Evelyn Williams-Moore, M.A., Ed.M.

Evelyn Williams-Moore has a diverse background in the arts which includes directing, writing and acting for professional theatre, television, radio and film. Evelyn has worked as a casting director, project director, and as an on-air arts reporter. She is a member of Sag/Aftra. She has extensive experience in educational theatre and drama. She is a former K-12 educator and professor at Lesley University’s Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, MA. Evelyn is a graduate of Emerson College and Harvard University.

Ms. Williams-Moore and Melvin Madero Moore created The Black Dyad, a theatrical interpretation of African American male/female relationships which enjoyed a two-year run in Cambridge, MA. The Black Dyad was adapted and produced for television, aired on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), and was awarded a New England Regional Emmy from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences.

As lead character and narrator in the national broadcast of Y/A novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (PBS-FM). Ms. Williams-Moore was awarded The Ohio State, Columbia and Broadcast Media Awards. Directing credits include: The Meeting; Happy Ending; Last Flight to Amber Ber, Rhythm Visions Never Do Be Finished. Casting director credits for WGBH include: The Roland Hayes Story; Something About the Blues; Charlie Smith and the Fritter Tree; King Balthazar: Lord of Hidden Treasure; The New Voice and The Matter of Levi Hart. Writing credits include: For Those of Us Who Dream: The Story of Astronaut Mae Jemison: Boston Museum of Science; Title IX Training Film for Boston Schools, script editor: The Josephine Baker Story, WGBH-FM, Boston; script consultant: The Slave Narrative of Willie Mae, produced by Loop Lab, Boston.

Principal film credits include: The American Reconstruction: Africans in America; The Verdict; Spenser for Hire Principal television and radio credits include: Our Place in the Sun, WGBH Boston; Flyers in Search of a Dream and Journey of Courage, produced by WNEV-TV, Boston; on-air arts reporter for Basic Black, a weekly public affairs program produced by WGBH-TV Boston and voice actor for Descriptive Video, WGBH-FM.

Melvin Madero Moore, Jr., Ph.D.

Melvin Madero Moore is a graduate of Harvard University, is a California licensed psychotherapist, and is currently an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University. He has written for theatre, television, and radio. Melvin’s and Evelyn William-Moore’s interpretation of African American male-female relationships led to the creation of The Black Dyad, a series of theatrical vignettes that was later adapted for television and aired on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS); Melvin and Evelyn were awarded a New England Regional Emmy for their television adaptation of The Dyad by the National Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Melvin’s other writing credits include Blake: or The Huts of America, a 19th Century American novel he adapted for WGBH-FM and aired on National Public Radio (NPR); Story of a People, a National African American History radio series produced by Syndicate it, Burbank, CA. Melvin was awarded the Ohio State Award for his adaptation of Blake: or The Huts of America.

For his work on The Story of a People, Melvin was awarded the Award of Excellence by the Communications Excellence to Black Audiences (CEBA). Melvin has written two screenplays for Jowharah Films, Los Angeles, and has six others in development: Isle Brevelle, a historical drama, Love, Interrupted, a romantic comedy, Love Interrupted, 2, a comedy, The Unraveling, a psychological thriller, From Vegas with Love, an urban drama, and Drones, a science fiction thriller. Melvin also penned a television pilot, El Barro, a Hispanic family drama, for George Rivera Productions, New York.