Irwin Daye is an actor, director, and producer. This is a special full circle moment as this is his directing debut with Soul Rep Theater Company's Bi-Annual Shine Play Festival. His recent acting theater credits include Between Riverside & Crazy at Stage West and Seven Guitars at UNT in Denton, Texas. He enjoys comedies and finding the thin line between serious and sincerity.

Ken is happily making his directorial debut with Soul Rep Theatre. He has directed variety shows, live action stunt shows, children’s theatre and web-series. As an actor, Ken has been performing on Texas stages since 2007, most recently at Soul Rep Theatre and Dallas Theater Center. He can be seen in HBO Max’s “Love & Death,” released in April. He is executive producer for “All About Bette: An Interlude with Bette Davis,” starring Morgana Shaw, and his web-series “Women’s Liberation” can be see streaming on YouTube.

Ashley Oliver is a Designer, Actor, and Director from Arlington, Tx. She holds a BA in Drama from Prairie View A&M University and has been working in theaters around Dallas/ Fort Worth for 15 years. She has worked on such shows as Cake Ladies, Little Women, Ann, Fetch Clay Make Man (Dallas Theater Center) Amazing Grace, Hurt Village, Dot, Do No Harm (Soul Rep Theatre) Bootycandy, Mr. Burns Post-Electric Play, Deer(Stage West), Shakin the Mess Outta Misery, Flight (Jubilee Theater) and Erykah Badu's One (Hu)man show (TBAAL) and many other shows. "A word equal a thought, a thought an idea, an idea an action, an action can change the world."-Claude McKay

MORGANA WILBORN (she/her/hers) was raised, and is a current resident of Dallas, TX. She is a proud graduate of the University of North Texas (BA, Theater), and The University of Houston (MA, Theater Education). For the past 14 years, she has served the community as an arts educator/administrator. She currently serves TACA in the Grants and Programs department. She served as the Managing Director of Bishop Arts Theatre Center (BATC), and Co-Managing Director at DNAWORKS LLC, Dialogue and Healing Through the Arts. She was the Director of Education at Dallas Theater Center (DTC) and continues as an Adjunct Professor of Theater and Humanities at Eastfield and El Centro College, and now University of North Texas, Dallas. Before serving for DTC and DNAWORKS, she served for 8 years as a theater director and instructor for Dallas ISD. She has directed and acted for the stage with companies such as Bishop Arts Theater Center, University of North Texas, TheaterMakers Studio, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Artstillery, SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Stage West Theater, Soul Rep Theatre, Cara Mia Theatre Company, WaterTower Theater, and House Party Theatre. She is also a certified Racial Healing practitioner. As a proud African American artist, educator, and activist, Morgana hopes to honor, uplift, and empower bodies of culture in her service to the community through mindful engagement and equitable collaboration.