Meet our playwright and director: Foster Solomon

 

Foster Solomon is an actor/writer/director. 

Mr. Solomon's theatrical directing highlights include Arcadia and Much Ado About Nothing for Richmond Shakespeare; The Piano Lesson for Virginia Union University; To Kill a Mockingbird for The Barksdale Theatre; and the world premiere of Cartoon for a New Ceiling for New Perspectives Theater in NYC. 

His writing highlights include The Penny Executive: the Maggie L. Walker Story for Carpenter Science Theatre and the award-winning short film, Tamed. 

Solomon's racially charged dramatic feature film, Hawks Ridge, which he wrote and directed, is now streaming on Amazon Prime and Tubi. 

Solomon holds an MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre's Academy for Classical Acting. All love to his family!

Location: Glassboro, NJ, USA

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