Fearless Pursuit of Boundless Creativity
I'm always up to something. I enjoy the quiet solitude of writing my own stuff and doing my own thing. But I also thrive on the energy of collaborations and discovering what the we can come up with that the I wouldn't have imagined.
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Full disclosure, I get sh*t done. Ideas are great... but making them HAPPEN is I guess what you'd call my "creative process." The artists I've come to work with are not only visionaries – they are creators.
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Shout out to Alonzo LaMont, Jason Tinney, Stevie Ray Dallimore, Kashun Parks, the Next Exit Production Team and more doers and shakers!
Co-Founder:
Next Exit Productions
Next Exit Productions is a nonprofit organization created to enhance our community through the performing arts. Next Exit offers emerging artists and aspiring storytellers the gift of engaging our community through new works and diverse perspectives. We are committed to bridging cultural and generational divides with passionate stories as vibrant and complex as the voices we empower.
Since 2023, we've developed new works by local and regional playwrights for staged productions and play festivals. Our debut production, 50 Miles Away, represented what we're all about ~ new works, well done.
Playwriting
Playwright | Productions in NY, MD, TN
Play credits include 50 Miles Away, Free To Go, Exiting A Man's Cave, Girl With Diamonds in Her Eyes: A Cowgirl Musical, and Let Em Play.
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Holly's plays, including her collection of One Acts "Ever After, Revisited" received an Individual Artist Award in Playwriting from the Maryland State Arts Council. Her plays have been fully produced at Manhattan Repertory Theatre (NY), Palace Theatre (MD), Potomac Playmakers (MD), Pumpkin Theatre (MD), Barking Legs Theater (TN), McCallie Theatre (TN), and published in The Furious Gazelle.
Voiceover
Narrator | Grace. In two voices
Written by Alonzo LaMont, "Grace. In two voices" is an online exhibition that combines poetic and visual storytelling. In this piece, Alonzo gives us a grace that's three-dimensional.
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Voiceovers: Alonzo LaMont & Holly Morse-Ellington
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Video Editing: Julia Golonka
Podcast
Writer | DOA
A reimagining of the classic, "Dead On Arrival." This is Mars Theatre On The Air, brought to you by Back Alley Productions.
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Listen and follow on Spotify. Episodes 1 & 2 out now...tune into episode 3 soon!
Filmmaking
Assistant Director | Trivium Trilogy
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A place where three roads meet. Directed by Stevie Ray Dallimore, Trivium is a film about the ways people intersect, unnoticed, but moved by each other's actions.
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Trivium I written by Stevie Ray Dallimore.​
Trivium II written by Jason Tinney.
Trivium III written by Arche Twitty.
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Directing
Director | Professional & Youth Productions
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The Muse of Fire Project is a nonprofit organization where mentors guide aspiring playwrights to write original plays. The twist? Kids write; adults act. Inspired by the 52nd Street Project in NYC, Muse of Fire bridges communities in Chattanooga through new, inspiring playmaking.
Writing
Author | Fiction & Nonfiction
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My writing career started at age 20 with an Op-Ed in The Washington Times that sent an Undersecretary of State and Congress into a frenzy.
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Since then, I've continued to shed light on the real world through nonfiction essays -- and make sense of it through fiction.
Acting
Actor | Stage & Film (even "exam" rooms)
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Whether in a play or short film, I'm passionate about bringing a character to life. I'm also a simulated patient actor for graduate students becoming nurse practitioners – it's a rewarding way to use my art to help nurses prepare for real patients.