Artist Bio

(Bio as of November 2023)

Malkia Stampley is from Milwaukee and is Goodman’s BOLD Artistic Producer. Line Producer credits include The Nacirema Society; Antonio’s Song; Toni Stone; Clyde’s; the ripple, the wave that carried me home; Life After; Good Night, Oscar; Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci; Swing State and Gem of the Ocean. Chicago directing credits include Exit Strategy (Northwestern University); The October Storm (Raven Theatre); Boulevard of Bold Dreams (Timeline Theatre); STEW (Shattered Globe); Shakesfest (Chicago Shakespeare). Additional directing: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Farmer’s Alley); The Gift of the Magi (American Players); Black Nativity (Black Arts MKE); STEW (Milwaukee Chamber); Nunsense (Milwaukee Repertory); Five Guys Named Moe (Skylight Music). She served as the founding Artistic Producer for Milwaukee Black Theater Festival and is co-founder of Bronzeville Arts Ensemble. Malkia is a BOLD theater artist, 2022-2023 LORT EDI Mentee, a board member of Season of Concern, Theatre Producers of Color alum and University of Chicago & Court Theatre’s Civic Actors Studio alumnus and facilitator.