National Poetry Month....Quentin Talley Quentin Talley is the founder of On Q Productions Performing Arts and has served as its Executive Artistic Director for six years. Acclaimed for multiple talents, Q is an internationally renowned poet and a 2012 recipient of the Leadership U Fellowship, administered by Theater Communications Group and funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation. Thru the 18 month fellowship for emerging leaders in the field of theater, Q will be mentored by Lou Bellamy, Founder and Artistic Director of Penumbra Theatre Company. As a poet, he has performed throughout the country, appeared in the Borders Open-Door Poetry series and Turner South network, as well as shared the stage with such luminaries as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nikki Giovanni, Amiri Baraka, MC Lyte, Sonia Sanchez and Tavis Smiley. As an Actor, he has worked professionally with Children’s Theater of Charlotte, Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte, Winston Salem Arts Council, and New River Dramatist. His directing credits include: Dutchman, In The Blood, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Day of Absence, Paul Robeson, Rhyme Deferred, and Miles & Coltrane: Blue (.). On Q is currently in its 5th season of residence at Blumenthal Performing Arts and was an 2012 MTA nominee for Theater Company of the Year. Q is a 2003 graduate of Winthrop University with a BA in Theater Performance. Source: youarenowonq
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 16:25:00 +0000
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