Pictured Above - Passion with cast and author of Paradigm Shift which she directed at the Dwyer
Welcome to Directed By Passion
PASSION’s work
has been critically acclaimed as "stunning" and "creative.” She has
directed over thirty-five productions, including Saviour? Dwyer Cultural
Center,
Another
Man’s Poison (Off-Broadway), Antigone Asata Shakur, T’was The Night
Before Kwanzaa (Black Spectrum and Billie Holiday Theaters), and Real
Black Men Don’t Sit Crosslegged On The Floor (New Federal Theater, Best
Ensemble AUDELCO Award.)
In the NY International Fringe Festival she directed Damon & Debra and Black Martian. Other festivals include Voices From The Edge, NYU Festival of New Works, Chekov NOW, Potpourri!, Estrogenius and Going To The River. At the National Black Theater Festival, Bermuda Festival and New Federal Theater, she directed Melba Moore’s Sweet Songs of the Soul (Best Solo Performer AUDELCO Award.)
At Newark and Houston airports, she directed Gimme Wings! a salute to Black women pioneers of flight. Formerly Known As Sarah, Joyce Griffen’s tribute to Madame C.J. Walker has been presented at the National Arts Club, the Museum of the City of New York, Paul Robeson Theater, Estrogenius Festival.
PASSION is director/producer of the documentary, Drama Mamas! Black Women Theater Directors In The Spotlight and Remembered; featured among many in this full length film (in post-production) are Shauneille Perry, Barbara Ann Teer, Billie Allen, Seret Scott, Phylicia Rashad and Ruby Dee.
She is a member of the Workshop Theater Company, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, Women’s Project Directors Forum, SDC and former Artistic Director of the NJPAC Young Writers Workshop.
PASSION is an AUDELCO Outstanding Pioneer Honoree.
Her stand-up comic alter-ego, Rhonda Hansome is a BackStage Bistro Award Outstanding Comedienne.
In the NY International Fringe Festival she directed Damon & Debra and Black Martian. Other festivals include Voices From The Edge, NYU Festival of New Works, Chekov NOW, Potpourri!, Estrogenius and Going To The River. At the National Black Theater Festival, Bermuda Festival and New Federal Theater, she directed Melba Moore’s Sweet Songs of the Soul (Best Solo Performer AUDELCO Award.)
At Newark and Houston airports, she directed Gimme Wings! a salute to Black women pioneers of flight. Formerly Known As Sarah, Joyce Griffen’s tribute to Madame C.J. Walker has been presented at the National Arts Club, the Museum of the City of New York, Paul Robeson Theater, Estrogenius Festival.
PASSION is director/producer of the documentary, Drama Mamas! Black Women Theater Directors In The Spotlight and Remembered; featured among many in this full length film (in post-production) are Shauneille Perry, Barbara Ann Teer, Billie Allen, Seret Scott, Phylicia Rashad and Ruby Dee.
She is a member of the Workshop Theater Company, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, Women’s Project Directors Forum, SDC and former Artistic Director of the NJPAC Young Writers Workshop.
PASSION is an AUDELCO Outstanding Pioneer Honoree.
Her stand-up comic alter-ego, Rhonda Hansome is a BackStage Bistro Award Outstanding Comedienne.
