Darius Stubbs (Director) (he/him) is a poet, playwright, performer, vocalist and educator who has been living and working in Cleveland, OH since 2006. He has collaborated with many creative thinkers across the city in the creation of over a dozen original performance pieces spanning the genre spectrum from performance art to fully-staged production at local theatres including Cleveland Public Theatre and Near West Theatre. Darius has been a featured speaker in an array of venues and events, including TedXCle 2015 “Untold” series, City Club of Cleveland’s Forum on Transgender Identity in Northeast Ohio, CPT’s Station Hope and Guide to Kulchur’s “Uncanny Voices” series. Darius has also been highlighted among Scene Magazine’s “Cleveland People” series, and was awarded the Greater Cleveland Community Shares Rising Activist Award in 2016. He is also the Vice Chair of the board of TransOhio, a non-profit dedicated to education and advocacy in order to better the lives of transgender Ohioans.