JaMario is a transdisciplinary artist from Jacksonville, Florida (Duval). His creative praxis intertwines playwriting, acting, digital media, DJ’ing, MC’ing, and movement. The scope of JaMario’s projects center and highlight Southern Black Futurity as a form of protest and liberation, and is in direct opposition to normative storytelling practices which often conflate the lives and experiences of those of the Afro-diasporic. Directorily, JaMario’s work includes immersive experiences, solo-shows, classical works ranging from Black folklore to the European cannon, multimedia works, and dance theater. His work as a writer has been produced at Brown/Trinity Rep (Soul Tapes) and The Wilbury Group (22|16 The Remix of a Global Experiment.) With an active career as an actor, Stills has performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The McCarter Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. JaMario’s residencies and fellowships have been with The National Black Theater, The Mercury Store, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Centre for the Less Good Idea, Brown Arts Initiative, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville. Holding BFA in acting from The Juilliard School, and a MFA in Theatre Directing from Brown University/Trinity Rep. JaMario has studied screenwriting and scenography at the Rhode Island School of Design, and weaves these skills into his practice and artistic mission. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance at Amherst College.