Latia Stokes

200 Bradhurst Avenue Apt. 38 New

York, NY 10039 Latia_Stokes@yahoo.com

443-642-1839

LatiaStokes.com

Professional Profile

Teaching

• Kids Creative (currently)

• Shakespeare Theater Company (2015-)

• Kaiser Educational Theater (2015-2016)

• Imagination Stage (2014- )

• Educational Theater Company (2014- )

• Arts on A roll (2014-)

Acting

• Professional Actor (AEA)

• Regional Theater, Fringe Festival, Film and PSA’s

• Performed Modern, Classical and Contemporary Work including Anton Chekov, William

Shakespeare and Lynn Nottage

• Film work includes a pilot series for TV One, student films and shorts

• Actor, Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD (2017)

• Actor, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. (2015, 2016)

• Actor, Kaiser Permanente Educational Theater, Touring (2015-2016)

• Actor, Convergence Theater, Washington, D.C. (2015-)

• Actor, Barabbas Theater, Fringe Festival, Washington, D.C. (2015)

• Actor, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Baltimore, MD (2014)

• Actor, Endstation Theater Company, Lynchburg, Virginia (2013)

• Actor, The Strand Theater, Baltimore, MD (2013)

• Actor, The Cumberland Theater, Cumberland, Maryland (2012)

Directing

• Directed a college production, various children’s shows, skits for organizations and

codirected a one woman show

• Director, Hands That Make a Difference, New York, New York (2017)

• Director, Arts on A roll, Prince Georges County, Maryland (2016)

• Director, Prince Georges Children’s Theater, Maryland (2015, 2016)

• Director, The Little Headliners, Baltimore, MD (2014)

• Director, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD (2013)

Coaching

• Private Student College Audition Coaching (2016- )

• Acting Coach, Catholic University Production “Br’er Cotton” (2016)

• Acting Coach, SEED School Why New Orleans Matters (2015)

• Suitland Community Center, Theater of The Oppressed Workshop (2016) • Director,

Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD (2013)

Administrative

• Arts on A Roll

-Created Curriculum for Acting, Improvisation, Van and Inventory record keeping

• Imagination Stage

-Created Curriculum

• Shakespeare Theater Company

-Created Curriculum

• Educational Theatre Company

-Created Curriculum

• Founder and Director of The Little Headliners Summer Community Program

-Created Curriculum, recruiting and marketing in the community and payroll

• Theater Internship at Everyman Theater

-Attendance, scheduling, payroll and building security

• Convergence Theater Artistic Collaborator

-Script reader and show marketing team

• “Swim for Bob” Campaign part of the planning team

-color scheme, event length, activity coordinator

• AmeriCorps Youth Health Program Secretary

-Answered phones, filed confidential information, fax and copy

Education Master of Fine Arts: The Catholic University of America; Acting (2015)

• Grad Company Touring Actor and Instructor

-High schools, Libraries and The Metropolitan Club

• Grad Student Voice and Movement Instructor to grad class

• Acting Coach- Student Film Project

• Co-Director of One Woman Show

Bachelor of Science: Frostburg State University; Theater Arts (2012) Minor:

Recreation and Parks Management

• Director of Vagina Monologues

• Director of Scenes and Acting Coach for Visual Couture Models Fashion Show

• Founding Chapter at FSU and First Chaplain of National Council of Negro Women

• “Swim for Bob” Foundation Campaign staff,

• Frostburg Community Events- Coordinator

Class Experience Catholic University of America

• Co-Taught Grad Voice and Movement Master Class

• Grad Company Actor/High school student monologue coaching

Arts on A Roll

• Residencies: Introduction to Acting and Improvisation Class for Adults and k-12

Shakespeare Theater Company

• Acting, Voice and Movement, Stage Combat, Text Classes

Imagination Stage

• Shakespeare and Acting

• Residency with IStage at The SEED High School

Kaiser Permanente Educational Theater

• Residencies with ETP Touring elementary and middle schools

Educational Theater Company

• Residencies with elementary schools

• Acting, Outer Space, Commedia, Art

Teaching Resume

Kids Creative NYC New York, NY Currently

*Theater Instructor

• Direct devised plays and teach theater k-12

Shakespeare Theater Company Washington, D.C 2015-

*Teaching Artist & Director

• Lead Workshops and Camp Shakespeare (Direct Shakespeare plays)

Kaiser Permanente Educational Theater Touring DMV 2015-

*Actor Educator

• Lead Teacher of Workshops and perform educational plays

• Co-Taught Residency Curriculum

• Taught Improvisation for The Kids Safe Zone

MNCPPC (Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission) 2015-

Arts on a Roll

*Teaching Artist and Director

• Community Outreach Tailoring to various age group needs

• Classes: Acting, Movement, Voice, Shakespeare, Improvisation, Clown

Imagination Stage 2015-

*Teaching Artist and Coach

• Lead Highschool Residency (Devising with 10th grade to create a performance

piece surrounding Hurricane Katrina)

