Literaryperformer, Regie Gibson, has lectured & performed widely in the U.S., Cuba & Europe. As a representative of the U.S., Regie competed for & received the Absolute Poetry Award in Monfalcone, Italy as well as the 2018 Europa in Versi Award from the Casa della Poesia in Como, Italy. Himself & his work appear in “love jones” a feature-film based on events in his life. He’s been featured on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, various NPR programs, nominated for a Boston Emmy & has been a featured presenter for several Ted X events. He’s served as a consultant for both the National Endowment for the Arts “How Art Works” initiative & the “Mere Distinction of Color”: an exhibit at James Madison’s Montpelier, examining the legacy of slavery & the U.S. constitution. Regie has performed with & composed texts for, The Boston City Singers, The Mystic Chorale & the Handel+Haydn Society. He’s been published in Poetry Magazine, Harvard’s Divinity Magazine, & The Iowa Review, among others. His volume of poems, “Storms Beneath the Skin”, has received the Golden Pen Award and he is a recent recipient of a 2017 Brother Thomas Fellowship for Artistic Excellence from The Boston Foundation. Regie teaches at Grub Street, Clark University, is part of the Emerson College Summer Faculty & is both Poet-in-Residence and head instructor for the Mass Poetry “Poets in the Schools Program” through Lesley University. When Regie is not teaching, he is the lead singer for Atlas Soul: A world music, global funk ensemble & is Artistic Director of Shakespeare to Hiphop’s “Shakespeare Time-Traveling Speakeasy”: a multimedia performance focusing on the life, works & influence of William Shakespeare.

Carolyn is a lifelong performer who tells stories and sings songs all over the world. A longtime member of Actors Equity, her theatrical credits include Broadway, Broadway National Tours and regional theatres throughout the United States including Papermill Playhouse (NJ), Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Actors Theatre of Louisville and Connecticut Repertory. Now based in Boston, she’s worked with Greater Boston Stage, Front Porch Arts Collective, New Repertory Theatre, Christmas Revels @ Sanders Theatre, Wheelock Family Theatre, SpeakEasy Stage, Central Square Theater, North Shore Musical Theatre, Lyric Stage Company, Queen Mab Micro-Theatre, Starlight Square in Cambridge, the Outside the Box Festival and the Emerson Paramount. Her orchestral work includes the Boston Pops, Carnegie Hall, Teatro Colon, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, and the Buffalo Philharmonic. She is a member of the Boston Pops Gospel Choir, Millennium Choir, Sharing a New Song and the One City Chorus. An avid traveler who believes in the power of music to unite, she’s entertained audiences throughout Japan, Colombia, South Africa, Argentina and Uruguay. Film credits include ‘Sweet & Lowdown’, ‘Small Time Crooks’ and ‘The Curse of the Jade Scorpion’.

Kai Thomani Tshikosi (Artez Sabine, Also: Alabama Slim, The Soul Siren, The Alter Ego, and Police Officer 2)Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Malcolm in Macbeth, Armin in Equivocation, Ferdinand inThe Tempest (Actors Shakespeare Project); Othello in Othello, Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare & Company’s Northeast Regional Tour); Franklin (Boston Playwrights Theatre); Cymbeline (Brown Box Theatre Project); Julius Caesar (New Repertory Theatre’s Classic Repertory Company); Colossal (Company One). Additionally, Kai is an educator specializing in Stage Combat, Shakespeare, and Educational Equity, and has taught students in schools, universities, and correctional facilities across New England. He received a BA in Acting and Global Post-Colonial Studies from Emerson College

Hubens “Bobby” Cius (Omari) Central Square Theater: black odyssey boston. Other credits include Pass Over (SpeakEasy Stage Company), The Three Musketeers (Greater Boston Stage Company), A Free Man of Color (Salem State University). Training: BA in Theatre Arts at Salem State University. Awards: 2018 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 1 – NETC Best Scene Partner, 2019 KCACTF Region 1 – Irene Ryan 1st Honorable Mention. Online: @bobby_cius

Elle Borders is thrilled to be working with Front Porch after participating in their reading of A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes.  Her recent credits include The Wiz (Scarecrow), Sista Gurl in the staged reading of The Puppet Show, Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia/Quince), the world premier of How Soft the Lining (Elizabeth Keckly), An Octoroon (Minnie), and Othello (Bianca/ Montana). She has had the privilege of working with Boston Public Works, Sleeping Weazel, 3050 Music Group, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, and Company One in addition to numerous readings and workshops with the Huntington Theatre Company, Quick Silver Theater Company, and Fresh Ink Theatre. Ms. Borders studied with the Atlantic Theatre Company and holds a BFA in Drama from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. She is currently working to develop projects with her husband and collaborator, Brandon G. Green.