Born in the “Charm City” of Baltimore, playwright Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin has been a part of the Theatre artist of Color Workshop with Plan-B since 2017, where she has created her plays “DOLs” for the LOCAL COLOR series of short plays, 2021, Fried Chicken, 2024), “Aphasia” (Play at Home commission, 2020), and ELLAMENTAL 2024 Elementary School Tour. Dee-Dee has worked as an elementary school teacher and as a trainer of elementary school teachers. She has taught playwriting workshops for students in grades K-12 at three different schools as a Plan-B Theatre Teaching Artist (2018-2022), as well as scripting and narrating ENCORE: A CELEBRATION OF BLACK SYMPHONIC MUSIC, a Plan-B Theatre/Utah Symphony co-production of concerts for students in grade 5. Dee-Dee is also an actor, singer and vocalist. She has created roles in several world premieres including CARAVAN by Carol Lynn Pearson (Parliament of the World’s Religions, 2015), along with several regional credits. As a vocalist, Dee-Dee has been delighting audiences with her mixture of jazz standards, R&B, soul, and funk for a quarter of a century. Dee-Dee completed a western tri-state tour with her band in 2023 and is now focusing on securing more regional acting credits.
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