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* Nambi BOOKED a guest star role on NBC's legal drama CHICAGO JUSTICE.
* Nambi premiered Off-Broadway playing opposite Broadway great Jeff McCarthy in Jeffrey Sweet's KUNSTLER.
* Nambi BOOKED co-star roles on ELEMENTARY, MADAM SECRETARY, and PERSON OF INTEREST on CBS and CHICAGO PD on NBC.
* Nambi was nominated for a Broadway World Award and a Hattie McDaniel Award for Best Featured Actress for her work as Risa in August Wilson's TWO TRAINS RUNNING at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
* Nambi premiered Off-Broadway playing opposite Broadway great Jeff McCarthy in Jeffrey Sweet's KUNSTLER.
* Nambi BOOKED co-star roles on ELEMENTARY, MADAM SECRETARY, and PERSON OF INTEREST on CBS and CHICAGO PD on NBC.
* Nambi was nominated for a Broadway World Award and a Hattie McDaniel Award for Best Featured Actress for her work as Risa in August Wilson's TWO TRAINS RUNNING at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
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PRODUCTIONS:
* Nambi is currently in development for television and film projects, TBA.
* NATIVE SON will receive it's New York premiere in 2019, TBA.
* NATIVE SON will receive a production at Mosaic Theatre in Washington D.C. for their 2018-19 season, directed by Greg Morrison.
* NATIVE SON at Antaeus in Los Angeles, April 12-June 3, 2018, directed by Andi Chapman, received critical acclaim including LA Times Critic's Choice.
* NATIVE SON has other productions happening across the country, TBA!
* JAZZ, Nambi's adaptation of Toni Morrison's great novel, will receive it's west coast premiere at Marin Theatre Company, 2019, directed by Awoye TImpo with composition by Marcus Shelby.
* Nambi's residency at the National Black Theatre in New York concluded with a workshop production of her new play BLOOD. BLOOD just enjoyed a workshop at The Goodman Theatre, director Aaron Todd Douglas.
* NATIVE SON received a production at Yale Repertory Theatre directed by Seret Scott to critical acclaim.
* HANDS UP: 7 BLACK PLAYWRIGHTS: Nambi is one of 7 writers, and the only female voice featured in this dynamic reading series that is also in response to The Black Lives Matter movement, with productions and/or readings all across the country. Check out The New Black Fest's website for production details.
* XTIGONE will receive multiple productions throughout the country this season.
PUBLICATIONS:
* Nambi's poem, BLACK ART NOW will be published in The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance.
* Nambi's NATIVE SON and DEAD OF NIGHT...THE EXECUTION OF, part of the 7 PLAYWRIGHTS OF HANDS UP are available now through Samuel French Publishing! Click on this title for a direct link to the website:
NATIVE SON by Nambi E. Kelley
* XTIGONE was just published by YouthPLAYS and is available for licensing! Click on the title for a direct link to the website:
XTIGONE by Nambi E. Kelley
* Nambi has work published in YouthPLAYS, GO SOLO, a book of monologues for young actors. Click on the title for a direct link to the website:
GO SOLO by YouthPLAYS
* Nambi's co-adaptation of THE BOOK OF LIVING AND DYING was published in Singapore to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of The Finger Players Theatre in Singapore.
COMMISSIONS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES:
* Nambi has just been commissioned by an Oscar Award winning LA based production company to write a screenplay based on a novel from the Harlem Renaissance, TBA.
* Nambi will be in residence at TheatreWorks Colorado Springs this fall directing a production of RAISIN IN THE SUN to open their 2018-19 season. It is Nambi's professional directorial debut!
* Nambi's rep is finalizing a commission to write a piece about the life of a prolific Black female artist to be produced 2019-2020, TBA.
* Nambi was just awarded a residency at Space on Ryder Farm for 2018.
* Nambi concluded being playwright in residence at The National Black Theatre in New York City 2015-17.
* Nambi was a finalist for the Francesca Primus Award, a $10,000 prize, for her work on NATIVE SON.
* Nambi was a finalist for the Kevin Spacey Award, a $10,000 prize, for her work on Toni Morrison's JAZZ.
* Nambi was commissioned by The New Black Fest in New York City curated by Keith Josef Atkins to pen a 10 minute play as part of the HANDS UP! an evening of short pieces on the black body and police. The commissioned plays have had/will have several productions across the country, and will be published by Sam French, November 2016.
* Nambi was nominated for a Mellon Foundation Award by Court Theatre.
* Nambi served as a guest lecturer in playwriting at the University of Illinois at Chicago mentoring aspiring actors and playwrights in dramatic structure and the industry at large.