Renita Martin

Current

• Acting, Voice, and Piano Coach at Independant (Self-employed)
• Choir Director at St. Joseph High School
• Founder/Executive Director at Rhythm Visions Production Company, Inc.

• Solo Performance Artist at Independent
• Actor at AEA
• Playwright at Various

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Past

• Teaching Artist at Brooklyn Academy of Music
• Playwright/Performer at Cherry Lane
• Interim Executive Assistant at Abbysinium Development Coorporation

• Director at Black Tale
• Theatre Instructor at New World Theatre
• Actor at Judith Shakespeare & Co
• Actor at Shakespeare and Company
• Actor at Trinity Repertory Company
• Director/Program Coordinator at Dillaway-Thomas House

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Education

• Brandeis University
• Boston University
• Tougaloo College

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Connections

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Industry

Performing Arts

Renita Martin’s Summary

My professional goal is to secure substantial employment utilizing my skills in writing and performance

Renita Martin’s Specialties:

Administration, planning, arts and development

Renita Martin’s Experience

• Acting, Voice, and Piano Coach

  Independant (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

  February 2009 — Present (11 months)

  By appointment. Call 718-350-4993

• Choir Director

  St. Joseph High School

  (Educational Institution; Religious Institutions industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

• Founder/Executive Director

  Rhythm Visions Production Company, Inc.

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Performing Arts industry)

  January 1998 — Present (12 years )

• Solo Performance Artist

  Independent

  (Performing Arts industry)

  January 1993 — Present (17 years )

  Actor in various one-woman shows, cast in multiple roles

• Actor

  AEA

  (Performing Arts industry)

  June 1992 — Present (17 years 7 months)

  I have worked in film and theatre for the following companies:
  
  Getty Images
  Picture Park
  MTV
  The Cherry Lane Theatre, NY
  New Federal Theatre, NY
  Eugene O’Neil Theatre at Yale
  Judith Shakespeare Co., NY
  National Performers’ Network
  Pillsbury Playhouse Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
  New World Theatre, Amherst, MA
  The Theatre Offensive, Boston, MA
  SoloStage, Boston, MA
  OUT For Laughs Comedy Night, Boston, MA
  Wheelock Family Theater, Boston, MA
  Shakespeare and Co., Inc., Lenox, MA
  University of Texas, Austin, TX

• Playwright

  Various

  (Performing Arts industry)

  April 1992 — Present (17 years 9 months)

  PRODUCTIONS
  
  It Is the Seeing
  2007 New World Theatre, MA
  2006 The Pillsbury House Theatre, MN
  
  Blue Fire on The Water
  2007 ThisWoman’s Work Theatre (excerpt) NY
  
  Five Bottles In a Six Pack
  2005 National Performers’ Network Tour
  2002 Cherry Lane Theatre, New York, New York
  2001 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
  1999 Solo Stage Boston, BCA, MA
  
  Lo She Comes
  2002 Cherry Lane Alternative Play Reading Series, NY
  2002 New Perspectives Theatre, Voice From the Edge 6.1 Festival, NY
  2000 Brandeis University Theatre Department, Waltham, MA
  1999 Boston Women on Top Festival, Boston, MA
  
  No Parking
  2000 The Jungle Theatre New Play Reading Series, Minneapolis, MN

• Teaching Artist

  Brooklyn Academy of Music

  (Non-Profit; Performing Arts industry)

  September 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 1 month)

• Playwright/Performer

  Cherry Lane

  (Performing Arts industry)

  2000 — 2007 (7 years )

• Interim Executive Assistant

  Abbysinium Development Coorporation

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

  February 2006 — July 2006 (6 months)

  Served as administrative assistant to the Director of Social Services. Duties ranged from administrative to grant research and grant writing.

• Director

  Black Tale

  (Performing Arts industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

• Theatre Instructor

  New World Theatre

  (Educational Institution; Performing Arts industry)

  June 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 2 months)

  Taught playwriting and acting to youth

• Actor

  Judith Shakespeare & Co

  (Performing Arts industry)

  2002 — 2002 (less than a year)

• Actor

  Shakespeare and Company

  (Performing Arts industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

• Actor

  Trinity Repertory Company

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Performing Arts industry)

  1994 — 1996 (2 years )

• Director/Program Coordinator

  Dillaway-Thomas House

  (Government Agency; 1-10 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

  June 1992 — September 1996 (4 years 4 months)

  Assisted with contract negotiations and design of $2.4 billion building and grounds of Roxbury Heritage State Park (RHSP) and the Dillaway Thomas House Museum (Department of Environmental Management). Responsible for operations: budgeting, staff supervision, volunteer recruiting, grant writing, program development, press and public relations. Liaison between Dillaway-Thomas House at (RHSP), the Roxbury Historical Society, the Department of Environmental Management, Boston Public Schools, local politicians, business, and organizations. Developed and produced various events including Roxbury’s annual Sun Jam Summer Concert Series and Roxbury Day.

Renita Martin’s Education

• Brandeis University

  MFA , Playwrighting , 1998 — 2000

  Artist-in-residence, Women's Studies

• Boston University

  BA , African/African America Studies , 1990 — 1992

  Activities and Societies:

  Theatre

• Tougaloo College

  1987 — 1989

Additional Information

Renita Martin’s Interests:

Additional Training Shakespeare Intensive Actors’ Training, Shakespeare and Company; Certificate in Non Profit Management, American Express Financial Services

Renita Martin’s Groups:

Rhythm Visions, Fire and Ink, Chahara Foundation, Bowery Poetry Club, The Theatre Offensive, Love Conjure Blues!, Shakespeare & Company, Family

•    Obama for America
•    Boston University Alumni
•    Brandeis University Alumni Networking Group
•    African American LGBT community
•    American Theatre
•    Broadway Producers and Investors

Renita Martin’s Honors:

2008 National Performance Network(NPN) Creation Fund Award
2008 NPN Artist of Color Residency
2007 Unsung Heroes Award, Ebony Magazine and Pine-Sol
2007 Playwriting Award (Blue Fire on the Water), Arch Bruce and Brown Foundation
2000 Herbert and Nancy Beigal New Play Award, Brandies University
1999 Annette B. Miller Playwriting Fellow, Brandies University
1997 HIV/AIDS Education through the Arts, Fenway Community Health Center

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