DARIUS COLQUITT is an Award-Winning Entertainer, Educator, Writer, Director & Entrepreneur originally from Chicago's South Side. Colquitt started out as a child actor, appearing in several advertisements for SUBWAY Restaurants & an ABC Television Movie entitled "There Are No Children Here", all before the age of ten. Now, at age 37, he shows no signs of slowing down, having premiered in, produced or directed over 90 productions & features with numerous theatrical companies & entertainment entities throughout the Midwest, including Cadillac Bros. Inc, HARPO Studios, Cornerstone Productions, ETA Creative Arts Foundation, Black Ensemble Theatre, Chocolate Chips Theatre Company, Theatre At The Center, Big Noise Theatre Company, HoperaWorld Entertainment, Fine Print Theatre Co., Half/Bloc Entertainment, PUSH Films, Orion's Belt Films,  New Faces Global, Actors Theatre, Jewish Theatre Grand Rapids, Ebony Road Players, ADAPT. Theatre Company,  PANORAMA Arts, Waterfall Productions, WGVU (NPR), ABC & FOX TV INC., and American Immersion Theater. Colquitt has had the esteemed honor of sharing spaces & performing with some amazingly talented celebrities & personalities including Oprah Winfrey, the late Maya Angelou, Keith David (Dr. Facilier from “Princess & The Frog”), Jackie Taylor, Broadway's Chester Gregory, Felicia P. Fields, Taraji P. Henson, Byshere Y. Gray (of “Empire” fame), Dr. Phil McGraw, Bob Love of The Chicago Bulls, and Country Music Icons, The Judds. These experiences have allowed him the opportunity of serving on the board of several Midwest Arts organizations, while continuing to build & maintain his personal artistic entity, Darius Colquitt & Company, through which he curates live art & tours his original solo works. Colquitt has also served as the lead vocalist of the Chicago-based band, "Wilson Wilson" and now works as the Producing Artistic Director of BAM (#BlkARTMatters) Talent as well as the host of BAMCast: The #BlkARTMatters Podcast. So... that's my bio.... but.... Expanding on it: After spending time with me and silence, I'm recognizing a lot about my life... and my choices. Everything I've ever done/learned to do has been motivated by/was built to be a method or ploy of survival through my art... That's why I've learned to do so many things. That's why most of us are multi-hypenates. Quantity offers varied roads of existential validation. That's why I've done the majority of the projects I've done... as therapy & validation for my existence... because how do you recognize your place when you don't believe you've ever found it... except in the faces of those who are intrigued by who you are... because you're so complicated that no one truly knows you... Even you. So, I'm traveling... just out here on the road, using my instincts, making small plans & figuring out who I am... all the way down to the core of my being. I'll be writing & posting & doing lives along the way. We sew where the road leads. Welcome to #ThoughtBoySummer