WombWork Founders

 
 

Mama Kay Lawal-Muhammad - Artistic Director

For two decades Kay Lawal-Muhammad "Mama Kay" has performed around the world on stages from New York to Edinburgh, Scotland. Blending artistry with activism, Mama Kay founded Actors against Drugs, Kuumba Women's Theatre Company, and WombWork Productions Inc. A dramatic as well as comedic actress, she has appeared in television series such as America's Most Wanted, The Corner, The Wire, and in an Emmy award-winning episode of Homicide. She has also toured throughout the US, Canada, and Europe during her provocative comedic production, The Thunder Thigh Revue, starring Joyce Scott.

Mama Rashida Forman-Bey, Executive Director

Rashida Forman-Bey "Mama Rashida" is a performing artist, teacher, community activist, song-writer, children's story-writer, and master virtues facilitator. Native to Baltimore, Mama Rashida founded WombWork Productions, Inc. alongside Mama Kay and Mama Nata'aska. For over 30 years Mama Rashida has committed herself to serving inner-city youyh to reach their full potential through character building and professional development workshops. These workshops include facilitator training for culturally relevant womanhood training for adolescents and teens, African Rites of passage, and character-building models like the Virtues Project International.

 
 

Board Officers

President
Anson Asaka, Esq.
Attorney, NAACP

Vice President
Hon. Michelle Arvin Greer, Esq.
Judge, Orphans Court, Baltimore County

Secretary
Dr. Lashay Harvey
Founder, Black Girl Saturday School

Treasurer
Sherrie Howell, Esq.
Attorney

Board Directors

Nicole Bell — Assistant Comptroller, Maryland Zoo

Eldress Jackie Campbell — Rites of Passage Facilitator

Sherri “Mama Rashida” Forman-Bey — Executive Director

Dr. Warren Hayman — Educator, Author & Community Leader

Mothyna James-Brightful — Motivational Speaker

Sean Jones — National Recording Artists and Music Professor

Kay “Mama Kay” Lawal-Muhammad — Artistic Director

Board Member Emeritus

Dr. Joyce J. Scott

Dr. Geraldine Waters

Resident Company Members 2024

Stephanie Williams,  Asst. Artistic Director

Folashade Forman-Bey, Choreographer

Christian Fawn Harris, Creative Writing Director

Olayinka Lawal

Lottie Porch

Thaddeus Street

Omari Bey

Parrish Allison

Jabari Jefferson

Norman Jackson

Louis Williams

Charles Watson

 

Technical Director:

Baba Embu Seitu

After School Programs and Residencies

Arts for Learning Maryland

Baltimore City Schools

Pimlico Elementary Middle School

Bluford Drew Jemison Academy

New Song Academy

Caroline County Schools

Anne Arundel County Schools

Prince Georges County Schools

Baltimore County Schools