Harlem-based, Jonathan McCrory is an Obie Award Winning artist currently the Director of Theatre Arts Program at Dr. Barbara Ann Teer's National Black Theatre. He has worked professionally as a director, producer and actor. A Washington, DC native, he attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where he trained in musical theater and theater production. He earned a BFA degree in Acting and Africana Studies from New York University TISCH School of the Arts. In 2010 he became a Hemispheric Institute alumni after going through their Emerge-NYC program. In 2016 he was awarded 40 under 40 Rising Star award from the New York Nonprofit Media. In 2013 he was awarded the Emerging Producer Award by the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston Salem, NC and the Torch Bearer Award in 2013 by Woodie King Jr. In 2012 he officially became a published journalist through Howlround.com and within that same year he began serving on the advisory board for the organization. In 2013 he curated a week on The State of Black Theatre on Howlround.com. [Click Here To Learn More] He also is a graduate of the American Express Leadership Academy 2014 and through NBT has been through the DeVos Professional Development program at BAM 2014. Lastly looking to address the issues of equity he is currently working with two different collectives. In June of 2014, Jonathan joined the steering committee for the creation of the Black Theatre Commons, and in 2013 he joined the formation of the collective formally known Next Gen.