PASCALE ARMAND

Pascale Armand is proud to be an award-winning actor. Within her body of work, she has had the pleasure of appearing on Broadway in the history-making production of Eclipsed by Danai Gurira (2016 Tony Nominee for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play) and The Trip to Bountiful with the late Ms. Cicely Tyson, embodying Shakespearean characters (Mme Ekua Page in The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of Merry Wives, Rosaline in Love's Labor's Lost, Marina in Pericles, Ophelia in Hamlet, Celia in As You Like It), performing in solid works of African-American playwrights (Beneatha in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun; Grace in The Piano Lesson, Rena in Jitney,​ Black Mary in Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson; and Salima in Lynn Nottage's Ruined) and originating characters in premieres of contemporary pieces ('Jupiter' in Kia Corthron's Breath, Boom in the first American production, Jekesai/Ester in Danai Gurira's The Convert {2012 Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play} and Amina in Belleville by Amy Herzog). Other works include Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's An Octoroon and JC Lee's Relevance. Her film and television credits include East New York, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Chicago Med, Prodigal Son, The Blacklist, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. She is a core member of Quick Silver Theater and an alumna of NYU's Graduate Acting Program. As of 2018, she has expanded her artistry to writing. During the pandemic, her passion project, developing her one-woman show, $#!thole Country Clapback, resulted in a virtual reading available on YouTube per request.

ALANA RAQUEL BOWERS

As a Baltimore native, Alana has deep roots in both acting and dance, and is a proud alum of the Baltimore School for the Arts. She graduated from NYU Tisch Drama studying under Kent Gash, Michele Shay, Robert O'Hara, Dawn-Elin Fraser, Byron Easley and Michael McElroy in the New Studio on Broadway. Theatre: Off-Off Broadway: Scraps (The Flea Theater), Regional: Chicken and Biscuits (Queens Theatre), Off-Broadway: What to Send Up When It Goes Down (A.R.T./New York Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, American Repertory Theater, the Public Theater, and BAM, respectively). Broadway: Chicken and Biscuits (Circle in the Square Theater). Film: "After Class" starring Justin Long. TV: "FBI: Most Wanted" on CBS, “Dr. Death” on Peacock.

KRISTIN DODSON

Kristin Dodson is a native Brooklynite and graduate of Columbia’s MFA Acting program. She starred in her breakout role as Zayna on Showtime’s Flatbush Misdemeanors. She is filming a Hulu/Onyx pilot entitled 1266 this spring. Her other credits include Amazon’s Cross series, Adult Swim’s The Shivering Truth, Roxanne Roxanne, and the Pulitzer-nominated “Stew”.

MALIKA SAMUEL

Malika Samuel is an interdisciplinary storyteller & teaching artist with a career spanning over two decades. Select Credits: Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (OBC), The Music Man NY Theater: Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Keen), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (WP/2ST); Bernarda's Daughters (The New Group/ Audible Theater) TV: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, EVIL, Orange Is the New Black, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Chicago P.D., Law & Order: SVU, The Good Wife, Person of Interest, The Big C, Hosting: Nick Studio 10, 2013 Kids’ Choice Awards Pre- Show, Kidz Bop Kidz Star USA. Film: Holiday Rush, Submission, Central Park, Hello Apartment, Kilimanjaro.

TAJI SENIOR

Taji Senior is an actor, writer and creative arts worker from Philadelphia, PA and Amarillo, TX. She was mostly recently in the world premiere of Nightbird by R. Eric Thomas at Austin Playhouse. Her solo performance, ‘A’ (What the Black Girl Found While Searching for God) was produced as a radio play by The Parsnip Ship (NY) and her solo performance, devour., was an official selection of LadyFest 2019 produced by The Tank NYC. She holds an MFA in Acting from UCLA and a BA in Journalism from Texas Tech University.

TAMARA TUNIE

Tamara Tunie starred for 18 seasons as Medical Examiner Dr. Melinda Warner in Wolf Films/Universal Media Studio’s top-rated series “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” She starred as Marie Van Der Veen on Sundance TV’s “The Red Road.” Ms. Tunie, also, starred in AMC’s series “Dietland,” the BBC/Netflix political drama “Black Earth Rising,” and as Jessica Griffin on the CBS Daytime Drama “As The World Turns,” for which she received two NAACP Image Award nominations and two Soap Opera Digest award nominations. She also appeared in the highly visible role of Alberta Green in Season One of the hit series “24,” as well as recurring roles and guest appearances on “Almost Family,” “Emergence,” “Better Call Saul,” “Blue Bloods,” “Billions,” “Alpha House,” “Elementary,” “Survivor’s Remorse,” “Zoo,” “The Good Wife,” “Law and Order,” “Sex and the City,” and “NYPD Blue.” In film, Ms. Tunie worked with legendary director Robert Zemekis, opposite Denzel Washington in Flight, and has worked with several other of the most respected directors of the screen, including Taylor Hackford, Brian De Palma, Mimi Leder, Harold Becker and Oliver Stone. She had the unique opportunity to work with the legendary Al Pacino in the hit film The Devil’s Advocate and in City Hall. She also worked with famed director Kasi Lemmons and Samuel L. Jackson on Eve’s Bayou and The Caveman’s Valentine. Ms. Tunie was also featured in Irreplaceable You, Fall to Rise and Bad Vegan.


Ms. Tunie starred on Broadway with Denzel Washington in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, and she has also shared the Broadway stage with the legendary Lena Horne in the Broadway musical Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music. She starred in David Merrick’s revival of Oh Kay! with Brian Stokes Mitchell. Ms. Tunie toured Europe with Bubblin’ Brown Sugar, and portrayed Helen of Troy in the New York Shakespeare Festival’s production of Troilus and Cressida in Central Park. In addition, she played Maggie in the first all African American production of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Theatre Virginia in Richmond. After September 11th, she co-starred with many veterans of Broadway, including Audra Mc Donald and Lillias White, in the 20th anniversary benefit concert of Dreamgirls. Most recently, Ms. Tunie starred as Dorothy Brock in the re-imagined 42nd Street at the Ordway Theater, and as Prospero in the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s production of The Tempest, making her the first African-American woman to play the part. She was honored with an Obie Award for her performance in Danai Gurira’s Familiar, at Playwright’s Horizons, and the Berkshire Theatre Award for originating the role of Brenda in the critically acclaimed drama American Son. Ms. Tunie starred as Rose in Fences in August Wilson’s 20th Century Cycle at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, D.C. She is Chair Emerita of the Board of Directors of Figure Skating in Harlem, a non-profit organization that supports academic excellence and teaches life skills to young girls in the Harlem community through the art and discipline of figure skating. She serves on the Board of Directors at Harlem Stage/The Gatehouse, and God’s Love We Deliver. She, also, serves on the Advisory Board of Hearts of Gold and the Center for Military Medical Research in Pittsburgh.In 2005, Mayor Bloomberg awarded Ms. Tunie the “Made in New York Award” from the City of New York for her support and commitment to Film, Television and Theater in Manhattan. Ms. Tunie has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from Carnegie-Mellon University. She is a Pittsburgh native, but resides in Harlem.