The Continuum Project, Inc.. was officially born March 28, 2008, organically sprouting forth from the great success of In the Continuum, a 2 person, 11 character play co-written by our founder, Nikkole Salter.

The power that simple, but profound production demonstrated in its ability to bridge two a professional artistic aesthetic with community service while bringing people worlds apart together caused Ms. Salter to want to build a space where professional arts execution could actively serve the community while linking people worlds apart.

Ms. Salter, together with incredibly talented artists and arts professionals on board, partnered with African Ancestry, Inc. and Piper Theatre Production, Inc. to launch and facilitate The CP's first initiative - The Legacy Program: Residency - in Brooklyn, NY on March 2, 2009. The LP: Residency is currently in it's 4th Cycle at William Alexander Middle School 51 and looking to expand to the greater NYC area soon. The LP: Reflection - where the professional artists that facilitate the Residency use the experience to create a piece of professional theatre - launched June 25, 2010 with the first concert public reading of Glenn Gordon's RE:DEFINITION. RE:DEFINITION was selected to be a part of the The Hip Hop Theater Festival's 2010 NYC season.

Leadership

Nikkole Salter, co-founder, Board Chair and Executive Director of The Continuum Project, Inc., earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Arts from Howard University, studied classical theatre at Oxford University with the British American Drama Academy, and received her Master of Fine Arts Degree from New York University's Graduate Acting Program. Nikkole is co-author of and actor in the Off-Broadway, domestic and international tour of In the Continuum, for which she won a 2006 Obie Award, the 2006 Outer Critics John Gassner Award and the 2004 Global Tolerance Award (Friends of the United Nations) in addition to being honored by the Theatre Hall of Fame. In 2007 the she also received a Helen Hayes nomination for Best Actress and the play received a Helen Hayes Award for Best Non-Resident Play. As an actress she's worked with renowned directors Marion McClinton, Robert O'Hara, Kate Whoriskey and Kenny Leon. Ms. Salter also has comprehensive teaching artist experience having developed and facilitated a theatre-based, supplemental learning curricula for high school students in NYC at the Harvey Milk Institute, for middle school students with Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation, for elementary school students with Oasis Children's Services, as well as for special needs high school students at The Children's Institute for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) where she also a faculty member for their Youth Performance Workshop. www.nikkolesalter.com.

Glenn Gordon, co-founder, Board Vice Chair and Deputy Director of The Continuum Project, Inc., received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from Howard University. He is a member of Universes an international ensemble company of multi-disciplined writers and performers who fuse Poetry, Theater, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Politics, Down Home Blues and Spanish Boleros to create moving, challenging and entertaining theatrical works. Glenn is certified by the City of New York's Department of Education to work in classrooms and has extensive teaching artist experience with middle school and high school populations. Glenn holds a 4th degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and 3rd degree Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu. He has trained children and adults in schools in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and in New York. Glenn completed his first play, RE:DEFINITION as a part of the CP's Legacy Program: Reflection. RE:DEFINITION is a play in rhythm and rhyme about one man's journey of self-definition after discovering his real African ancestry.

Board of Directors

Roz Browne, a Board director of The Continuum Project, Inc., operated her own CPA firm for over a decade. She began to pursue her career making audiences tear-up with laughter, and has not looked back. Now, as an acclaimed comedian and actress, Roz has appeared on BETs Comic View and ABC's The View to name a few of her numerous credits. www.rozbrowne.com

LaVonda Elam, a Board director of The Continuum Project, Inc., is a actor/singer/educator and an alumni of the Theater School in Chicago, formerly known as The Goodman School of Drama. As a performer and Renaissance woman she has traveled the world extensively, including a visit to the motherland. Through the arts she's had the fortune to work with notable artists, the legendary choreographer, Dianne McIntyre and actor/activist Danny Glover. As an educator she has a wide range of experience in her work; Co-director of Grace Summer Arts Camp in St. Louis, MO; a teacher/facilitator for NYC Sesame Flyers Summer Youth Employment Program; Master Teaching Artist with American Place Theater's Literature to Life series; Educator/Artist to NYC elementary, middle school and high school youth developing curricula around social issues, using theater arts, music & movement as catalysts for transformation. LaVonda continues her work as a resident senior actor/teacher with CUNY's Creative Arts Team, an educational theater organization and as a Leader for the Big Sister, Little Sister Mentorship Program at the Preston Center for Compassion in the Bronx.

Dominique Morisseau, secretary of the Board of Directors, is a Writer/Actress/Arts-Educator in New York, an Award-winning playwright, and a member of the 2010 Public Theatre Emerging Writer's Group. Also a resident member of Creative Arts Team at City University of New York, Dominique has studied and worked for several years doing Educational Theatre in New York City Public Elementary, Middle, High Schools and Adult Learning Centers, doing a range of workshops addressing social issues. Dominique has authored several short stories, poetry, plays, screenplays, and has performed as an Actress with such companies as New York Stage and Film, Lark Theatre Co, MCC Theatre,and Women's Project. Her literary work has been published in the New York Times bestselling series- Chicken Soup for the African American Soul, the Harlem-based literary journal, Signifyin' Harlem, and featured on Robert Townsend's MBC Networks series, Spoken. Her plays have been developed and/or produced at Cherry Lane Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Hip Hop Theatre Festival, Classical Theatre of Harlem, and many others. Soulful, down-to-earth, and urgently connected to all communities-in-crisis, Dominique celebrates Theatre and Performance as a medium for human exploration, connection, awareness, and compassion.

LaNora Williams-Clark, a Board director of The Continuum Project, Inc. got her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley and her Juris Doctor from New York University. Ms. Williams-Clark served as an associate at Winston Strawn, LLP in Washington, DC and is currently serving as the CEO of Muse Creative Arts Agency.

Advisory Board

Ted Salter, Independent Grantwriting Consultant

Stephen Reid, Managing Director of Insight Strategy Advisors