Producers

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Chickasaw Nation/Seminole Ancestry

• Singer/Actress/Writer/Composer/Lyricist/ Theatre and Creative Producer/ Director/Speaker
• MA/NYC
• Representation: Park and Fine Literary Agents: : Sara Passik & Melissa Rodman  
• https://nicoletteblount.com/
• https://takemyshotproductions.com/
• Instagram
• takemyshotproductions@gmail.com

Nicolette Blount is a member of the Chickasaw Nation, composer, lyricist, writer, performer, and producer. She is a 2024 Dramatist Guild Foundations National Musical Theatre Fellow. Nicolette is currently writing a dramatic nonfiction about her Chickasaw great grandma, Wanda Savage, and is the cowriter, composer and lyricist for the musical Savage: The Unconquerable Wanda Savage, which was a semifinalist for 2024 and 2025 O’Neill’s NMTC.  Through her LLC, Take My Shot Productions, she coproduced the Off Broadway show A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet and is coproducing the new musical In Pieces. She is an investor for the Museum of Broadway and Millennials are Killing Musicals.  The music she self-produced for Savage has garnered 47K streams on all music platforms.  Nicolette is a member of Dramatist Guild, ASCAP, Songwriters Guild of America, Society of Composers and Lyricists, TRU, Rise, Muse, and Maestra.

Choctaw

• Casting Agent, Film Producer
• In Chicago, willing to travel.
• IG @Momagerburks
• Eliseburkspffc@yahoo.com

Having more than two decades of experience in the entertainment field, Elise Burks has become a "Jack of All Trades" in every sense of the term. Elise has worked in multiple arenas, from casting to writing to producing, for companies such as CBS/WBBM, FOX, NBC, Food Network and Bunim-Murray Productions. Currently, Elise works under the Operations department for Broadway In Chicago while also independently casting for multiple TV/Film/Commercial/Theatre projects for various agencies. Elise focuses her specific talents on bringing Indigenous, Native and POC talent to the forefront. Managing up and coming talent on breaking into the business is also a passion of Elise's, with the hopes of bringing under-represented talent the knowledge and power they need to be equipped with in order to get into the room. Representation matters.

Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Red Cliff Band of Ojibwe

• Composer/music director/creative producer
• Instruments: Voice, Piano, Trumpet
• Dramatist Guild
• Local to NYC
• https://daniellejagelski.com
• daniellejagelski@gmail.com

Danielle Jagelski is a conductor, composer, and producer. At home in both theatrical and orchestral realms, she is the Music Director and co-founder of Renegade Opera, Associate Conductor of PROTESTRA, Producer for First Nations Performing Arts, and Conducting Faculty at Manhattan School of Music precollege.

As an enrolled member and citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and Redcliff Band of Ojibwe, Danielle often collaborates with other Native artists in multidisciplinary creative projects in order to sustain and further the visibility of Indigenous peoples in the fine arts realm. She is a lead producer for First Nations Performing Arts, and is a fierce advocate for equity in musical spaces, and has presented her research in mixed-race studies and classical music throughout the US and Canada.

As a composer, she is an avid writer of song, opera, choral, music for theatre, and narrative stories of all kinds. Her most recent premieres have been by New Native Theatre, MUSE Cincinnati Women’s Choir, Hear Us Hear Them Ensemble, Artemis Singers, and American Patriots Project. She is currently working on a new work commissioned by Voice of Ascension | Voices of the New to be premiered in April 2024. 

Danielle is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Girls Who Conduct, and is the recipient of a 2022 Plimpton Foundation Award.

Haliwa-Saponi 

• Actor/Singer/Investor/Producer
• Based in NJ, willing to travel
• Actors Equity Association (AEA), SAG-Aftra, CAEA
• Agent contact: Ernest Maynor c/o Entertainment Creative Management Email: entcreativemgmt@aol.com Cell: 201-923-7748
• Facebook: Kimberly JaJuan
• Instagram: @KimberlyJaJuan

Kimberly JaJuan (Haliwa-Saponi) is a graduate of The Eastman School (BM) & The Juilliard School (MM). She recently appeared as ‘Coyote' in PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE INDIANS, 'Grace Goodeagle’ in PICHER PROJECT, 'Aki' in AJIJAAK ON TURTLE ISLAND, & her One-Woman show portraying Natalie Cole in MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY: THE MUSIC OF NATALIE COLE. Principal roles on Broadway, Off-Broadway & National Tours of: RAGTIME, DREAMGIRLS, MARIE CHRISTINE, KING DAVID, RUNNING MAN (Purlitzer Prize), SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE, MUSIC OF THE NIGHT. Film & TV credits: “Tony Awards”, “America’s Got Talent”, “Law & Order”, “The Life”, “Broadway Damage”, "Preaching to the Choir". Vocal credits: Original cast recordings of King David, Marie Christine, Great Joy I (Grammy nominated) w/Broadway Inspirational Voices. Kimberly made her Investor/Producing debut w/AMERICAN SON. Followed by HADESTOWN, AIN'T TOO PROUD, WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU, CHICKEN & BISCUITS, & MJ, THE MUSICAL. Longstanding member of: SAGAFTRA, AEA, & CAEA. Pi;la’huk/Thanks to Nicolette for sharing her story with us.

Métis Nation of Alberta 

• Actor/Producer/ Production manager/ Production coordinator
• Local to NYC
• SAG-Aftra & Actors Equity Association (AEA)
• Agent : Take 3 Talent 
• Manager: Rebel Creative Group
• Instagram
• Facebook
• www.tanisparenteau.com

Tanis Parenteau is an actor/producer and member of the Métis Nation of Alberta. TV: Billions, FBI: Most Wanted, Gossip Girl, Designated Survivor, House of Cards, Tribal. Film: ReEntry, Sweet Summer Pow Wow, Rehab. NYC theatre: The Public Theater, Signature Theater, 59E59 Theaters. Regional theatre: Oregon Shakespeare Festival. As a producer, her debut short film, A Big Black Space, had its broadcast premiere on ARTÉ and her most recent short, ‘Dating Indian’, won Best Comedy at Edmonton Short Film Festival and was nominated for an AMPIA Rosie Award for Best Scripted Production Under 30 Minutes. Tanis produced and stars in the APTN lumi series, ‘Jason’, which premiered February 14th. Master of Fine Arts in Acting from The New School for Drama. 

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Ysleta del Sur Pueblo

• Actor/Singer/Director/Dramaturg/Film Producer/Writer/SFX artist 
• Based in CO, willing to travel
• Radical Artists Agency (Denver Regional: commercial, theatrical, voiceover)
• Agent contact: Kathleen@radicalartistsagency.com and Kathey@radicalartistsagency.com.
• www.autumnsilvas.com
• Instagram
• https://fighterproductionco.wixsite.com/fighter-productions
• Facebook

An actor, writer, producer, and indie filmmaker (among other categories), Autumn is a wild card. Passionate about Native and biracial representation in authentic and interesting ways, she is the founder of Fighter Productions LLC, an independent film company of the Rockies focused on impactful narratives that challenge the stereotypes and rhetoric of Hollywood in unique ways. A firm believer in tea, vintage clothing, and that art and puns can create positive conversation across divides, she is deeply interested in creating work that impacts people of all backgrounds in a truly human and relatable way. Whether through performing or creating, Autumn believes in learning the whole story, and telling it one artistic leap at a time.