Film Experience
WRITER/PRODUCER Flawsome (13 Episodes) Season 1, directed by Tola Odunsi, Africa Magic Showmax. 2023
LINE PRODUCER Assistant Madams Too, directed by Tola Odunsi, REDTV (Youtube), 2021
DIRECTOR I Need You Maybe (11 Episodes), A Salt and Light Production, Afroland TV. 2021
WRITER Chimera (Feature Film), directed by Priye Diri, ROK Studios, 2019
WRITER Beauty and the Beast, directed by Biodun Stephens. ROK Studios. 2019
SCRIPT EDITOR/CASTING DIRECTOR Bling Lagosians (Feature Film), directed by Bolanle Austen-Peters, Netflix. 2017
WRITER/DIRECTOR Girls on Ice, Nevada Bridge Television. 2019
WRITER Queens and Jokers Season 1, directed By Remi Ibinola, ROK Studios. 2017
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, Happily Never After (Short Film) Kessavier Vanille Production, 2017
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER My thoughts exactly (Short Film) Kessavier Vanille Production. 2016
UNIT DIRECTOR Yoruba: A Global Presence. A Documentary film with funding Support from the Ford Foundation
and the Center for Black Arts and African. 2015
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER In A Moment. Kessavier Vanille Production. 2015
WRITER/LEAD RESEARCHER Uncensored; A TV Talk Show, Africa Magic Urban. 2015
WRITER Digital Passion Show, Digital Passion Studios. 2014
WRITER In the Bedroom (Mini Series), Digital Passion Studios. 2014
Theater Experience
DIRECTOR A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Mcleod Theater, SIU, 2024
DIRECTOR Schoolhouse Rock Musical Jr. All Southern Illinois High School Theater Project. 2024
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Artspace304 Summer Drama Camp, Carbondale, IL. 2024
ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER Mcleod Summer Playhouse, SIU. 2024
DIRECTOR The School for Wives, by Moliere, Christian Moe Laboratory Theater, SIU. 2024
DIRECTOR Corduroy, Mcleod Summer Playhouse, SIU. 2023
DIRECTOR Funnyhouse of a Negro, by Adrienne Kennedy, Christian Moe Laboratory Theater, SIU. 2023
ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER Mcleod Summer Playhouse, SIU. 2023
STAGE MANAGER The Mouse Trap, directed by Matt Williams. Mcleod Theater, SIU. 2023
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Little Women, dir. by Bill Kinkaid, Mcleod Theater, SIU. 2022
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Romeo and Juliet, dir. by Susan Steinfeldt, Mcleod Theater, SIU. 2022
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Grease, dir. by Matt Williams, All Southern High School Theater Project, SIU, 2022
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Godspell, dir. by Rion Towery, Mcleod Summer Playhouse, SIU 2022
DIRECTOR Crimes of the Heart, by Beth Henley, Christian More Laboratory Theater, SIU. 2022
DIRECTOR A Strong Breed, by Wole Soyinka, Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Festival, 2021
PROGRAM CONSULTANT Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Festival, 2021
PLAYWRIGHT/DIRECTOR Hertitude Kongi Harvest Hall, 2018. National Theater, Lagos, Nigeria. 2019
PROGRAM OFFICER Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Festival, 2019
WRITER Fela and the Kalakuta Queens the Musical dir. Bolanle Austen-Peters, Toured Africa and Europe
2016-2018
WRITER Wakaa the Musical, dir. by Bolanle Austen-Peters Terra Kulture Theater, 2016. Shaw Theater,
London, 2018
WRITER Queen Moremi the Musical, Dir. by Bolanle-Austen-Peters, Terra Kulture Theater. 2017
DRAMATURG A Nightingale For Dr. Du Bois, dir. Segun Ojewuyi. Mcleod Theater, SIU. 2015
PLAYWRIGHT/DIRECTOR Mama Dearest, Wole Soyinka Theater. 2016
PLAYWRIGHT/DIRECTOR Hey Brother, Wole Soyinka Theater, Ibadan, 2015
PLAYWRIGHT/DIRECTOR Ivie. Wole Soyinka Theater, Ibadan, 2015
DIRECTOR Sizwe Bansi is Dead. by Athol Furgard, Wole Soyinka Theater, Ibadan, 2014
Education
M.F.A. Southern Illinois University Theater Directing 2024
Post Graduate Diploma University of Ibadan Theater Arts 2015
B.Sc. University of Port Harcourt Microbiology 2011
Certifications
International Film and Broadcast Academy Filmmaking 2013
Nigeria Institute of Management Proficiency Certificate in Management 2012
Awards & Grants
Garwin Family Foundation Arts Fellowship Grant Carbondale, Illinois 2024
Conference Presentations
“From Cairo to a Christmas Carol.” College of Arts and Media Flash Conference, SIU April 2024
Research & Teaching Interests
Media, Performance, African Culture and Spirituality Directing
Media, Ecology, and Race Acting
African Culture and Posthumanism Voice and Movement for the Actor
Black Bodies in Space, Place, and Play Stage Management
African Drama and Western Dialectics
Teaching Experience
Southern Illinois University
Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record) Theater Insight Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record) Introduction to Voice and Movement Fall 2023, Fall 2024
Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record) Introduction to Acting Spring 2024
Service
Graduate Student Representative College of Arts and Media Operating Paper Committee SIU 2023-2024.
Member Graduate and Professional Student Council, SIU 2024
Professional Memberships/Affiliations
Guild of Theater Directors, Nigeria (GTD)
Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM)