Kim Hines/Whoopi Goldberg. Kennedy Center. LADY DAY AT THE EMERSON
BAR & GRILL. Lanie Robertson. Alabama Shakespeare Festival. OO-BLA-DEE.
MY RESUME Shirley Jo Finney Business Contact:
[email protected] THEATER
PLAYWRIGHT
THEATER
Citizen The Brother Sister Plays
Claudia Rankin Tarell Mc Craney
Fountain Theater Fountain Theater
WINNIE THE OPERA
Warren Wilenskiy /Mfundi Vulva
South African State Theater
EMMETT TILL
Ifa Bayeza
Fountain Theater
GEE'S BEND
Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
Cleveland Playhouse
STICKFLY
Lydia Diamond
McCarter Theater
ALICE
Kim Hines/Whoopi Goldberg
Kennedy Center
LADY DAY AT THE EMERSON BAR & GRILL
Lanie Robertson
OO-BLA-DEE
Regina Taylor
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
CENTRAL AVENUE (World Premiere)
Stephen Sachs
Theaterworks Fountain Theater
IKEBANA (World Premiere)
Velena Hasu-Houston
The Pasadena Playhouse
BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY
Pearl Cleage
Sacramento Theater Co.
FLYIN’ WEST
Pearl Cleage
The Pasadena Playhouse
THE ROAD WEEPS
Marcus Gardley
Los Angeles Theater Center
CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY
Lynn Nottage
Crossroads Theater – NJ
FACING OUR TRUTH
Keith Josef Adkins
Kirk Douglas Theater
Endesa Mae Holland
Mark Taper Forum
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA BETWEEN THE LINES TIES THAT BIND (Jefferson Award)
Regina Taylor
Actors Theater of Louisville
Regina Taylor
Chicago Goodman Theater
Regina Taylor
Goodman Chicago Theater
Anna Deveare Smith
Madison Rep Theater
THE CRY
Oliver Mayer
Fountain Theater
HAMBONE
Javon Johnson
Sundance Theater Workshop
OO-BLA-DEE
Regina Taylor
Chicago Goodman Theater
RADIO DRAMA
PRODUCER
RADIO PLAYS (BECKETT, GOING TO ST IVES, STICK FLY)
Susan Lowenberg
ESCAPE FROM PARADISE (World Premiere) FIRES IN THE MIRROR
DEVELOPING WORKSHOPS
TELEVISION
LA Theater Works
Multiple Episodes
MOESHA
FILM REMEMBER ME HARMONY
Hawthorne James, Producer Shirley Jo Finney, Producer
Independent Short Film-A.F.I.
MY RESUME Shirley Jo Finney Business Contact:
[email protected]
AWARDS AND HONORS BEVERLY HILLS BLACK EDUCATION AND RESOURCE CENTER NAACP IMAGE AWARD -
BEST DIRECTOR
LA WEEKLY AWARD
- BEST DIRECTOR
BACKSTAGE WEST
- BEST DIRECTOR
LOS ANGELES OVATION WARD - BEST DIRECTOR LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS AWARDS – DIRECTOR JACK & JILL OF AMERICA COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
TEACHING EXPERIENCE/GUEST DIRECTING CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE -Film
Adjunct
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - SCHOOL OF FILM AND CINEMA
Adjunct
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY, KANSAS CITY, MO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CARBONDALE, IL COLUMBIA COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Director Guest Director Guest Director Artists-In-Residence
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS
Guest Director
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, “INKWELL”
Private Coach
SOUTHWEST COLLEGE
Advance Acting
INNER CITY CULTURAL ARTS CENTER
Beginning/Advanced/Intermediate Acting
TERMINAL ISLAND FEDERAL PRISON
Acting Workshop for Inmates,
EDUCATION AND TRAINING AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
1989-1991
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES (MFA)
1971-1973
LIFETIME COMMUNITY COLLEGE TEACHING CREDENTIAL (STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
1971
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