Our Artists

Dawn Robinson: Dancer & Choreographer

Nursha Project Artist Dawn Robinson is originally from Dallas, Texas where she studied at the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She holds a BFA from the University of Utah in Modern Dance. In 1996 she moved to San Francisco and had the pleasure of performing with Della Davidson Dance, Dance Repertory San Francisco, Liss Fain Dance, Company Chaddick and the hip hop dance company SoulForce. Since moving to New York in 2003 she has performed with Nia Love’s Blacksmith’s Daughter and is currently in her 3rd year with Nicholas Leichter Dance. Dawn has taught and choreographed for dance programs in Texas, California, Utah and North Carolina. For the last 3 years she has been developing solo work and has been presented in New York at Dance New Amsterdam, WOW Café Theater and New York City Center.

Micia Mosely:  Actress, Comedian, Host, Playwright & Educator

Micia Mosely is a Brooklyn-based comedian, actress, educator and a founding Nursha Project Artist. Since earning her Ph.D. in education from U.C. Berkeley, Micia has shared her comedic performance in cities all over the United States including, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Boston, Washington D.C. and Honolulu. In 2009, her one-woman show Where My Girls At? was nominated for a New York Innovative Theater Award for best solo performance. Currently, she is an educational and comedic-speaker with The Lecture Bureau.  To learn more about Micia, visit www.miciamosely.com.

milDRED:  Actress, Performance-Artist

milDRED, the artist formerly known as DRED performs a particularly mystical form of one woMan show. Her act is less a typical impersonation and more a challenge to societal ideas of what it means to be male or female, while reminding the audience that there’s some of each in everyone. It’s no surprise that DRED’s motto is “Love all of who you are….” The milDRED Love experience is a poetic, funky, fly, supernatural-high, comedic, thought-provoking and musical performance on gender-fluidity, and freedom of expression.  From a gender alchemist named NOTTY DRED to a gender bending diva name DREDICIA, get your spirit tickled!!!  To learn more about milDRED visit, www.dredlove.com

Moira Cutler:  Actress, Director, Technician

Nursha Project Artist Moira Cutler has trained with some of the leading artists and institutions of the American avant-garde community, including The Ko Theater Festival, Richard Foreman, The Bread and Puppet Theater, The San Francisco Mime Troupe, A Traveling Jewish Theater, Ping Chong and Anne Bogart, and The SITI Company.  In November 2009, she made her BAM debut as a performer in the group, ‘the ten’ in Really Real with the Wally Cardona Company.  Currently, Moira is writing a play about ghosts – with both metaphorical and preternatural working title, “Crawlspace”, which she will present in the Spring as a staged reading.

Red Summer:  Author, Host, Poet, Vocalist & Educator

Nursha Project Artist Red Summer is a Jane-of-all-trades. With her background in Musical Theater, interdisciplinary Art, Song-Writing, Spoken word Poetry, Film Production and both secondary and Post Secondary Education, Red Summer is a force to be reckoned with. Most recently, Red has been traveling the United States on a promotional book tour for her collection of poetry entitled First Person. She has also made time to try her hand at slam poetry and has taken home several first place titles.  To learn more about Red Summer visit www.twofingerspress.com

Thandiwe Thomas DeSchazor:  Comedian, Playwright, Host, Vocalist

Thandiwe Thomas DeSchazor is a writer, actor and vocalist originally from Detroit. He is a member of The Pan Theater Improv Troupe and teaches improv workshops to youth around Oakland. He premiered his one-man show, Children of the Last Days, in June as a part an artist-in-residence program at The Garage on Howard Street in San Francisco. In December 2008, under  the management of the Nursha Project™, Thandiwe premiered his one person show, “Children of the Last Days” at the Oakland Noodle Factory.