A multifaceted Nigerian-American artist working across stage and page. Acting credits include August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Barrymore) and Jocelyn Bioh’s Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (MTC). Off-Broadway: King Lear (La MaMa) and Bloodwork (NBT). Regional: The Grove and Sojourners (Huntington). She is a two-time nominee for the Elliot Norton Award and won for her performance as Adiaha in The Grove by Mfoniso Udofia, in a year where she was also nominated against herself. A recipient of the Princess Grace Award and an emerging playwright, Abigail is currently developing new work through the New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Fellowship, Page 73 Productions Writers Group, and La MaMa Morgan Jenness Experiments in Playwriting Fellowship. She holds an MFA from Yale School of Drama and is a graduate of Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Mentorship Program. Abigail proudly calls Houston and Nigeria home and creates theater that centers her people, revives ancestral memory, and honors the emotional and spiritual depth of Black women. She celebrates Malik as an H-Town brother and dear friend whose talent and dedication inspire her every day.

A teaching artist, camp program leader, writer, dramaturg and trained actor. He is a recipient of a Master’s Degree in Dramatic Acting from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University. He is ecstatic to have recently made his New York Theatre Workshop debut (’25) in the cast of Tartuffe(understudy) adapted by Lucas Knath. In the same year, he debuted with Soho Rep in the principal role of Cuffee/Janitor in The Great Privation by Nia Akila Robinson. You can catch Holiday on the short film “ADHD” of which he collaborated with Christopher Scott (Choreographer of WICKED and In the Heights Film) and can be seen on a soon-to-be-announced TV show on NBC! Holiday’s extensive background in Speech and Debate has earned him recognition and awards at both the regional and national levels. Over the past decade, he has deepened that foundation through sustained work in acting and public speaking, using performance as a tool to engage and empower young people in the arts. Holiday has most recently worked for an elite Black Owned Acting Coaching Company. Holiday served as the Director of Ensemble Team Building for the NGO Breaking Walls where he devised original work with young teens across the globe, including projects in Chile, Morocco, and Armenia. As a well-traveled artist and educator, he has taught and collaborated through the language of English with both native and non-native speakers, shaping a globally informed practice.

Aaron Joseph Anderson is an actor from the southside of Houston, TX, who also grew up with and attended middle school with Malik. He is a graduate of Columbia University’s MFA acting program. He has gone on to make his off-Broadway and TV debuts. Now living in New York and operating as a full-time creative. Love and power to all nominees, and God bless. Aaron J. Anderson he/him/his Actor IMDB: imdb.me/AaronJAnderson

Anthony Grace is an actor, playwright, and multidisciplinary artist whose work explores Blackness, memory, and the boundaries of the human. His work has been seen in productions at New York Theatre Workshop, Baltimore Center Stage, Cleveland Play House, Karamu House, and TheatreSquared. His plays have been workshopped at Yale Cabaret, Cleveland Public Theatre, and Scene & Heard NYC. He is a member of The Tank’s LIT Council for Playwriting and holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. He is honored to carry forward the legacy of his brother, Malik James.