• Teach Characters on Stage (3rd-5th grade) and Understanding Shakespeare (6-8th)

Educational Theatre Company Arlington, VA 2014

*Teaching Artist

• Teach Improvisation Comedy, Commedia, Art Play, Acting

• Direct sharing performances at the end of classes

Hamlet for High School Catholic University 2014

*Touring Graduate Theater Company Actor

• Performed

• Taught Decoding Shakespeare Monologues and Directed Scenes

Everyman Theater, Baltimore, MD 2011

*Summer Directing Intern position (Highschool Students)

• Directed several scenes

• Documented Payroll, Attendance and responsible for building security

Center Stage Theater, Baltimore, MD 2009

*Summer Education Apprenticeship position

• Leading physical games and activities for the campers

• Snapping photographs to assist in marketing

Directing Resume Hands That Make a Difference New York, NY 2017

*Teaching Artist and Director

• Intro to Acting Classes, Residencies

• Co-producing, writing and directing children’s shows for the community

MNCPPC (Maryland National Park & Planning Commission) 2015, 2016

PG Children’s Theater

*Director

• Puppet Musical, “Mary Q Contrary” and “Magic Photo Album”

The Little Headliners Baltimore, MD 2013

*Summer Camp Founder and Director

• Fundraised, Produced and Directed children plays

Sunrise Adult Daycare Halethorpe, MD 2012

*Activity Coordinator and Director

• Responsible for creating theater activities for adults with mental and physical

disabilities and implementing them

Frostburg Halloween Parade & Easter Egg Hunt Frostburg, MD 2011

*Program Coordinator

• Created Activities, Confirmed the venue, Oversee of marketing materials

• Managed at least 3 age groups of over 40 children

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Proficient in MS Word, Excel and Power Point

Readings/ Play Workshop Productions

• Actor, Abingdon Theatre Company “Play Reading” New York, NY (2017) -

Commissioned work by Amy E. Witting

• Actor, The Juilliard School “Play Reading” (2017)

-Invited reading of “Black Lady Authority” by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm

• Actor, George Washington University “Play Workshop” (2017

-Commissioned reading of a new work

• Suitland Community Center, Workshop Production (2016)

-A devised piece which included youth testimonies of bullying and oppression

• Actor, The Kennedy Center “Public Play Readings” Washington, D.C. (2014-2016)

-Play reading for The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival

-Play reading for MFA playwrights workshop

-Play reading for New Visions/New Voices Festival

-Play reading for Page to Stage

• Actor, The Kennedy Center “Workshop Production” (2016) -From the mouths of

monsters by Idris Goodwin

• Actor, Spooky Action Theater “Play Reading” (2016)

-B’rer Cotton by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm

• Actor, Signature Theater “Workshop Production”

• Actor, Mosaic Theater Company of DC “Workshop Production” (2015) -A

women’s voices theater festival new work

• Actor, Taffety Punk “Workshop Production” (2015) -Public reading of play “First

Citizen” by Anna Lathrop

• Actor, Catholic University

-The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson

• Actor, Endstation Theater Company “Playwright Reading Series” (2014) -new

work by Hallie McPherson and Matthew Kellen

• Actor, Theater Alliance “Workshop Production” (2013)

-When I come to Die by Nathan Louis Jackson

Recent Projects • Sundance Institute Theater Festival 2017 (Upcoming)

• Direct reading of “Rita” A Maya Angelou Play (Upcoming)

• Actor, Best Friends Foundation Performance Series for High Schools (2016- )

• Promotional Model/Actor, Tow man Convention (2015-)

Performance Resume

Theatre

The Jungle Book Bagheera

Darius & Twig (Remount) Mom

Darius & Twig Mom The Kennedy Center Eleanor Holdridge

Bhavi The Avenger Elephant Flashpoint-Mead Theatre Lab Elena Velasco

Never Never Becca Capital Fringe Festival Kevin O’Connell

The Revolutionists Marianne The Catholic University of America Eleanor Holdridge

A Christmas Carol Belle Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Ian Gallanar

A Colossal Thing (Solo Show) Stella The Catholic University of America Elissa Goetschius

Machinal Ensemble The Catholic University of America Marietta Hedges

King Oedipus Tiresias The Catholic University of America Orion Jones

In Sweet Remembrance Diana Endstation Theatre Company Walter Kmiec

One Glitz Wish Destinee

The Strand Theatre Tara

Cariaso

The Merchant of Venice Prince of Morocco The

Catholic University of America Eleanor Holdridge

Etiology Zinnia The Catholic

University of America Shirley Serotsky

On the Rocks Melody The

Catholic University of America Orion Jones

Brutus (Adaptation) Portia The Catholic

University of America Allison Fuentes

Romeo & Juliet Lady Capulet The

Cumberland Theater Don Whisted

Imagination Stage

Overture Center for the Arts

Janet Stanford

Eleanor Holdridge

Frostburg State University

Baltimore/Washington, D.C

Baltimore/Washington D.C.

