Clinnesha D. Sibley is a playwright, published poet, performing artist and theatre director. Her plays have been selected for the Arkansas Repertory Theatre’s Voices at the River Playwriting Residency, the Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, and the Region VI Kennedy Center American College Theatre 10-Minute Play Festival (three consecutive years). She has mentored and trained young playwrights through TheatreSquared’s Arkansas New Play Festival and Arts Live Theatre’s Summer Youth Conservatory. Her involvement in Fayetteville’s burgeoning arts community inspired her to establish the African-American Theatre Group (AATG), which is Northwest Arkansas’ first and only company committed to staging the stories of African-American culture and tradition. Through the AATG, Clinnesha provides touring opportunities for local performing artists and presents Drama/Playwriting workshops to underserved thespians. Most recently, she was honored by the Iota Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society for being “A Key Woman Educator in Drama”.

 

 

Education:

M.F.A. in Playwriting – The University of Arkansas (Fayetteville)
B.A. in Interdisciplinary Humanities – Tougaloo College