Ep. 81: Imani Russell (Mel) How to Dance in Ohio Broadway Musical

Honored to make their Broadway debut with Ohio! Imani has performed Off-Broadway and is an emerging voice actor. They also release music under the name NANí. Imani is a proud Black+Boricua, queer, and disabled artist who believes in art as an act of love and community.Imani Russell is a Black+Boricua, queer+trans, and disabled multi-hyphenate artist from Crown Heights (Lenapehoking). Trained in classical music, musical theatre, and acting, Imani will be making their Broadway debut this Fall in the new musical How to Dance in Ohio. Imani has performed off-Broadway and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and is an emerging voice-over artist. As a writer, they think about the connections between time, space, family, queerness, and magic. In 2021, Imani was a member of The Lark’s Beyond the Binary inaugural cohort. They also write music under the name NANí and released a two-song EP titled sweetbitter creature in December 2020. Imani believes in Black queer+trans power and safety, Indigenous sovereignty, and art as an act of love+community. Imani is an AEA member currently looking for representation for theatre, film, and television. Imani is represented for commercial work by Courtney Nelson and Zachary Smith with STATE Management's Lifestyle Division.https://www.imanirussell.com/

About our How to Dance in Ohio Podcast Building Moo-Mentum is a very, very unofficial podcast about the Broadway Musical "How to Dance in Ohio". Each interview is a researched conversation (30 min. to hour in length) with host Richard Wexler with those that are involved with the production from cast, crew, and more. https://www.vintageannalsarchive.com/building-moo-mentum-a-very-unofficial-how-to-dance-in-ohio-podcast.html

Credits Produced, Edited, Research and Interview by Rich Wexler  

Music  Richie by B.J Snowdenhttps://bjsnowdenmusic.com/ There Was a light Instrumental  I Never Feel Alone Instrumental by Stephen Bluhm https://www.stephenbluhm.fun/ 

Websitehttps://www.vintageannalsarchive.com/

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