Resume

SADE’ MAY director sademaydir@gmail.com • (708) 612- 3924 • www.sademay.com

DIRECTING (Selected Highlights)

The Color Purple by Marsha Norman Thornton Fractional North HS

Crazy For You by Ken Ludwig Frenchwoods Festival

Cousin Todd by J.S. Puller Playground-Chicago Theatre

Once On This Island by Lynn Ahrens Den Theatre

Sister Act by Cheri Steinkellner Metropolis Performing Arts Center

In The Heights by Lin Manuel Miranda Thornton Fractional North HS

ASSISTANT DIRECTING (Selected Highlights)

Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution by Nambi E. Kelley dir. Tasia A. Jones Court Theatre

Legally Blonde by Heather Hach Lauren Katz Beverly Theatre Guild

The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman Jane Cox Governors State University

STAGE ADAPTATION WORK

The Gilded Ones* by Namina Forna, Glenwood High School HS

Adapted by Sade’ May

Children of Blood and Bone* by Tomi Adeymi Oak Lawn Community High School

Adapted by Sade’ May

AWARDS

IHSA Drama 2024 Group Interpretation State Champions, Daughter of the Marked (writer & director)

Broadway in Chicago IHSMTA, 2023 Best Ensemble Winner. and Best Director Nominee, Once On This Island (director)

IHSA Drama 2023 Group Interpretation State Runner-Up, The Gilded Ones (director)

IHSA Drama 2022 Group Interpretation State Runner-Up, Children of Blood and Bone (director)

AFFILIATIONS

Head of Film & Radio, French Woods Festival (May 2024 - September 2024)

Directing Apprentice, PlayGround-Chicago Theatre (September 2023 - Current)

Education Programs Coordinator, Court Theatre (September 2022 - Current)

Associate Director for Statewide Inclusion, Illinois High School Theatre Fest 2024 (January 2023 -)

Teaching Artist, Writers Theatre - Teaching Artist (January 2022 – Current)

Teaching Artist, Facets Film (November 2021 – Current)

EDUCATION

BA in Communication and Performance

Governors State University, University Park, IL Graduation May 2020

*Denotes Devised Theatre