LEADERSHIP:

• Executive Director, Stonehaven Studios 2023-

• Director of Community Engagement and Education
  Congo Square Theatre Company, Chicago IL. 2022-23

• Development & Programs Associate
  Congo Square Theatre Company, Chicago IL. 2021-22

• Technical Associate
  The African-American Arts Alliance, Chicago, IL. 2020- 23

• Box Office Associate
  JACK Arts Inc. Brooklyn NYC, NY. 2021-2022.

• Executive Assistant, Diversity & Inclusion
  The Second City Training Center. Chicago, IL. 2020-21

• Founding Treasurer, The Black Artists of Today
  DePaul University, Chicago IL. 2017-2021.

• Founding Artistic Director, The Barebones Ensemble Pioneer High School, Ann Arbor MI. 2016-2018.

SHORT BIO:

Bairton Brown (he/they) is a multiracial, award-winning filmmaker and theatre practitioner. While earning their B.F.A. from DePaul University in Chicago, Bair’s first film FROM YOUR FORMER LOVER premiered at the 2021 New York Independent Cinema Awards. As their thesis, Bair directed the web series NAOMI & LEVI TAKE ON THE WORLD (2021), which was selected for distribution on Open Television | OTV.

 In 2022 Bair’s short film THICKER THAN OIL received the award for Best Production Design at Paper Crowns Film Festival.  While earning his Master’s in Arts & Public Policy from NYU, he directed the sold-out world premiere of HOW DARE YOU by Kendra Augustin at Affirmation Theatre, and FINAL GOODBYE by Shaneisha Dodson at Soundscape Theatre.

In 2023, Bair completed the Next-Up Playwriting Fellowship at Congo Square Theatre. Brown’s second full-length play, THE PLAY GROUNDS received staged readings at Congo Square Theatre, Denver Fringe, Hollywood Fringe Festival,

Bair currently works as a staff writer and first assistant director for Congo Square’s web series, BLACKSIDE. Bair also works as head writer for Syllble Studios’ multimedia series, BLACKTOPIA. Book One will be published on Amazon in January 2024. Bair’s Introduction To Playwriting course, DEFINING MOMENTS, will launch in Autumn 2024.