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Kibibi is a
native of Seattle and the Executive Director of Nu Black
Arts West Theatre the only African American Theater Company
in Washington State. Ms Monié is the first African American
President of the American Federation of Television and Radio
Artists (A.F.T.R.A.) Seattle local. She is an accomplished
writer, actor, singer and director. She is a graduate of
Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington with a BA in
Communications, holds a Masters from the Seattle University
in the Executive Director Masters Program and holds a
diploma in cinematography from The New York Film Academy.
She's written several one-act plays and her dynamic range of
acting and singing has made her one of the most powerful
talents to immerge from the Pacific Northwest. Ms. Monié has
been blessed with a captivating talent in storytelling and
is legendary for capturing her audiences with grace and
style. Kibibi is also the only woman that has had the
privilege and honor of directing the double Pulitzer prize
winner August Wilson in a reading of his play “The
Homecoming” performed at Seattle’s A Contemporary Theatre as
a fundraiser for Nu Black Arts West Theatre in 1997. She is
also the only woman to be given permission by Mr. Wilson to
portray “Hambone, a lead character in his award winning play
”Two Trains Running’. Kibibi is a Nana for the Cape Coast
people in Ghana West Africa and has for several years been
in partnership with The National Theatre of Ghana and the
Twedaase Primary School in Tema, Ghana. She has developed a
Cultural Heritage Program for the children of Ghana as well
as the children here in the US.
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