Akia
Founder & Artistic Director
Akia has been studying
performing & visual arts since the age of Three. Born and raised in the
tri-state area, where she was home-schooled by her mother. During her early
years she spent most of her life traveling throughout the East Coast of the
United States, The West Indies, and The Caribbean, where she was fortunate
enough to study and observe many different regional & cultural art forms. Dance
in its many forms was her first love, and is said to have been grooving while
still in the womb. At the age of 9 Akia first began working professionally as a
model in Jamaica and for visual artists in Princeton, NJ. In 1993, she was
awarded a four year work-study scholarship at the New York Conservatory for the
arts, in upstate NY, where she studied Musical Theatre and Dance, while
performing in their repertory company. It was there that she got her first taste
for directing, and choreographing. All of this led to her move to NYC in 1997,
at the age of 19 to pursue her dreams of career in the arts. Since moving to
NYC, she has performed, directed and emceed with improv/sketch comedy teams,
appeared in numerous off & off-off Broadway productions, as a feature player in
independent films, and as a touring dancer. Akia is the artistic Director and
Founder of The Rising Sun Performance Company, which is now in its Fourth year
of existence. She has been involved on all levels in each of their 22 and
counting productions and events. In addition to RSP, she is the
Director of Development for The Paul Butterfield Fund &
Society, and sits on the board of directors, and Company Manager for the New
York Innovative Awards, serves on their Honoree Awards committee and as an at
large judge. Akia is also a writer for theatrescene.net, nytheatre.com and
scene4 magazine, and is in the process of working on 3 original scripts. She
resides in the Bronx with
her Husband and their three cats.
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