Shona Tucker is the Mary Riepma Ross Chair of Drama at Vassar College and a writer, director, and performer whose work spans theatre, television, and film. Her writing includes Mississippi Mud, a trilogy inspired by the lives of African-American women whose actions reshape their families’ histories, and she has appeared on Broadway in To Kill a Mockingbird and Death of a Salesman with Wendell Pierce.

She is joined at Catwalk by writer, filmmaker, and playwright James Michael Marshall, whose work explores contemporary life through performance and visual storytelling. A former professional basketball player and coach, Marshall has directed music videos, television, and film, and founded The Marshall Studio and The Luck Laboratory to mentor emerging artists. Together at Catwalk, they will continue developing new narrative work across stage and screen.

Affiliation: Vassar