Kamilah has been acknowledged through numerous awards, fellowships and various publications for her efforts as a passionate and dedicated director with a unique vision. Currently one of Kamilah’s most recent directorial works, “Scourge” (starring Marc Bamuthi Joseph) is touring nationally and is about to begin its international tour in Belgium starting in January 2007. The project premiered at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. Kamilah can also be found directing Roger Bonair Agard’s solo performance “Masquerade.”

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Tony Award for Special Event Russell Simmons presents: Def Poetry Jam on Tour
Mayor’s Arts Award: Emerging Artist DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
Artist in Residence Project 2050 New World Theater, Amhearst, MA, 2001-2002
Owen Dodson Award in Directing Howard University, Washington, DC

DIRECTOR

Scourge by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Scourge photos

Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston Maine, 2006
Dance Place, Washington, DC, 2006
Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco, 2005

Russell Simmons Presents: Def Poetry Jam on Broadway National Tour
(51 city tour)

The Kodak Theatre, LA, CA
Beacon Theatre, NY, NY
Merriam Theatre Philadelphia, PA
Hippodrome Theatre, Baltimore, MD

No Man’s Land by Beau Sia, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, James Kass, Paul Flores

ODC Theatre, San Francisco, 2002

Nightmare of JuJubee by Psalmayene 24 (Helen Hayes award winner)

Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco, 2004
PS122, NYC, 2004
The Lincoln Theatre, Washington, DC, 2002

Boxing Ennui by Claudia Alick

World Premiere: Metro Café, Washington, DC, 2001

Rhyme Deferred by Kamilah Forbes

Yebra Buena Center for the Arts 2004
New York Theatre Workshop, NY, NY 2002
Performance Space 122, NY, NY 2001
Arena Stage, Washington, DC 2001
Kennedy Center, Washington, DC 2001
The National Black Theatre Festival 2001, 1999
University of Maryland 2001
Undermain Theatre, Dallas, TX 2000
Nuyorican Poets Café, NY, NY 1999
Howard University, Washington, DC 1999

EDUCATION

B.F.A in Theatre, Howard University, Washington, DC
Certificate Program, Shakespeare Intensive, Balliol College-Oxford University, Oxford England

REFERENCES

Upon request.