordinary bi-national group of former enemy combatants – Israelis and Palestinians – working together during an ongoing armed conflict. Confronted with the devastation and escalating violence of October 7th and the war in Gaza, the very core of the movement faces great challenges in showing that there is another way. The first question they must answer relates to their own beliefs…is this possible?

A follow up to the award-winning documentary Disturbing the Peace (2016), which is about questioning the narrative we are born into, There is Another Way is about choosing our future. It takes courage to walk a path even when you yourself feel overwhelmed and afraid—a path where you don’t know the final answer, only that it will emerge from standing in the grief of what we, as humanity, have experienced and created and find yourself unable to turn away.

This event is a fundraiser for the organization Combatants for Peace and is FREE to attend. The event will be oversold, so please arrive early to claim your seat or make a donation when reserving. 7 Stages will also be hosting a Service Saturday event from 2-5, so come by anytime!

All unclaimed tickets will be released 15 minutes before showing. Late seating will only be allowed if seats remain available. We will accommodate as many as possible.

After the film, we will make space for conversation and can share a recorded conversation with members of Combatants for Peace and the filmmaker. The conversation can offer more insight into the work being done for this non-violent movement but we also understand sometimes we need to talk through difficult things with our community. We will offer space for both.

F.PUNK JUNKIES

September 4-14, 2025 at 7 Stages

F.PUNK JUNKIES is a Woman-centered, Black and Brown Ensemble-driven dance theatre piece written and directed by Teo Castellanos. This work brings the company’s “AfroRican Punk” aesthetic to their storytelling, and digs deeply into our collective ancestral roots.

Six deities gather to share tales woven with energetic punk music and expressive movement: Stories of a guitar player at a crossroad, a greedy deceiver, a theatrical baseball ritual, a secret society of beautiful femmes, an encounter on a plastic beach, a prison break, and reunification in the mosh pit. They are adapted from Orisha Mythology and Caribbean folktales with modern flair.

In an effort to make art more accessible and equitable, we have implemented a tiered pricing structure for F.PUNK JUNKIES. You can even “Pay it Forward”, which helps cover the cost of the less expensive tickets so everyone can enjoy this experience. Get tickets at 7Stages.org/tickets

Performances September 4-14, 2025. Tiered ticket prices for every performance.

Preview Performance September 4, 2025.

Opening Night September 5, 2025 – featuring a special musical guest and art exhibit curated by Thomas Bess.

Service Saturday September 6, 2025 – before the performance, featuring an open mic and community resources.

Industry Night September 8, 2025 – Pay what you choose!

September 11, 12, 13 and 14, 2025 – CANCELLED PERFORMANCES

Atlanta Cast and Crew
Writer, Director, Shapeshifter – Teo Castellanos
Matriarch – Dr. Yvonne Miranda Singh
Sage – Elaina Walton
Lover – Naïma Fowler
Paradox – Inez Barlatier
Es – Alisha Simmons

Choreographer – Lindsay Reneá Benton
Costume Designer – Dr. L Nyrobi Moss
Lighting Designer – Andre D. Lumpkin
Stage Manager – Kai Anwuzia
Assistant Stage Manager – Shana Hughes
Electricians – Tommy Priester, Kalee Odom, Parker Rawson
Carp and sound engineer – George Kotler-Wallace

Miami Cast and Crew
Matriarch – Keshia Abraham
Sage – Michelle Murray
Lover – Niurca Marquez
Paradox – Inez Barlatier
Es – Maria Mercy Lopez
Shapeshifter – Teo Castellanos

Choreographers – Michelle Grant Murray and Augusto Soledade
Costume Designer – Camila Haith
Lighting Designer – Gary Lund
Sound Designer – Seth “Brimstone” Schere
Dramaturg – Dr. Keshia Abraham

7 Stages and Teo Castellanos D. Projects have a long history of collaboration across geography, having collaborated on many past productions. Mr. Castellanos and Artistic Director Heid S. Howard began conversations about F.Punk Junkies in the pre-COVID times and are thrilled to revive the work collectively by designing a unique process for all to share in method and grow as artists, collaborators, and global community members. By inviting lead members of the original ensemble to create with local artists over a 3-week rehearsal process, the original production will take on a new story. A story that is formed from the dynamic Miami based origins mixed with the power of Atlanta artists, locals are invited to participate in the process. Not only will the Atlanta community see themselves on stage in a new light, but the unique collaboration and production will have a ripple effect of possibility well into the future.

