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Paulette D. Harris

Paulette D. Harris, Buffalo-born was affiliated with the African American Cultural Center (AACC) since 1988 and has served as artistic director of its Paul Robeson Theatre (PRT) 1996-2020. She was employed at WGRZ-TV NBC Affiliate for nineteen years, where she worked in the production, programming, and news departments. During her time at WGRZ-TV, she was the Program Director. Throughout her time there, she also worked as a camera operator, floor director, editor and provided content to the web, amongst many other related broadcasting and journalism skills. She accepted a position at the State University of New York at Buffalo as an adjunct professor in 2014 and continued work with the College through 2020, which garnered several collaborative projects that created intern opportunities for the students.

Ms. Harris has received numerous recognitions for her directing. Some of her directing credits include Native Son, Jar The Floor, In The Continuum, Steal Away, Birth, Holiday Heart, Souls of Black Folk, Revenge of A King, Ned’s Garden, The Bluest Eye (co-directed), Emperor Jones (co-directed), Black Nativity, Branches From The Same Tree, How I Got Over, and Skeleton Crew which was nominated for Outstanding Direction of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Actress in a Play and Outstanding Supporting Actress of a Play of which Outstanding Actress and Supporting Actress were winners. Most recently, the World Premiere production she co-wrote and directed The Sidewalk Stageplay, received recognition for Emanuel Fried new playwrights, and the other show she Directed, Native Son was nominated for Outstanding Direction of a play in the 2019 Artie Awards.

Playwriting credits include the world premiere of Two Weeks Until The Rest of My Life – which traveled to Washington DC, How I Got Over, Santa’s Blues, Soul of a People: gone but not forgotten. In addition, she currently instructs students ages 8 - 16 in Performing Arts Training and filmmaking. In August 2020, she was accepted into the Casting Society of America Mentorship Program which she works with a professional casting Director learning the processes and procedures for casting films.