Lynn Nottage (Playwright) is a playwright and a screenwriter, and the first woman in history to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Her plays have been produced widely in the United States and throughout the world. Chicago credits include Ruined, Sweat, and By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Goodman Theatre); Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Goodman Theatre; Steppenwolf) and Intimate Apparel (Steppenwolf). Broadway credits include her plays Clyde’s (2ST) and Sweat, and the libretto for the musical MJ.

Other work includes the libretto for the opera Intimate Apparel (Lincoln Center Theater); co-curating the performance installation The Watering Hole (Signature Theater); the libretto for the musical adaptation of The Secret Life of Bees; as well as her plays Mlima’s Tale; Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine; Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Las Meninas; Mud, River, Stone; Por’knockers and POOF!. She has also developed This is Reading, a performance installation in Reading, Pennsylvania. Ms. Nottage is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship, among other awards, is an associate professor at Columbia University School of the Arts and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

Nataki Garrett (Director) was the first Executive Artistic Director and the sixth Artistic Director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) and the first Black woman in this role. Garrett was the co-Associate Dean and Associate Artistic Director at CalArts Center for New Performance. Additionally, she was the co-head of the undergraduate acting program at CalArts School of Theater. Nataki Garrett received her MFA in Directing from California Institute of the Arts, School of Theater and her B.S. in English with a minor in Theatre from Virginia Union University.Washington, D.C. born and raised Oakland, CA her family of artists, educators and civil rights organizers instilled with a deep appreciation for collaboration, coalition building, and for centering access and cultural justice through performance. Garrett’s vision is to support artists; to manifest innovation; to inspire creativity and to ensure the future of performing arts by centering artists as thought leaders and change makers who transform culture.

Norman Anthony Small has worked extensively in the theater with the National Black Theatre and Take Wing and Soar Productions, Inc. where he has served in a variety of capacities including Production Stage Manager, Associate Producer, and Sound Designer/Technician.

An AUDELCO Award Nominee and Winner for Best Revival for two consecutive years, Norman was a member of the cast of Gertrude Jeannette’s A Bolt From The Blue, directed by Patricia R. Floyd in 2009 and Steve Carter’s multi-award winning play, Pecong, directed by Arthur French the following year. Norman is also a recipient of an Off-Off Broadway Award (OOBR) for Excellence in Theatre and recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award.

Sydné Mahone is an independent dramaturg and editor. Commercial credits: Script consultant: King Kong, The Musical, book by Jack Thorne. Broadway, 2018. Dramaturg: King Kong, book by Craig Lucas, Melbourne’s Regent Theatre (world premiere, Broadway tryout), Australia, 2013. Dramaturg: Hard Times, book by Craig Lucas (development of Paradise Square). She is the editor of two books: Moon Marked and Touched by Sun: Plays by African American Women (TCG, 1994); and With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together (William Morrow, 1998). She was an associate professor of Theatre Arts and African American Studies at the University of Iowa, and served as the first director of play development at Crossroads Theatre.

Originating in Atlanta and shaped by creative life along the East Coast, I am a scenic and production designer, based in Brooklyn, whose work lives at the intersection of storytelling, space, and soul. My designs are immersive—crafted to pull audiences in, not just to witness a world, but to feel it.

A proud Black creative and graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, I’ve had the privilege of expanding my artistry through the Kenan Fellowship at the Kennedy Center. Whether in theater, film, live events, or studio and gallery installations, my work is driven by depth, detail, and a dedication to stories—especially new works and works that elevates and celebrates the Black community.

Niiamar Felder is a New York City-based costume and fashion designer who has designed across theatre, film and television. He is the founder and design director of his eponymous fashion label, NIIAMAR™.

Select credits: two AUDELCO nominations for Excellence in Costume Design for the Off-Broadway productions of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (2012) and “Reparations” (2020), directed by Tony Award nominee Michele Shay. Billie Holiday Theatre: “Old Settler” starring Pauletta Washington, “Yellow Man,” and “‘A Walk Into Slavery.” New Federal Theatre: “Sowa’s Red Gravy” starring Tony Award nominee Lonette McKee. Live broadcast of “12 Angry Men and … Women: The Wait of the Wait” starring Wendell C. Pierce and Lisa Arrindell. Assistant Costume Designer for “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations” (US Tour). Wardrobe Supervisor for “Little Girl Blue” (New World Stages), “B-Boy Blues”, and “The Big Mix” (Little Island NYC).

Lameeka Alberta Edith Pough is a Bahamian-American Wardrobe Supervisor, Costume Designer, and Sewing Instructor based in New York City. She earned her bachelor’s degree in fashion design from SUNY Oneonta before finding her true calling in the performing arts.

