BULL IN A CHINA SHOP by Bryna Turner at The Pear Theatre

Tanika Baptiste is making her Pear Theatre Directorial debut! A 3x Nominee of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle and Named the San Francisco Broadway World Person to Watch Female 2020, Tanika is Originally from San Diego, CA and has worked as a director, producer, actor, playwright, ASM and vocalist in NY, SF and SD. Recent Bay Area credits include Beehive Swing/ u/s (Center Rep) Pass Over -Ast. Director/ASM/Fight Captain (Marin Theatre Company) Director of How Black Mothers Say I love you and At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen (Theatre Rhinoceros) She has performed and/or directed with West Edge Opera, Marin Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego REP, Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Ground Floor, Marin Shakespeare Company, The Old Globe, American Conservatory Theatre, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre and Diversionary Theatre She credits her grandmothers bravery and ancestors sacrifice for her amazing American Dream.