ARTIST BIO

Julie Whitney-Scott (she, her, hers) is the founder and artistic director of Mine 4 God Productions and the Columbus Black Theater Festival. She is a published author, poet, playwright director and actor who produces and hosts two radio shows for WGRN.com/FM 91.9. Her short stories and poems have been published in magazines and anthologies in Ohio. She has been a freelance writer for the Columbus Free Press for more than 10 years. In addition to her radio shows and writing, Whitney-Scott has been writing and producing her original plays since 1984. She has also directed several plays including, in 2023, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and produced by Actors’ Theatre of Columbus; HOME by Samm-Art Williams and produced by State of the Arts Productions; and Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage and produced by JCC Gallery Players.

Whitney-Scott received the Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable Harold Award in 2019. and was also nominated for “Excellence in a Leading Role” the same year for her role of “Odessa” in Waiting to be Invited. Nominated for Best Leading Female Role by Broadway World for her role(s) in Diary of Recovering Daughters 2022 and was nominated for Community Partner Award by Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable in 2023. She is the vice president of the Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable (2021-2023). Whitney-Scott also volunteers her time teaching acting, playwriting and providing theater skills to young people and is a resident teaching artist for Columbus Children's Theater and a MadLab Theatre Young Writers Mentor for high school seniors. Julie Whitney-Scott is a member of the 2023 Greater Columbus Arts Council’s Navigators team and has received GCAC individual artist grants and a GCAC Big Ideas grant. Mine 4 God Productions has received two GCAC Project Support grants.