Deeply rooted in faith, Lameeka views costume design as a form of visual ministry — a way to serve others with creativity, compassion, and purpose. Her theater experience includes Wardrobe Supervisor roles on Off-Broadway productions like Wine In The Wilderness, Cymbeline, and Bus Stop at Classic Stage Company, and Franklinland at Ensemble Studio Theatre. She has also worked as a Costume Stitcher and Designer at Columbia University and The New School of Design.

CLOTEAL L. HORNE (Her/She) is a dynamic actress, teacher, director, and theatre-maker. Born-and-bred in San Diego California. Her theatre credits include, Off-Broadway: The Steadfast (Slant Theatre Project), The Convent of Pleasure (Red Bull Theatre), Dirty Blood (Billie Holiday Theatre). Regional: Fires in The Mirror (LongWharf/Baltimore Center Stage), The Bluest Eye, Blueshift (The Huntington), She A Gem (NYTW), Black Odyssey (Trinity Rep.), Marie Antoinette, Comedia De Equivocaciones, and Venus (Brown/Trinity), Saturday Night/Sunday Morning (LyricStage), To Kill a Mockingbird (Weston Playhouse), Hang, Twelfth Night, Merry Wives of Windsor; Two Gents, Merchant of Venice, Comedy of Errors, Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Christmas at Pemberley (Shakespeare & Co.), Funny Thing Happened…(BarnStormers), The Clothesline Muse (Aion Productions), How We Got On (CompanyOne), Gift Horse, R&J (New Rep.), Othello (ASP). FILM: The Light (B.K.Lui.Horne), The Promotion (C1 Media), Driving While Black Magic, Breaking Dawn: American Myth Project (The NET). As an educator, Cloteal has taught at Yale School of Drama, Brown University, NYU- Playwrights Horizons, and La Jolla Playhouse Student Conservatory. B.F.A in Acting, Boston University. M.F.A Acting, Brown University/Trinity.

Enih Agwe is an award-winning actor, storyteller, and teaching artist of Cameroonian heritage, known for her work in stage, film, and voice arts. She has appeared in productions like Underground: the Musical and Chain Theatre's ENCORE 3, won Best Actress for her role in The Merchant of Curamo, and lent her voice to Marvel's Avengers animated series. Agwe is also a mentor for young artists, having founded a mentorship program in 2023, and is a 2025 Directing Apprentice at Jupiter Performance Studio.

GABRIYÈL BARLATIER (Ermina Crump) is honored to make her Equity debut at Crossroads Theatre Company. A proud Haitian-American actor raised in North Brunswick and now based in Brooklyn, she’s grateful to return home for this production. Her previous work includes A Raisin in the Sun, A View from the Bridge, and new-work development with A.R.T./NY and Indiana University. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK) and Terry Knickerbocker Studio (NY). She offers gratitude to her team at Malissa Young Management and the Crossroads family for their support. Love to her partner Al, friends, family, mentors, and spirit guides who continue to hold her. For her parents, two sisters who came from Haiti and built a new world of their own: Johanne and Carla.

Jamil A.C. Mangan is pleased to return to Crossroads Theatre Company, where he was last seen as Bernard in Freedom Rider. Off-Broadway credits include Classic Stage Company (Mother Courage, Sergeant), Cherry Lane Theatre (Crooked Parts, Dad), Apocalyptic Artists (R&J, Friar Lawrence), and Teatro SEA (Protect the Poets, Bear). He appeared in the First National Tour of CLUE (Cop/Colonel Mustard u/s), and his regional credits include Arena Stage (Death on the Nile), Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (Murder on the Orient Express, Monsieur Bouc), Playhouse on Park (Fences, Troy Maxson), Perseverance Theatre (Othello, title role), Alabama Shakespeare Festival (Freedom Rider, Bernard), Orlando Shakespeare Theater (The Merry Wives of Windsor, Master Page), Everyman Theatre (Radio Golf, Harmond Wilkes), TheaterWorks Hartford (The Mountaintop, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.), and Philadelphia Theatre Company (Lynn Nottage’s Ruined, Osembenga). He received the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for Fences, and Audelco Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Ensemble. Television appearances include FBI (NBC), Blue Bloods (CBS), Manifest (NBC), The Good Cop (Netflix), and Gotham (FOX).

Lee Alexandra Harrington is honored to be making her first appearance at Crossroads Theatre Company. NY Theatre: Assassins (CSC), A Man of No Importance (CSC), Into the Woods (Roundabout), Jellybean, an original solo show (Irondale Ensemble Project, United Solo). Regional Theatre: Barefoot in the Park (Geva), She Loves Me (Gulfshore Playhouse), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Pioneer), A Christmas Story (Lexington Theatre Company), Hi, My Name is Ben (Goodspeed), Connecticut Christmas Carol (Goodspeed), Show Boat (Westchester), Company (Pittsburgh Public), Merrily We Roll Along (Cincinnati Playhouse), Man of La Mancha (Shakespeare Theatre). Film: Where’d You Go, Bernadette, Last Flag Flying. TV: Gone. Proud Tartan! @laharrington