Tasha Grant is a Black queer and non-binary multi-disciplinary arts and social justice educator, applied theatre practitioner, and cultural worker hailing from Newark, New Jersey. With a wealth of experience in education, activism, youth development, and the arts, Tasha has served as a facilitator, devised theatre director, teaching artist, high school teacher, and college lecturer.
As the founding Artistic Director of Maroon Theatre Project, a New Jersey-based social justice theatre collective, Tasha is deeply committed to fostering critical consciousness, activism, and healing in youth through the arts. She prioritizes queer, transgender, and non-binary youth of color, creating affirming spaces for multi-marginalized youth and reimagining theatre-making and education by focusing on young people's social-emotional development and providing them with access to social justice and political education. Tasha's work is rooted in liberatory pedagogy, and she believes in creating transformative experiences for young people through her unique perspective on the arts and social justice.
Aside from her work with Maroon Theatre Project, Tasha serves as an editor for the American Alliance for Theatre & Education’s Youth Theatre Journal and is a member of Gamma Xi Phi, a professional fraternity for artists and creatives. Tasha holds a BA from Utica University in Psychology with a minor in Theatre and an MA in Educational Theatre for Colleges & Communities from New York University.
Tasha is a dedicated advocate for social justice, using her extensive background in the arts and education to create meaningful change in the lives of young people. As a Black queer and non-binary multi-disciplinary artist, Tasha's work is deeply rooted in her identity and experiences, and she uses her platform to elevate the voices of those who have been historically marginalized.