The Whoopi Monologues - Off-Broadway Creative Team
Production Staff
Whoopi Goldberg
Writer
Whoopi Goldberg trained at the HB Studio in New York City under acting teacher Uta Hagen. She made her first onscreen appearance in the avant-garde film Citizen: I’m Not Losing My Mind, I’m Giving It Away (1982). In 1983 she created the one-woman stage show The Spook Show, which led to the Broadway production Whoopi Goldberg, running from October 1984 to March 1985 and later filmed as the HBO special Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway (1985). Her breakthrough film role came when she starred as Celie in The Color Purple (1985), directed by Steven Spielberg.
Goldberg starred in several films throughout ... read more
Qween Jean
Costume Design
Qween Jean is a New York based Stage and Film Costume Designer. She is the Founder of Black Trans Liberation, an organization aimed to provide access and employment resources for the TGNC community. Qween has committed her voice to advocating for marginalized communities; specifically black trans people. Her passion is creating access for unsung heroes and people who are often overlooked. She feels their stories are valuable and deserve recognition. Qween is thrilled to be apart of Black No More! The New Group: The Fever, I Need Space, Waiting For Godot, & One In Two Her Credits:
Macbeth in Stride, ... read more
Hana S. Kim
Video Design
Nikiya Mathis
Hair & Wig Design
Nikiya Mathis is an actress and Hair/wig designer. She is the recipient of the 2024 Special Tony Award for her recent work on Jaja's African Hair Braiding, the first Wig designer to ever receive a special Tony award for a specific work. And one of two wig designers to ever recieve the highest honor in theater. She has received 2 Henry Hewes Design Awards, a Drama Desk Award, the Kathleen Perkins Behind the Curtain Award from Black Women on Broadway, and is one of only 2 African American wig designers to win Obie Awards.
Nikiya is also a ... read more
Adam Rigg
Set Design
LCT debut. Off-Broadway includes On Sugarland, The House That Will Not Stand (NYTW); Cullud Wattah (The Public); Fefu and Her Friends (Special Citation, Henry Hewes Design Award; TFANA); Is God Is (Soho Rep); Fabulation, or the Re-Education of the Undine (Signature); Continuity (MTC); and Blue Ridge (Atlantic). Opera includes The Lord of Cries (Santa Fe Opera), Breaking the Waves (Opera Philadelphia), Giustino (Theater An Der Wien) and Prism (LA Opera). Upcoming projects: Hood (Asolo Rep), The Listeners (Norwegian National Opera), Soft (MCC).
Tiffany N. Robinson
Stage Manager
Cha See
Lighting Design
Cha is from Manila, Philippines based in New York City. A lighting designer for theatre, opera, dance, environmental performance and on-site installations.
Anton Volovsek
Set Design
Anton Volovsek is a scenic designer, artist, and theater maker currently based in New York. Although primarily a scenic designer, Anton has delved into writing, producing, and devising new work. Most recently, he founded New Phase Collective, a multidisciplinary group of theater artists. Anton is ecstatic to work with new theater makers on projects that push the boundaries of the minds of all parties involved from the producers, to the audience, to the creative team. Recent design credits include: Hype Man (The Flea Theatre & Battery Park City), Real Housewives of the Restoration, King Charles III (NYU Grad Acting and ... read more
Whitney White
Director
Whitney White is an Obie and Lily Award winning, as well as a Tony Award nominated director, writer and musician originally from Chicago, based in New York. She was a staff writer on Boots Riley’s I’M A VIRGO and is a believer of multi-disciplinary work and collaborative processes. Recent directing: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (Broadway), Jordans (The Public Theatre), The Secret Life of Bees (The Almeida, UK), Soft (New York Times Critic’s Pick, MCC), On Sugarland (New York Theatre Workshop), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (New York Times Critic’s Pick), What to Send Up When it Goes Down (New York ... read more
Fan Zhang
Sound Design
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