The Continuum Project, Inc.. was officially born March 28, 2008, organically sprouting forth from the great success of IN THE CONTINUUM, a 2 person, 11 character play co-written by our co-founder, Nikkole Salter.

The power that simple, but profound production demonstrated in its ability to bridge a professional artistic aesthetic with community service while bringing people worlds apart together caused Ms. Salter to build a space where professional arts execution actively serves the community while linking people together.

Ms. Salter, with incredibly talented artists and professionals on board, partnered with African Ancestry, Inc. and Piper Theatre Production, Inc. to launch and facilitate The CP's first initiative - The Legacy Program: Residency - in Brooklyn, NY on March 2, 2009. The LP: Residency is currently in it's 6th Cycle and operates bi-annually at William Alexander Middle School 51 and The Math & Science Exploratory School in Brooklyn. The LP: Reflection - where the artists that facilitate the Residency create a professional art inspired by their experience with the Residency - launched June 25, 2010 with the first public concert reading of Glenn Gordon's RE:DEFINITION at the The Old Stone House. RE:DEFINITION, a play in rhythm and rhyme, received its workshop production by the Hip Hop Theater Festival on October 28-29th 2011 in NYC at La Mama. The Legacy Program: Residency was selected to be featured on the PBS series, "Finding Your Roots," hosted by Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. which aired April 29, 2012.

Leadership

Nikkole Salter, co-founder, Board Secretary and Executive Director of The Continuum Project, Inc., earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Arts from Howard University, studied classical theatre at Oxford University with the British American Drama Academy, and received her Master of Fine Arts Degree from New York University's Graduate Acting Program. Nikkole is co-author of and actor in the Off-Broadway, domestic and international tour of In the Continuum, for which she won a 2006 Obie Award, the 2006 Outer Critics John Gassner Award and the 2004 Global Tolerance Award (Friends of the United Nations) in addition to being honored by the Theatre Hall of Fame. In 2007 the she also received a Helen Hayes nomination for Best Actress and the play received a Helen Hayes Award for Best Non-Resident Play. As an actress she's worked with renowned directors Marion McClinton, Robert O'Hara, Kate Whoriskey and Kenny Leon. Her play CARNAVAL is scheduled for production at Luna Stage in West Orange, NJ. Ms. Salter also has comprehensive teaching artist experience having developed and facilitated a theatre-based curricula for high school students in NYC at the Harvey Milk Institute, for middle school students with Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation, for elementary school students with Oasis Children's Services, as well as for special needs high school students at The Children's Institute in Verona, NJ. Ms. Salter is a resident teaching artist with New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), as well as a faculty member with their Youth Performance Workshop, and the co-designer of their Social Justice Theatre curriculum, created specifically for their partnership with the Newark Public School's Broader, Bolder Education initiative. www.nikkolesalter.com.

Glenn NSangou, co-founder, Board Chair and Deputy Director of The Continuum Project, Inc., received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from Howard University. He is a member of Universes an international ensemble company of multi-disciplined writers and performers who fuse Poetry, Theater, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Politics, Down Home Blues and Spanish Boleros to create moving, challenging and entertaining theatrical works. Glenn is certified by the City of New York's Department of Education to work in classrooms and has extensive teaching artist experience with middle school and high school populations. Glenn holds a 4th degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and 3rd degree Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu. He has trained children and adults in schools in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and in New York. Glenn completed his first play, RE:DEFINITION as a part of the CP's Legacy Program: Reflection. RE:DEFINITION, a play in rhythm and rhyme about one man's journey of self-definition after discovering his real African ancestry, is being presented in workshop by the NYC Hip Hop Theater Festival in Oct 2011.

Board of Directors

Barbara Hodges, Board director of The Continuum Project Inc., brings a wealth of marketing and business experience to the organization. For over 16 years, Barbara has worked in various senior level positions in the beauty industry creating and marketing fragrance brands. She has worked for some of the largest beauty companies in the world, including Calvin Klein Cosmetics and Estee Lauder; and created brands with many fashion designers and celebrities, including Calvin Klein, Hilary Duff, and Danielle Steel. In her recent position as Marketing Director-Global Fragrance Development, she developed and launched luxury fragrances for designers Alberta Ferretti and Badgley Mischka. Most recently, she created the newly launched fragrance brand, Curve Appeal.

Barbara has now created her own Marketing and Brand Strategy consulting practice and is currently working as acting Vice President/Account Supervisor for a boutique advertising, branding and innovation agency. She is also currently working on the development of a website to inspire young people in choosing a career path.

Barbara holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Georgetown University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

LaVonda Elam, a Board director of The Continuum Project, Inc., is a actor/singer/educator and an alumni of the Theater School in Chicago, formerly known as The Goodman School of Drama. As a performer and Renaissance woman she has traveled the world extensively, including a visit to the motherland. Through the arts she's had the fortune to work with notable artists, the legendary choreographer, Dianne McIntyre and actor/activist Danny Glover. As an educator she has a wide range of experience in her work; Co-director of Grace Summer Arts Camp in St. Louis, MO; a teacher/facilitator for NYC Sesame Flyers Summer Youth Employment Program; Master Teaching Artist with American Place Theater's Literature to Life series; Educator/Artist to NYC elementary, middle school and high school youth developing curricula around social issues, using theater arts, music & movement as catalysts for transformation. LaVonda continues her work as a resident senior actor/teacher with CUNY's Creative Arts Team, an educational theater organization and as a Leader for the Big Sister, Little Sister Mentorship Program at the Preston Center for Compassion in the Bronx.

Dominique Morisseau, a Board directors, is a Writer/Actress/Arts-Educator in New York, an Award-winning playwright, and a member of the 2010 Public Theatre Emerging Writer's Group. Also a resident member of Creative Arts Team at City University of New York, Dominique has studied and worked for several years doing Educational Theatre in New York City Public Elementary, Middle, High Schools and Adult Learning Centers, doing a range of workshops addressing social issues. Dominique has authored several short stories, poetry, plays, screenplays, and has performed as an Actress with such companies as New York Stage and Film, Lark Theatre Co, MCC Theatre,and Women's Project. Her literary work has been published in the New York Times bestselling series- Chicken Soup for the African American Soul, the Harlem-based literary journal, Signifyin' Harlem, and featured on Robert Townsend's MBC Networks series, Spoken. Her plays have been developed and/or produced at Cherry Lane Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Hip Hop Theatre Festival, Classical Theatre of Harlem, and many others. Soulful, down-to-earth, and urgently connected to all communities-in-crisis, Dominique celebrates Theatre and Performance as a medium for human exploration, connection, awareness, and compassion.

Advisory Board

Ted Salter, Independent Grantwriting Consultant

Stephen Reid, Managing Director of Insight Strategy Advisors