Joiya Bradley

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Joyia D. Bradley started acting at the age of 14. She trained with many teachers in the States as well as London with the Royal National Theatre. In front of the curtain,  Mr. Tumnus (The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe--Dallas Theatre Center), Nurse (Romeo and Julie--Utah Shakespearean Festival Tour), Constance (King John--Judith Shakespeare) and Adam and Phoebe (As You Like It--Stage West). She also has many industrials, commercials, along with some television and film to her credit. In 2004, she opened up her own production company, EB Productions. The first production, “Soul To Keep,” a one person tour-de-force, opened to rave reviews and played the festival circuit in New York City.  She wrote, directed and produced two silent shorts before tackling a documentary entitled, “Equally Created” based on the disparities between race and the media. “Black Woman” (2007), a satirical narrative short, was accepted to three film festivals in New York City and played at BAM for a period of three days. "Kitty Bainbridge Is Dead," starring Guinevere Turner of The L Word, American Pyscho and Go Fish, toured on the festival market in the UK. Back at home in New York, she has turned her sights back to her first love--theatre -  where she directed a play in the New Perspectives Theatre Short Play Festival. Currently she is writing a short film to be filmed in February and a feature shooting next fall.