Resume
Bio
Kamilah Bush (Literary Manager) is a graduate of The University of North Carolina where she earned a BFA in Theatre Education. She, a homegrown North Carolinian, is a playwright and dramaturg who is committed to telling the varied and complex stories of Black women. James Baldwin said that an artist’s responsibility to their society is to “never cease warring with it” and she takes this responsibility very seriously. Keep up with her as the battle wages on.
Kamilah Bush
Playwright. Dramaturg. Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D
EXPERIENCE
Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR - Literary Manager
October 2020- Present
Two River Theater, Red Bank, NJ — Artistic Assistant
August 2019-October 2020
Asolo Repertory Theater, Sarasota, FL — Literary Associate
February 2019 - June 2019
— Dramaturgy & Casting Apprentice
August 2018 - February 2019
Triad Stage, Greensboro, NC — Artistic Apprentice
August 2016 - August 2018
EDUCATION
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro — BFA Theater Education
August 2011 - May 2015
North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program
K-12 NC Teaching License
PRODUCTION/READING HISTORY
NICK & THE PRIZEFIGHTER
2021 Modern Works Festival, Urbanite Theatre, Sarasota - 2021
HEDDA FREEMAN - written with Dr. Justin P. Cowan
Western Connecticut State University- 2021
THEMBA - written with Amy Da Luz
Actors Theater of Charlotte NuVoices Festival - 2019
WHAT.
Black Lady Theater, Brooklyn NY - 2018
Quick Silver Theater’s Citizen One Series, NYC - 2016
Bennett College Players, Greensboro, NC - 2016
HOW A STAR GETS MADE: THE BESSIE COLEMAN STORY
Red Door Theater, Union Springs, AL - 2017
KEEP WALKING
MOJOAA Performing Arts Group Reclamation Series, Winston-Salem, NC- 2016
JOHN HENRY
Red Door Theater, Union Springs, AL - 2016
CONCESSION
Paper Lantern Theater Company, Ruby Slipper Fringe Festival - Winston-Salem, NC - 2016
MASS
KCACTF Region IV, Athens, GA - 2015
UNC Greensboro Fall Briefs, Greensboro, NC - 2014
PRODUCTION/ NEW WORK DRAMATURGY
(Selected Titles)
Hell You Talmbout by M.L. Roberts, ACT Theatre, Seattle WA - 2021
Directed by Steve Broadnax III
Love in Hate Nation by Joe Iconis, Two River Theater, Red Bank NJ - 2019
Directed by John Simpkins
Sweat by Lynn Nottage, Asolo Rep, Sarasota FL - 2019
Directed by Nicole A. Watson
Fences by August Wilson, Triad Stage, Greensboro NC - 2015
Directed by Tamera Izlar
AWARDS
2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi Finalist
2021 Modern Works Festival Winner
Quick Silver Theatre Company Playwrights of Color Summit - Semi Finalist
Greensboro NAACP Image Award Excellence in Playwriting
Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region IV Short Play Prize,