Jocelyn Bioh is an award winning Ghanaian-American writer/performer from New York City. Her written works for theatre include: Merry Wives (Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park, PBS Great Performances), Nollywood Dreams (MCC Theater), Goddess the musical which will have its world premiere at Berkeley Rep in 2022 and the multi award winning School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play which was originally produced at MCC Theater in 2017/2018 and has gone on to have over 50 regional productions. She is a former TOW playwriting fellow (2017) and has been commissioned by MTC, Atlantic Theater Co., Williamstown Theatre Festival and Second Stage. Jocelyn has also written for TV on “Russian Doll”, Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It”, the upcoming Hulu series “Tiny Beautiful Things” and is also writing the live screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Once On This Island for Disney+. She was 2023's recipient of the Outstanding Adaptation Drama Desk Award.

Donna Bradby is an Adjunct Professor and Director of Marketing and
Publicity for the Theatre Arts Program at North Carolina A&T State
University (NC A&T), the largest Historically Black College and University in
the country. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Professional Theatre
Performance from NC A&T and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Management
from Virginia Tech. She has also taught at Bennett College, Virginia Tech,
Western Connecticut State University, and Elon University. She has
directed The America Play, Ethel Waters: His Eye Is on the Sparrow, From
the Mississippi Delta, The Old Settler, The Color Purple, This One Girl’s
Story, Breath, Boom, and A Raisin in the Sun to name a few. Most recently,
she directed Ernest and the Pale Moon, Fairview, and The Crucible at
Western Connecticut State University. Other productions include Mad at
Miles: A Black Woman’s Guide to Truth in Triad Stage’s Upstage Cabaret,
at The National Black Theatre Festival, and in Atlanta at Seven Stages and
Spelman College.
Donna is the proud mother of Adam Bradby and grandmother to Arris and
Raava, the loves of her life.