Kelly & Drew Jackson, Mama Yeye, Tambra Omiyale Harris & Giwayen Mata,
Spelman University, Dr. Julie Johnson, Angela Davis & Dance Canvas,
Stephanie Scott, Jodie Howard, Lauren Vogelbaum, Java Lords, Carmen
Halagahu & Turtle Island Trading Company, Anïsa Lewis & Unsolicited Cooking
LLC, Michael Thomas and the Caribbean American Cultural Arts Foundation,
Joy Ludwig, Cameryn Aims, Adam Pelletier, DJ Mettaspin, Aubrey Salm,
and Miami Light Project

Teo Castellanos (Writer/Director/Shapeshifter) is an independent actor/writer/director, who for 30 years has worked in devised theater, film and television. His award winning solo NE 2nd Avenue commissioned by Miami Light Project, toured extensively for a decade and won the Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland 2003. Teo is a Doris Duke Artist 2021, United States Artist Fellow 2019, and a Sundance Institute Screen Writers Intensive Fellow 2015. He is the recipient of several awards and grants including National Endowment for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, MAP Fund, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, National Performance Network, Knight New Works and Knight Arts Challenge. He founded the Dance/Theater Company Teo Castellanos D-Projects in 2003 and also co-founded and was Artistic Director of the devised theater company Combat Hippies. Teo has toured solo and company works throughout the U.S., Europe, South America, China and the Caribbean.Some acting credits include Legba in Tarell McCraney’s Brothers Size, (Miami) Santos in Keith Antar Mason’s Skeletons of Fish (London). Film credits include playing opposite Matt Dillon in Sunlight Jr. and opposite John Leguizamo in Empire. He’s a member of SAG/AFTRA, Associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers and holds a BFA in Theater from Florida Atlantic University. Teo is an ordained Zen practitioner and belongs to the 44th generation of the Vietnamese Lineage of the Lam Te (LinJi) Zen School. He’s worked as a volunteer in prisons teaching both theater and Zen. www.teocastellanos.com

Inez Barlatier (Paradox) is an Ayisyen-American singer, songwriter, musician & actor with over two decades of performance history. Her music is inspired by her Ayisyen heritage and is featured in award-winning films; Razing Liberty Square (Katja Esson) on PBS, Madame Pipi (Rachelle Salnave) & Ludi and Grown (Edson Jean). Her children’s show, AYITI: Stories & Songs from Haiti, continues to educate over 100k children and families across the Americas with interactive singing, drumming, dancing and storytelling. She is currently an actress in ongoing theater plays, F.Punk Junkies (Teo Castellanos) , IAMME (Adrienne Arsht Center) & Sharing Grandmothers (FundArte). Inez’s work has been featured internationally as well as in her hometown; Miami’s CBS 4 News, NBC 6 News, WSFL-TV, Island TV, PBS, NPR, WLRN, WDNA, iiipoints, Miami New Times and The Miami Herald. The mayor of North Miami, FL, Alix Desulme, proclaimed May 31st as Inez Barlatier Day in 2024 at the Museum Of Contemporary Art. Inez is currently working on a new full-length children’s show called Love Is A Verb commissioned by Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia. Learn more about Inez at InezInezInez.com.

