Michelle A. Banks

Michelle A. Banks, a native of Washington, D.C., is an award-winning actress, writer, director, producer, choreographer, motivational speaker, and teacher. She co-wrote the plays There’s Butter, But No Bread – an adaptation of Waiting For Godot, and Black Women Stories: One Deaf Experience for Onyx Theatre Company. Banks holds a bachelor’s degree in Drama Studies from the State University of New York at Purchase, and a master’s degree in Organizational Management from Ashford University. She founded Onyx Theatre Company in New York City, the first deaf theater company in the United States for people of color. Currently, she is the Artistic Director of Visionaries of the Creative Arts (VOCA) in D.C.