Meet our Founder & Artistic Director
JULIE WHITNEY-SCOTT
is the Founder/Artistic Director of Mine 4 God Productions (M4GP) and the annual Columbus Black Theatre Festival (CBTF) which celebrated ten years in 2022. Julie is a published author, poet, playwright. director, and actor who produces and hosts two radio shows for WGRN.org/FM 91.9. Her short stories and poems have been published in magazines and anthologies in Ohio. She has been a free-lance writer for the Columbus Free Press for over ten years. Julie was a DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Reviewer of Educational Materials for Longbourn Editorial Services.
Julie has written and produced her original plays since 1984. She shares her playwriting, directing, teaching and acting skills with other Central Ohio Theatre companies and was the 1stVice President of Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable 2021-2023. She is a Residence Teaching Artist for CATCO is Kids and was also a Residence Teaching Artist for Columbus Children’s Theatre, teaching acting, playwriting and other theatre skills to youth and young adults. Julie has been a MadLab Young Writers Mentor for high school seniors from 2020 until the present.
Julie was selected to be a member of the first group of Greater Columbus Arts Council GCAC Navigators for 2023.
Julie received the Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable Harold Award in 2019 for the Columbus Black Theatre Festival, and was also nominated by Theatre Roundtable for “Excellence in a Leading Role” in 2019 for her role of “Odessa” in Waiting to be Invited and nominated for Best Lead Actor by Broadway World in 2021 for her one-woman performance of her play Diary of Recovering Daughters and in 2022 Best Lead Actor for her performance in "My Dear Brown Skin" at the 10th Columbus Black Theatre Festival. Her one act play "Casting Call" that premiered at the 10th CBTF was presented at the Ohio Civil Rights Commissions 2022 Statewide Conference held in August 2022 in Columbus, Ohio State Office Towers. Julie also wrote "Set the Bail" for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU) "When Your Bank Account Determines Your Freedom" 2022 community event.
Julie uses her writings to inspire, encourage and teach. She is a member of New Playwright Exchange.