Elaina Walton (Sage/Fool) is a Florida raised-Atlanta based Actor, Director, Playwright and Educator with an M.F.A in Acting from the University of Florida (UF) and a B.A in Theatre from the University of West Florida (UWF). As an actor, her favorite credits include Detroit ’67 (Marietta’s Theatre in the Square), Apologies To Lorraine Hansberry (You Too, August Wilson) (Orlando Shakespeare Theater), and Is God Is (The Hippodrome State Theatre). Recently, she portrayed “Zelma Bullock” in the 2nd National Broadway Tour of TINA: The Tina Turner Musical. As a director, her favorite credits include This Bitter Earth, Bootycandy, and GTFOH. Her original works include A Play Formerly Known As…, YOKED, and Blaxcellence365. Elaina is currently a Teaching Artist at Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, GA) and Synchronicity Theatre (Atlanta, GA). She has instructed acting workshops at various public schools in metro Atlanta, GA in addition to her work as a Guest Lecturer at various universities around the country. She gives all her love and dedicates all her work to her brilliant, little scientist. Instagram: @itselainawalton

Alisha Simmons (Es) is a Caribbean-American theatermaker, experimenter, and arts administrator from Atlanta, Georgia. Their work prioritizes Black queer imagination as praxis and the power of community-based devised performance. Alisha received a B.A in Theater and Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Wesleyan University, with a concentration in Performance Studies.

Alisha just spent the summer as a Teaching Artist for the Alliance Theatre Drama Camp, and finds so much joy in teaching youth! They’ve produced work with Oddfellows Playhouse, The Public Theater, Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, The Tank NYC, and 7 Stages Theatre. Most recently, they’ve worked on “What Are You?” and “Incarceration Plantation: The Musical” (Home Brew Series) at 7 Stages Theatre. Alisha feels so lucky to call 7 Stages home and to be part of such an invigorating community of artists!

Dr. Yvonne Miranda Singh (Matriarch) hails from NYC via Guyana and Puerto Rico and is honored to be back at her first Atlanta theater home — Where Else But 7 Stages? (Maria Kizito, Nickel and Dimed, Come on in My Kitchen, Mr. Universe, Zora, The Violet Hour, My Left Breast). Dr. Singh works as an Independent Scholar and Theater Artist from her company TheaterATL/International. Locally, other collaborators include: Horizon Theatre Company, Alliance Theater, Georgia Shakespeare, Essential Theater, Theater Emory, Georgia State University, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta History Center, Auburn Avenue Research Library, The Paideia School and the National Black Arts Festival.

Naïma Fowler (Lover) is a senior in Comparative Women’s Studies at Spelman College that has explored dance and theater opportunities. She trained in Spelman Dance Theatre her first semester in college. Later, Naima went on to be the student rehearsal director and a production assistant. Along with dance, Naima delved into theatre performing in the first musical workshop of An American Anthem from Keith Bolden. Naima has starred in three dance capstones including a short film called Ajenije. In her final year at Spelman, Naima is bringing her performance and feminist knowledge to serve as the co-chair of the Art Committee in Afrekete, Spelman’s LGBTQ+ advocacy organization. Naima is a powerhouse creative with intentions to deconstruct systems of power with her art.

Lindsay Reneá Benton (Choreographer) is a Choreographer, Performance Coach, Movement Director and Dancer with a background in concert dance, musical theater, and Dance on Screen. She earned a BFA in Dance from Howard University and joined the Tony Award Winning Choreographer, Garth Fagan’s dance company, Garth Fagan Dance in upstate New York. While exploring her own creativity and choreographic endeavors she earned a MFA in Choreography from Jacksonville University. She has choreographed for many companies, awards shows and productions including Komananse Dance Company, Muda Africa Tanzania, World Games 2022 Opening Ceremonies, and the 2023 GMA Dove Awards, as well as her own company, Notnebia Dance Company. She has been nominated as Broadway World’s “Best Choreographer” for creating movement to support scripted musical storytelling on theater stages including the Alabama Shakespeare Festival Production of “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Nina Simone: Four Women”. She has worked with actors and performers including Academy Award winning actress, Anne Hathaway. Lindsay has choreographed music videos for musical recording artists including Grammy Award winner Anthony Hamilton. Visually, no matter the setting, Lindsay’s choreography is a blend of vivid storytelling through complex melodies and grounded syncopations that intrigue even the most trained eye and ear. She can also be seen as a featured dancer in several movie productions including the newest movie musical adaptation of “The Color Purple”. Lindsay has served as the Artistic Director and an Assistant Professor of Dance at Alabama State University. She is the Founder of Dance On. Screen Alabama (DOSABAMA) training program and festival, and Dance For The Culture online learning platform and community. Lindsay also currently serves as Assistant Professor of Dance at University of Alabama.

