Ayana Parker Morrison- Co-Facilitator, Producer’s Lab

Ayana Parker Morrison (she/her) is a Creative Producer in theater, live events, and across digital platforms. After graduating from NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Acting and a minor in Africana Studies, she shifted her focus to develop new projects that speak to the spectrum of stories from the African Diaspora. Ayana was the inaugural Producing Fellow with New York Theater Workshop’s 2050 Administrative Fellowship and an alum of the WP Producer’s Lab 21-22′ cohort. As Manager of Artistic Production at MCC Theater she produced many groundbreaking pieces including  BEES & HONEY, WET BRAIN, and NY Times Critic’s Pick WOLF PLAY. As current Creative Producer at Checkmark Productions, she develops work and cultivates community amongst the industry’s most exciting emerging artists of the global majority. Select freelance producing credits include TENDER NAPALM at HERE Arts Center, SAINTS OF FAILURE, a solo show performed in Fort Greene’s Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, and NY Times Critic’s Pick EUREKA DAY with Colt Coeur. She is currently developing SELF PORTRAITS by Phillip Howze with the Bushwick Starr. Ayana is also a public speaker sharing her philosophy on Culturally Responsive Producing and her expertise as an industry leader on various platforms across the country.