Johamy has served on the theatre panel for Colorado Creative Industries, TCG’s Rising Leaders of Color, Creede Pride Committee and Theatre for Young Audiences/USA webinar series. Johamy currently serves as the Director of Education at Seattle Children’s Theatre (SCT) and as a Trustee for Theatre Communication Group (TCG). Johamy Morales (she/her) holds an MFA in acting from The Ohio State University, with a specialization in outreach and devising new work, and a BA in Theatre from San Diego State University.

Shavonne was awarded a 2019-20 Undergraduate Teaching Grant for her work with the Theatre for Dialogue course & ensemble and is currently the Inclusive Teaching & Learning Faculty Development Specialist at UT Austin. She is passionate about her work and service on projects like the TYA BIPOC Advisory Board, Joe Lee Johnson Elementary school Community Equity Committee, and Grand Rapids Civic Theatre’s Equity in Education project through Steelcase’s Social Innovation University. During the same period she was the Theatre for Dialogue Coordinator at the University of Texas at Austin where she is also a Lecturer in Theatre and Dance. From 2018-2020 Shavonne wrote for TYA Magazine. Shavonne was the Assistant Director of Acting at Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit (2015-2017), Visiting Faculty in the Theatre and Dance department at Grand Valley State University (2017-2018), and was awarded the 2018 Emerging Leader in Theatre for Young Audiences Fellowship to visit the ASU Child Theatre collection, studying the historical impact of Black artists in TYA. During her time at Eastern, she had the amazing opportunity to travel to South Korea to direct a Youth Theatre performance at the Zoom Theatre in Seoul. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Grand Valley State University and a Master of Fine Arts from Eastern Michigan University for Applied Drama/Theatre for the Young. Shavonne Coleman is a teaching/performing artist, writer, and educator who currently resides in Austin, Texas by way Detroit. He is a proud graduate of the University of Evansville (BFA) and Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company (MFA). In the 2022-23 season, his play High School Play: A Nostalgia Fest will have its world premiere at the Alley Theatre, and Bald Sisters will have its world premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He was a part of the 2019-20 Resident Working Farm Group at Space on Ryder Farm, the 2020 Interstate 73 Writer's Group at and the 2020 Ars Nova Play Group. Vichet received the 2018-19 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting from New Dramatists and is a current board member for the New Harmony Project. His plays have been workshopped at Steppenwolf Theatre, the Magic Theater, the Alley Theatre, the UCROSS Foundation, Fault Line Theatre, Crowded Outlet, Second Generation Productions, Weston Playhouse, Cleveland Public Theatre, All For One Theater, Amios, Florida State University, Merrimack Repertory Theatre and the New Harmony Project. Vichet Chum is a Cambodian-American playwright and theater maker originally from Dallas, Texas and now living in New York City.

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