Meet our Founder/Artistic Director
Julie Whitney Scott
Julie Whitney Scott is the Founder/Artistic Director of Mine 4 God Productions (M4GP) www.mine4godproductions.com and the Columbus Black Theatre Festival (CBTF). Julie is an actor, published author, poet, and playwright, https://newplayexchange.org/users/60670/julie-whitney-scott and her two-act play Snowville Café was recently published by Next Stage Press. Her short stories and poems have been published in magazines and anthologies in Ohio.
Julie has written and produced her original plays for over four decades. She shares her playwriting, directing and acting skills with other Central Ohio Theatre companies and was the 2nd& 1st Vice President of Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable (2021-2023.) She is currently a Residence Teaching Artist for The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio, teaching students in grades 6th – 8thhow to write and then perform their original plays. She was a Residence Teaching Artist for Columbus Children’s Theatre, teaching acting, playwriting and other theatre skills to youth and young adults. Julie was a MadLab Theatre Young Writers Mentor for high school seniors from 2020 to 2023.
Recent plays directed by Julie include Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage, produced by JCC Gallery Players, A Raisin in the Sun by Loraine Hansberry, produced by Actor’s Theatre Columbus, Home by Samm-Art Williams, produced by State of the Arts Productions. Julie also writes, directs and performs in plays produced by the Columbus Black Theatre Festival and Mine for God Productions. Her short plays have been produced in theatre companies throughout Ohio.
Julie received the Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable Harold Award in 2019 for the Columbus Black Theatre Festival. She was nominated for “Excellence in a Leading Role” in 2019 for her role of “Odessa” in Waiting to be Invited produced by Past Productions Columbus & Red Herring Productions. She was nominated in Broadway World Columbus for “Best Leading Role” Diary of Recovering Daughters a one-woman play she wrote and performed in that was produced by the Abbey Theatre of Dublin, Ohio, 2022. The Columbus Black Theatre Festival was nominated for several awards from Broadway World Columbus in 2023. Julie received an award for “Producer of the Year” from WGRN radio in 2023, Greater Columbus Arts Council Navigator 2023-2024, CAPA Marquee Adjudicator 2024-2025.
Julie's Artistic Statement
“I create plays and characters that demonstrate the common bonds that we have as people in order to give marginalized groups of people a chance to perform and share their stories.
My work has given people of color a place to share their stories in the communities where they live. It has also given people who aren’t “of color” a place to share their stories that include marginalized groups of people to the general public. The dialogue of the plays I write and produce, the plays I direct or perform in as an actor, as well as the plays chosen for the CBTF, along with the performance of the characters that are portrayed in the plays, give the audience a glimpse into other people’s lives, and this brings empathy and hope for the future.”
Julie Whitney Scott Founder/Artistic Director/Playwright
