Artist, entrepreneur, educator

MARJUAN CANADY

 
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She’s basically the female Jordan Peele.
— VICE
 
 
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Named as a 2023, Woman to Watch on Broadway, Marjuan Canady is a Tony® Nominated Broadway Producer and award-winning Caribbean-American artist, entrepreneur, educator, artist-scholar and literacy advocate. A DC native, Her work spans theater, film, television, children’s media and literature. Marjuan is currently an Artist in Residence at Eaton DC and was the Spring 2024 Kennedy Center Social Impact Local Playwright in Residence and a Research Scholar for The August Wilson Society. Recent awards include: 2024 NYU Alumni Changemaker Award, 2024 Power of She Iota Phi Lambda Award, 2023 DC Mayor’s Arts LARRY NEAL Writers Award. Her Co-Producing Broadway credits include: Alicia Keys' Hell's Kitchen, The WIZ, and Death of a Salesman. She was the 2021-2022 inaugural Front Row Productions Fellow / Adjunct Research Scholar at Columbia University MFA Theatre Management and Producing Program. Her original work has been seen on Hoorae Media, Sensical TV, Sesame Street, at The John F. Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian, The Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, The National Theatre, and Folger Shakespeare Library. She is the CEO/ Author and Creative Director of the children's media brand, Callaloo Kids. Marjuan has held fellowships at The Kennedy Center, The Schomburg Center, , the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, Lincoln Center, Harlem Stage, and the Anacostia Arts Center. She is a 13 time DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellow. A creative-social-entrepreneur, she is the Founder of her production company Sepia Works and non-profit, Canady Foundation for the Arts. Canady is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and holds her B.A. in Theatre / African Studies Fordham University and her M.A. in Arts Politics from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America, Actors Equity Association, Dramatist Guild, and the Parent Artist Advocacy League. She is the proud mom of her four year old daughter, Savannah. www.marjuancanady.com / @marjuancanady

 
 
 
Don’t miss this artist!
— Paul mooney

Office Hours- 11/14

Join me for my last office hours of 2024

NYU ALUMNI CHANGEMAKER AWARD

Thank you to my alma mater, NYU Tisch for selecting me for this award.

Panels, Special Events & Workshops

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BROADWAY!

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Latest News

Tony Nominated!

Congratulations to the entire Hell’s Kitchen company for our 13 nominations including BEST MUSICAL.

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Callaloo Kids is a children’s media brand that promotes cultural literacy for kids through books, digital content, live performance, and arts education resources.

PRESS

Latest interviews with media outlets

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Girls! Girls? Girls. on Kweli TV

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Give From the Heart

Please consider supporting my nonprofit The Canady Foundation for the Arts this Holiday by making a tax deductible donation. Since 2015, we have impacted over 8,000 youth and families in the DMV. Your support helps CFA provide arts education, and financial resources for youth in need.