Our Team
Ayana Parker Morrison
Consulting Producer
Ayana (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 the BOLD Associate Artistic Director at WP Theater, she produced BITE ME by Eliana Pipes, and MUNICH MEDEA: HAPPY FAMILY by Corinne Jaber. Currently, as a consulting 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, and 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 nationwide.
Cristina Angeles
Founding Artistic Director
Cristina is an Afrolatina director, writer, and theater maker, whose mission is to create empathy and conversation by directing new plays and musicals, as well as socially conscious adaptations of classics that place women of color at the forefront. Her work challenges the preconceived notions of what the American Theater can be, while confronting the intersections between our public, private, and political selves.
Cristina holds a BA in Theatre from Barnard College at Columbia University. She has been awarded the 2019-20 Roundabout Directing Fellowship, a Drama League Directing Fellowship, and has served as an Associate Director both on and Off Broadway. Cristina was named one of the Broadway Women’s Fund’s “Women to Watch” of 2022, and her recent directing credits include Hilary Bettis’s QUEEN OF BASEL at Theaterworks Hartford, MARIE & ROSETTA at Indiana Repertory Theatre, and overseeing the North American productions of SIX: THE MUSICAL.
Website: http://www.cristinaangeles.com/
Instagram: @cristinaangeles
Julianna Azevedo Mitchell
Associate Producer
Julianna Azevedo Mitchell (she/her) is an artist and arts administrator from Rio de Janeiro, now living in Brooklyn. In 2021, she co-founded The Barn at Lee, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting emerging performing artists. Currently, she serves as the Audience and Community Engagement Manager at WP Theater and as a Development Associate at The Diller-Quaile School of Music. Previously, she worked at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, where she expanded her digital marketing skills.
Julianna holds a BFA in Acting from the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU Tisch and a master’s degree in Integrated Marketing with a focus on nonprofit management.
What Sets Us Apart
People-First Approach
Everything we do is built around understanding your needs and helping you succeed—because when you thrive, so do we.
Long-Term Relationships
We’re not just here for the now. We love creating lasting relationships with our clients and growing with them over time.
Proven Process, Flexible Execution
We bring structure where it counts and adaptability where it matters. Our methods are clear, but always responsive.