Award Winning Director
Biography
Her Directing credits include Theatre: World Premiere of Carolyn Ratteray's "BOTH AND" (Currently playing at the Wallis Theatre (*remount). “ World Premiere of Marlow Wyatts" "SHE” at the Anteaus Theatre; Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” at A Noise Within Theatre. BOTH AND World Premiere *(1st iteration) at The Boston Court Theatre.The Critically Acclaimed Native Son by Nambi E.Kelley at Anteaus & Kirk Douglas Theatres. And Garnering Best Director nominations ( Stage Raw & Broadway World).
Ebony Repertory Theatre's The Gospel at Colonus: Which Garnered 14 Ovation Nominations. Including Best Play & Best Play Direction. And won NAACP Theatre Awards 2016 Best Production. Others include The Abuelas, Winters Tale, Mockingbird, As It Is in Heaven, The Ninth Wave, The Actor's Co- op Steel Magnolias, for which she garnered a Best Director Award, The Dutchman, A Summer Memory, and a host of others. Formerly The Center Theatre Group Program Advisor/ Coaching artist for August Wilson' National Monologue Competition.
An Adjunct Professor of various universities( Pepperdine, Chapman) she is currently teaching Theatre/Film Acting at Azusa Pacific University.
Ms. Chapman is a graduate of the New York High School for the Performing Arts. B.F.A./ The City College of New York’s Davis Center for the Performing Arts. M.F.A./ The Yale School of Drama.
An alumna of The American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women. Andi is also a selected participant of the prestigious Lincoln Center Directors Lab.
Directorial Resume
Film
Three Phases of Isa
Independent Film.
(Festival selections)
Memorial Street
AFI***
Elijah’s Song
LACC ***
Why?
LACC
Plays
BOTH AND
Carolyn Ratteray. The Wallis Theatre. (Remount)
The Bluest Eye.
Lydia Diamond. A Noise Within Theatre
(* 3 RODDY Award Nomination for Best Play & Direction and Ensemble)
SHE.
Marlow Wyatt. Anteaus Theatre.
World Premiere)
BOTH AND
Carolyn Ratteray. Boston Court Theatre
World Premiere)
The Abuelas
Stephanie Alison Walker. Anteaus Theatre
Native Son
Nambi E. Kelley Anteaus Theatre / Kirk Douglas Theatre 2019
6 Stage Raw & 7 Broadway World Nominations
*The Gospel At Colonus
Breuer/Telson The Ebony Repertory Theatre
(14 Ovation Nominations incl "Best Play & Direction"
2016 Winner NAACP Theatre Award for "Best Production"
Young Gifted and Black
Lorraine Hansberry The Actor’s Co-op
The Preachers Daughter
Wendy Gladney Ebony Repertory Theatre
Legacy of Love
Juliette Jeffers The Complex Theatre
War at Home
Angela Northington The Elephant Theatre
Children of God
Lorey Hayes The Mark Taper Forum
Ninth Wave
Leslie Lee The Lillian Theatre
*Steel Magnolias
Robert Harling The Crossley Theatre
A Summer Memory
Sheri Bailey The Towne Street Theatre
For This Reason
Chapman/Byrd The West Angeles Arts Center (Musical)
The Dutchman
Amiri Baraka The Hudson
Florence
Alice Childress The Towne Street Theatre
University Productions
Silent Sky
Lauren Gunderson. Azusa Pacific University
Mockingbird
Julie Jensen. University of Southern California
The Office
Adam Boch. University of Southern California
As it is in Heaven
Arlene Hutton. Azusa Pacific University
New Works Festivals
Various Authors Azusa Pacific University
A Winter’s Tale
Shakespeare Azusa Pacific University
Assistant Director
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Phylicia Rashad The Mark Taper Forum
A Raisin in the Sun
Phylicia Rashad The Kirk Douglas Theatre
Crowns
Israel Hicks The Ebony Repertory Theatre
Two Trains Running
Israel Hicks The Ebony Repertory Theatre
Ray Charles Live (Musical)
Sheldon Epps * The Pasadena Playhouse
Antony & Cleopatra
Lisa Peterson The Mark Taper Forum
Blues for an Alabama Sky The Los Angeles Theatre Center
*(SDC Foundation Award)
Staged Readings
Strollin in the Dark
by Katrina D. RiChard. University of Southern California
Natural Shocks
by Lauren Gunderson Fountain Theatre Fem Fest 1/19- 2/19
The Trojan Women The Anteaus Theatre Company 1/19
Black History a Journey in Four Parts Ebony Repertory Theatre/ 07- 12
Martin Luther King Celebration Ebony Repertory Theatre /07-11
Tribute to Lloyd Richards The Nate Holden Theatre/ 06
Have I Got a Story to Tell West Angeles Art’s Center / 00-04
(Evenings of Celebrity Storytelling)
Audio
The Bible Experience (VO Director) Zondervan / Inspired By
Labs and Workshops
Lincoln Center Directors Lab Participant / 05
Directors Lab West Participant / 07
Education
AFI Film School
Yale School of Drama - MFA
City College of New York -BFA
New York High School of Performing Arts
Awards
*Dramalogue Award/Outstanding
***Award Winning Short Films
** SDC Foundation Awards