Kai Anwuzia (Stage Manager) is a multifaceted performance artist with specialties in dance/theatre/voice, educator, and collaborator from Atlanta. She is an alum of 7 Stages’ Youth Creates program, Moving in the Spirit, and obtained her degree in Vocal Performance from Columbia College Chicago. Previous stage management credits include: Mlima’s Tale (7 Stages Theatre 2023), What Are You? (7 Stages Theatre 2024), Incarceration Plantation: The Musical (7 Stages, HomeBrew 2025), and Yanni Stone & The Honeypot Trap (Synchronicity Theater 2025). As a performance artist, she always enjoys being in creative spaces and is honored to support this amazing cast as stage manager.

Shana Hughes (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be serving as the Assistant Stage Manager for F.PUNK JUNKIES. A passionate advocate for the arts, Shana Hughes is currently pursuing a degree in Arts Administration at Georgia State University. With a lifelong love of performing and storytelling, she has been involved in theater both on and off the stage. She previously played Taylor in the Theater Arts Guild’s production of Two Acts of Murder, and continues to enjoy every opportunity to be part of live performance. In addition to her work on the stage, Shana Hughes is the co-founder of a children’s theater program at The Arts Intensive, where they create opportunities for young artists to explore their creativity and gain confidence through the live performance. Her experience spans directing, acting, and production support, and she is dedicated to making the arts accessible and engaging for all. Making sure everybody has the opportunity to have their story told.

Andre Lumpkin (Lighting Designer) is an artist, educator and entrepreneur from Athens GA. Although immersed in different cultural dance forms from a young age, he started his formal training at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Under the guidance of the dance program, he worked with artists and companies such as Blake Beckham, Kyle Abraham, Jennifer Archibald, StaibDance and Catellier Dance projects. Majoring in Sociology and minoring in Dance and Theater Studies, Lumpkin’s focus and passion centers the integral nature of arts and creativity in community and everyday life.

As an alumnus of Emory, Lumpkin continued on to earn his M.F.A in Choreography and Performance from The Florida State University School of Dance in 2017. During his graduate studies, He had the chance to work with renowned artists such as Jawole Zollar, Rodger Belman (R.I.P.), Jaamil Kosoko and Joya Powell, and hone his unique artistic voice. Post Graduate School Lumpkin continues to create, educate and perform nationally and internationally. As a professional, Lumpkin has dedicated himself to a holistic approach to choreography, teaching, performing, production design and community engagement.

Dr. L. NYROBI N. MOSS (Costume Designer; Goddess Complex Costumes & Styling, LLC.) Dr. Nyrobi is an award-winning costume designer with more than 30 years of experience in theatre and entertainment. In addition to serving as the Chair on the Board of Directors, Nyrobi has been a collaborating teaching artist with 7 Stages for more than 20 years. Previous 7 Stages’ productions designed by Nyrobi include Angry Fags, Waiting for Godot, REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN, White Woman in Progress, The Doctor, The Devil & My Dad, HAIR, My Left Breast, and The Little Prince. Nyrobi’s costume design work has appeared in theatres regionally and nationally across Atlanta, DC, Orlando, New York, Virginia, Las Vegas, and Dallas, as well as, internationally in Holland, West Africa, South Africa, and Dubai. Nyrobi won two awards for Outstanding Costume Design in a Play for Eclipsed at Synchronicity Theatre and Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery at Horizon Theatre. Additionally, her list of costume award nominations includes Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical for Five Guys Named Moe at Theatrical Outfit; Outstanding Design Team TYA for Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds at Synchronicity Theatre; Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical for The Color Purple at Actors’ Express and Outstanding Costume Design in a Musical for Blackberry Daze at Horizon Theatre. In addition to costume design, Nyrobi is a Certified Relationship Specialist, and Business Consultant for non-profit organizations, entrepreneurs, artists, start-ups, and small businesses.