Director

Tinashe
Kajese-Bolden

(she/her)

Tinashe Kajese-Bolden is a multi-award-winning artistic leader, director, and actor whose work lives at the intersection of artistic innovation, complicated human stories, and community empowerment. She is the Artistic Director of the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, a Zelda Fichandler Award finalist, a Princess Grace Award recipient for Directing, and a MAP Fund grantee for All Smiles, a devised work centering children on the autism spectrum. Her directing credits include world premieres of the modern opera Forsyth County is Flooding (with the Joy of Lake Lanier) (Adamma Ebo and Marcus Norris); The Preacher’s Wife musical (Tituss Burgess); Furlough’s Paradise (a.k. payne); Ghost (Idris Goodwin); and Nick’s Flamingo Grill at the Alliance. She has directed regionally at Milwaukee Rep, Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, and more, with Broadway and Off-Broadway credits spanning the Imperial Theatre, Primary Stages, and The Classical Theatre of Harlem. On screen, she has appeared in The Suicide Squad, Marvel’s Hawkeye, Ava DuVernay’s Cherish the Day, Dynasty, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, among others. Driven by a passion for connection, her work explores how art can liberate us to imagine a more inclusive future. For my loves—Keith, Kingston, and Kingsley.