Washington, D.C

Washington, D.C

Linda McCulloch

Allynsproductions

Ifreewriting productions

Student Film

Student Film

Ruined Mama Nadi Frostburg State University Mairyz Yost-Rushton

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Titania Frostburg State University Mairyz Yost-Rushton

A Christmas Carol Mairyz Yost-Rushton

Charwoman/Chorus Frostburg State University

Dark of the

Moon

Film

The Price of

Ambition

(TV One

Pilot Series)

One Night

Only

A Raisin in

the Sun

School’s

Out

Hattie

Principal

Principal

Beneatha

Principal

Training Acting

Training

Acting

Workshops

On-Camera

Workshop

Gary Sloan, Marietta Hedges

Stephen Spinella, Paul Morella,

Kathryn Kelley

Brenna McDonough, Marietta

Hedges

Voice &

Dialect

Melissa Flaim, Nicole Mattis

Stage

Combat

Casey Kaleba

The

Alexander

Technique

Susan Cohen, Mary Naden

Lecoq &

Clown

Dodi Disanto, Karen Abromaitis

Mime & Specialized Movement Paata Tsikurishvili

Dance (Jazz, Hip Hop and Tap) Jamie McGreevy, Crista Cave-Gomer

Teaching Workshops Ashley Hammond, Brent Stansell, Rosalind Flynn

Special Skills SAFD Certification in unarmed and broadsword actor combat,

Puppetry: Crafting and Operating

Physical: Cartwheel, dive roll, handstand, Face and Body Isolations

Sports: Volleyball, Badminton

Dialects: Congolese, Caribbean, British, Cockney

Professional Organizations and Memberships Actor’s Equity Association member (2016), Company member of Convergence Theater (2015),

National Council of Negro Women Collegiate Chapter, Chaplain (2012), National

Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Youth Member (2011), Teach for America

Candidate (2012), V-Day member (2015), Student Conservation Association member (2008), AmeriCorps

member (2009)

Honors and Awards

Acting: Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Irene Ryan Nominee (2012), Kennedy

Center Certificate of Merit for Performance (2012), Convergence Theater Company, John Aniello

Award for Outstanding Emerging Theater Company Nominee (2017)

Academic: Inductee: Phi Eta Sigma (2008), Dean’s List (2008) AmeriCorps Education Award

(2008) Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Education Enrichment Scholar (2008) Ben Carson Scholar (1998)

Administrative: Defensive Driver Certificate (2015) First Aid/CPR certified (2016)

Notable Reviews Latia Stokes, who played Becca, was simply stunning. Her performance was emotionally dynamic and she

was wonderfully expressive and emotive. She also brought a great sense of kindness and hospitality to

the role which was best displayed when she hosted Thanksgiving dinner. Her dynamism is her strength

as an actress and she showcased it brilliantly as she displayed the complex emotions one would expect

out of a woman finding out that the love of her life is attracted to children.

-DCMetroTheaterArts

Latia Stokes, as the pre-bah-humbug youth's fiancée, brought admirable warmth to their brief scene.

-The Baltimore Sun

Latia Stokes’ portrayal of the character, notably in the mournful and loving letters she writes him, is the

most sympathetic and emotionally resonant in the play.

-DCMetroTheaterArts

Rounding out the ensemble were Latia Stokes and Manu Kumasi, playing a revolving circus of adults,

bullies, relatives, teachers, police officers, and more, often with conflicting advice and demands of our

heroes. Stokes did an admirable job navigating the spectrum of her characters, including Darius’

troubled mother, the boys’ cloyingly earnest English teacher, a swaggering bully, and Twig’s haughty

running opponents.

-Theatre Bloom

Latia Stokes’ single scene as Portia is even more impressive. Stokes may have the best command of verse

out of anyone in the cast, and the acting chops to back up the words

-DCMetroTheaterArts

References

*Gary Sloan

*Mairyz Yost-Rushton

Co-Head MFA Acting

Acting Professor

The Catholic University of America

Frostburg State University

3801 Harewood Road NE

101 Braddock Road

Washington, D.C 20064

Frostburg, MD 21532

240-904-6841

301-687-4781

Sloang@cua.edu

myost@frostburg.edu

*Elena Velasco

Eleanor Holdridge

Artistic Director

Head M.F.A Directing

Convergence Theatre Company

Catholic University

Synetic Theater 1800 S. Bell Street

3801 Harewood Road NE

Arlington, Va 22202

Washington, D.C 20064

703-328-8868

202-319-5358

Elenavelasco.director@gmail.com

Holdridge@cua.edu

*Damion Perkins

Christel Stevens

Creative Drama Specialist

Arts Specialist

Kaiser Permanente Educational Theater

MNCPPC

10125 Bacon Drive

6600 Kenilworth Avenue

Beltsville, MD 20705

Riverdale, MD 20737

202-412-0155

301-446-3237

Djperkins29@gmail.com

Christel.Stevens@pgparks.com

*Please Contact First