Soul Soirée Presents: The Monologue Slam

Soul Soirée is a cultural collective, dedicated to fostering vibrant community engagement through our signature event ‘The Monologue Slam’. We specialize in curating an inclusive but exclusive platform where artists and professionals come together to express their art, forge connections, and inspire others.

Acting Credits

• Eden (Yale Rep Theatre)
• Cullud Wattah (The Public Theater)
• I’m Revolting (Atlantic Theatre)

Film Credits

• A Thousand and One (Focus Features)
• Random Acts of Flyness (HBO)

Upcoming Acting Credits

• Ceremonies for Alligator Bait {Guttah} (GAP x Tank)
• Pocket Dreams

British-Jamaican Actor Anthony M. Walker grew up in Elmont, NY. Anthony is best known for his most recent role as “Ice” in Power Book II: Ghost.

Ato Blankson-Wood is a Tony nominee for Slave Play. Recent credits include Cliff Bradshaw in Cabaret on Broadway and Hamlet at The Delacorte Theater.

Caleb Grandoit is an actor, published writer and director. Caleb made an appearance as a guest star in the Netflix original series Grand Army, originated the role as Marcus
in Now That We’re Men (Steppenwolf Theater), received the award as best director for his short film Gentle Boy at the Brightside Film Festival, his poem MisUnderstood is featured in the book, “Now That We’re Men: A Play and True Life Accounts of Boys, Sex, & Power,” and his new short film Don’t Matter To Us is scheduled for production later this year.

Cole Taylor is a recent graduate of NYU’s MFA Acting program. His past credits include Romeo and Juliet at the Folger Theatre, Pipeline at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, I & You at Syracuse Stage, Strive on Amazon, and Saved by the Bell on Peacock. Upcoming projects include FBI: Most Wanted on CBS and The Brothers Karamazov with the New American Ensemble Theater.

Danielle J. Summons is a singer, actress, and songwriter whose work spans Off-Broadway, TV/film, Broadway national tours, and music streaming on all platforms. Blending southern charm with urban flair, she brings depth, passion, and an unmistakable presence to every performance—using her artistry and activism to uplift and inspire.

A product of Prince George's County, Maryland, and an alum of Clark Atlanta University, Derrick King has been seen on CW's The 4400, Starz's Run the World, and Paramount's The Game.

Faiven Feshazion is an Eritrean-American actor, model, and host. Some of her credits include The Equalizer, New Amsterdam, The Blacklist, as well as sketches on Comedy Central and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

Garrett Turner made his Broadway debut in Thoughts of a Colored Man. He was recently seen playing Ike Turner in the first national tour of TINA the Tina Turner Musical.

Harmony holds a BFA in Theatre Arts with a concentration in Musical Theatre from Howard University. Her recent credits include: Thirty (“Mae” Wayward Sisters Theatre), Pay The Writer (Assistant Director, Off-Broadway) harmonyharris.org

Jeremy Matthew Feight is an actor, writer, and director whose film FEVER, which he led alongside Janet Hubert and Alice Ripley, was named "Best of Fest" at the British Film Institute. This year, you can catch him in the upcoming films Speed Demon (alongside William H. Macy), Dead Giveaway, and his own latest short, Spa Night.

Broadway: New York, New York, Choir Boy (MTC, OCC
nominee).

Off-Broadway: Ragtime(Encores!) Jelly's Last
Jam (Encores!) A Raisin in the Sun (The Public Theater)

TV: “Raising Kanan,” Education: Carnegie Mellon
University From Chicago, Illinois

Kai Heath is an actor and curator from Harlem, NY. You can find her credits on Broadwadworld and IMDb she is most excited for what the future holds. Proud to be an addition to the Monologue Soirée line up. And doing black shit 24/7 365 but particularly during Black History Month.

Proudly hailing from Philadelphia, PA, Kayla Coleman is an NYC-based actor, singer and artistic changemaker. As a graduate of NYU Tisch Drama, she can be seen on the Disney+ series “Growing Up”, and stage credits includes the Obie and Drama Desk award nominated Off-Broadway play, The Cotillion; regional work includes the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Arkansas Repertory Theater, and Milwaukee Repertory Theater. When not on stage, Kayla is fostering the next generation of Black artists through mentorship at LaGuardia High School and Covenant House NYC.

Malcolm Chavis is currently working on Complicated Atlanta, and Untilted (for legal) video game.

Martin K. Lewis is a New York native, graduating this spring from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. His recent work includes collaborations with Miami New Drama, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Chautauqua Theater Company, and New York Theater Workshop. Upcoming he stars in a rom-com indie film set for release later this spring.

Most recent credits include OUR TOWN directed by Kenny Leon, the Broadway West Coast premiere of FAT HAM directed by Sideeq Heard (original direction by Saheem Ali). He’ll join the company of The Inheritance in Washington DC this summer.

NGOZI ANYANWU is a mulithyphenated storyteller that’s writes play acts sometimes and gets it done:) her play LEROY and LUCY went up recently At Steppenwolfe theater.

Noah Michal was previously seen last summer as Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Classical Theatre of Harlem for which she was nominated for an AUDELCO award. She will be graduating from from NYU’s Graduate Acting program this spring!

Rahmell Peebles most recently recurred on Netflix’s Outer Banks, The Equalizer with Queen Latifah, FBI, and East NY. He’s an award winning actor, writer, and rebel.

Shanel Bailey is an NYC native hailing from Queens, and a rising triple-threat of stage and screen. She is currently in GYPSY on Broadway understudying "Louise", and starred as "Hazel" in the paramount + series, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.

Sydney Elisabeth made her television debut on TBS's The Last OG ; she stars in the upcoming JJ Abrams, HBO Max Original Series Duster premiering this spring. She's a Detroit native and a graduate of NYU Grad Acting