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