LaVonda Elam
Lecturer in Theatre and Performance
LaVonda Elam is a Brooklyn based creative artist of theatre & music, an educator, health advocate and an inspired Solopreneur. As an artist she’s had great fortune in working with legendary and notable artists in theater, film & music internationally. In the world of education she’s worked many years devising social justice theater, in various NYC educational & artistic institutions. She’s quite passionate about using art as a catalyst for healing & transformation. LaVonda is a recipient of the 2015 Black Theater Torchbearer Award.
More About Me
Teaching Artist/Instructor:
- Asst. Program Director/Teacher, Creative Arts Team, NYC
- Mind Builders, Creative Arts Bronx, NY
- The Acing Studio, Voice & Speech, New York, NY
- The Continuum Project; Legacy program, DC/NYC
Performance Credits:
- Mountain Top, Camae (Katori Hall), Imani Directs
- The Women of Troy, Cassandra/Andromache, LaMama , NYC
- 11:55, Joy, Indie Film 2015
- Valaida, Snow, RACCA, NYC
Assistant Directing Credits:
- SHE, LATC
- Untamed Black, Spectrum Theater NYC
- Walk Hard, Metropolitan Theater, NYC
Representative Courses
Fundamentals of Acting 1055