TEMIDAYO
AMAY
NYC ACTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR
ABOUT TEMIDAYOTẹmídayọ Amay (they) is a Black Trans Non-Binary writer, producer, actor, and queer activist living in New York City.
Amay made their off-Broadway debut in “On Love” produced by MCC Theatre. Their play, “POOL,” received it’s inaugural workshop with BTB Theatre. They are a graduate of Theatre Producers of Color, co-producer for the highly-anticipated new musical “How to Dance in Ohio,” opening on Broadway. Amay serves as spiritual liaison for The Black Trans Liberation Kitchen.
They have been featured in American Theatre Magazine, The Washington Post, and Theatrely.
Broadway Black Awards
Award Presenter
Winter 2023
MCC Theatre
New Play Festival
Summer 2023
POOL: A Black Trans Mythology
Written by Temidayo Amay
Breaking the Binary Theatre
Fall 2023
Pictured (L-R): Marquise Vilson, Sam Morreale, Temidayo Amay, Angie Salazar, Garnet Williams, Jayae Raye, Qween Jean
How to Dance in Ohio
Producing Team
Members
Pictured (L-R): Fiona Howe Rudin, Sammy Lopez, Simone Tetrault, Nicole Kwan Temidayo Amay, Zoe Kim, Cynthia L. Dorsey, Ben Holtzman
PHILOSOPHYMoriamo Tẹmídayọ Onisemo Akibu, or Tẹmídayọ Amay (they/them/theirs/friend) is a first generation Yoruba Nigerian American born in Washington, DC. They have worked as an actor, director, designer, and artistic collaborator within the greater Theatre community for over eleven years.
It is their mission to ignite active dialogue within the generational, diasporic, African millennial community. This community encompasses zero, first, and multi-generational members of the African, Latinx, and African American identity. In sparking this dialogue, Tẹmídayọ hopes to expand the definition of the BIPOC diasporic identity to include gender non-conforming and LGBTQiA+ stories.
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