MARTIN DAMIEN WILKINS is a proud member of the inaugural class of National Directors Fellows. His directing credits include Robert O’Hara’s BOOTYCANDY and Lydia R. Diamond’s STICK FLY at Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte, Terry Teachout’s SATCHMO AT THE WALDORF at B Street Theatre, and Jocelyn Bioh’s AFRICAN AMERICAN at Howard University. He has developed new work at institutions such as the Kennedy Center, Actor’s Express, the Alliance Theatre, Ars Nova’s inaugural A.N.T. Fest, Classical Theatre of Harlem, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference, Hip-Hop Theater Festival, Lark Play Development Center, New York Musical Theatre Festival and Primary Stages. They include Katori Hall’s Olivier Award winning play, THE MOUNTAINTOP, and Idris Goodwin’s HOW WE GOT ON. Martin served as the Assistant to director Charles Randolph-Wright for workshops of the Broadway musical, MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL. He also served as the National New Play Network’s Producer-In-Residence at Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte for two seasons. He has been the recipient of Arena Stage’s Allen Lee Hughes Directing Fellowship, a Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) Observership at the Alliance Theatre and was a finalist for SDCF’s Mike Ockrent Fellowship. His upcoming directing projects include Suzan-Lori Park’s FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 2 & 3) at Actor’s Express. He will also co-direct Tony Kushner’s ANGELS IN AMERICA PART 1: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES and PART 2: PERESTROIKA with Actor’s Express Artistic Director Freddie Ashley. Martin is a native of Charlotte, NC and a graduate of Duke University.