The Amun Ra Theatre Staff
PRODUCTION TEAM

jeff obafemi carr, Artistic Director
jeff obafemi carr has experience in Acting, Writing, Poetry, Directing, Filmmaking, and Radio and Televison Productions. carr has performed in multiple roles with several regional companies including Tennessee Repertory Theater, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center stage Company, Bristol Riverside Theater, ANPT, and BTAB. Produced plays he has written include The Unforgettable Visit Rabbit, The Pear Tree, and The Maheeheehah (Fisk University Memorial Chapel). Other Plays: Don't Believe in Dying and Like it was the Last Day. A 1990 Cum Laude Graduate of Tennessee State University with a Major in Speech Communication/Theater, carr is author of Black Stuff: Poetry and Essays on the Afrikan-American Experience, and his essays have been published in Essence Magazine, The Black World Today, The Tennessee Tribune, and Urban Flavor. Radio production and hosting credits include Straight Talk, Let's Talk, and Habari Gani? (What's the News?). Carr is a much sought after public speaker and his one-man play, How Blak Kin Eye Bee, is currently gearing up for a tour of the southeastern United States . (click here to view jeff's website)

Persephone Felder-Fentress, Associate Artist
Persephone Felder-Fentress is an Associate Professor of Dramatics and Speech At Fisk University, as well as a Professional performer and director. She deems it most important for her students to know the theory and practice of theatre, so she remains active in the business. As a professional and educator, Persephone feels that one enhances the other. She is a better teacher of the craft becuase she actively practices it. Because she is a constant student of her craft, any opportunity to "try out" knowledge gained is welcomed. She has performed in regional, dinner, and children's theatre, as well as film and commercials. Dreamgirls, Michell; The Marriage of Figaro, Marcellina: A Midsummer's Night Dream, Titania, and Peter Rabbit and Me, Beatrix Potter are a few of her favorite shows and roles. Once on this Island, Before It Hits Home, The Old Settler, Sophisticated Ladies, The Wiz, Dreamgirls, and Home are some of the productions she has directed.