A M A N I

Robert Richards/Davion/Lamar Davis/A Series of Men

Omari K. Chancellor can be seen in Peter Farrelly’s film The Greatest Beer Run Ever on Apple+ after a world premiere at TIFF. Omari was seen in the world premieres of Soft by Donja R. Love and I Am a Walrus by MJ Kaufman at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. They have also appeared at UCB Los Angeles and Flappers Comedy Club. Chancellor is a 2021 graduate of the NYU Grad acting program.

Kofa

Kai Heath (she/her) hails from Harlem NYC. She is thrilled to be a part of Amani. NBT holds a unique place in her life as a harlenite. Off Broadway theatre credits include Leticia in Blooms (Ensemble Studio Theater) Dawn in Bodies They Ritual ( Clubbed Thumb) The Rowdy in On Sugarland (New York Theater Workshop) Messenger in The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Regional credits Hall in Men on Boats (Baltimore Center stage) Averie in Dot (People’s Light Theater) Hotspur in Henry IV: Part One at Shakespeare’s Globe.

Amani

Denise Manning AKA “The Lizzo of the American Theater” is a New-York City-based Actor-vist, Comic, and Musician. Check out Denisemichellemanning.com for upcoming shows and latest credits. Her recent credits include; starring in God is A Comedian a self-written and self-produced comedic short film, For the Boys award-winning web series, Keep This Far A Part award winning short film by Tyler English-Beckwith, G.O.A.T by Ngozi Anyanwu, What to Send Up When It Goes Down by Aleshea Harris,The Watering Hole by Lynn Nottage, Stefania Bulbarella and Charly Evon Simpson, Rosieby Lily Houghton at EST,Daddy written by Jeremy O. Harris ,The Chronicles of Cardigan and Khente at Soho Rep, National Black Theatre 48 Hours in Harlem,and The Fire This Time Festival.She has done over 75+ readings/workshops of developmental work across the tri-state area. She'd like to thank all the Black folx, especially Black women, past and present who single-handedly save America, The world, and the arts with little to no thanks.

Smith

Eden Marryshow is an award-winning Director/Writer/Actor from Flatbush, Brooklyn. For over a decade, Eden served NYC’s Department of Education as a Paraprofessional where he taught some of city’s most marginalized youth. Latina "Peanut" Bilbro, one of his most beloved students, would always tell him that she believed in him, she knew he was going to be on stage and make movies someday. On June 22nd 2006, Eden received a call that Peanut was killed in a drive-by shooting. He decided it was time to follow his dream... and prove Peanut right. Since that decision, Eden wrote, produced, directed and starred in the Nationally Theatrically released Feature Film Bruce!!!!, which garnered Marryshow multiple awards. He is currently in post-production for his newest feature, “Can You Stand The Rain,” which is a love-note to his brother, Shawn Xavier Brown, who he lost last year. Theatre credits include INK (MTC/Broadway), Guys & Dolls (Kennedy Center), Seven Guitars (Arena Stage), Pipeline (Actors Theatre), Game On (Kennedy Center). Marryshow recently recurred on Netflix’s “Archive 81,” and previously “Jessica Jones” and “It’s Bruno.” A huge thanks to my parents, Cesa, KMR, Victor Villar-Hauser, and The Boothe Group. To my Peanut… dreams do come true. ]

Dasia

Mars Rucker is a multi-artist, genderqueer being & experience. Projects: “Alline/Ikette” OG Bway cast TINA- “Rochelle”-MAJOR, film prod. by Tarell Alvin McCraney & Glenn Davis “Ensemble/U/S Madame Sisseretta” OG cast of BLACK NO MORE-Signature Theatre & OG Bway Cast of A Strange Loop Principal U/S. EP “variations in green” out now (They/Them)
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