Actor, educator, theatre-maker.
As an actor, I have performed in Off-Broadway theater, short films, and original self-produced works.
As an educator, I have over seven years of experience teaching acting to BA and BFA university students. Currently, I am a teaching artist with the CUNY Creative Arts Team and a faculty member at Brooklyn College, where I received my MFA in Acting.
While I am based in Brooklyn, NY, I frequently direct, produce, and act in my hometown of Lusaka, Zambia.
Tiona Nekkia McClodden’s art film Ruinous. Exhibited at the Venice Biennale, 2026.
Theatre-making in Zambia
In collaboration with Lusaka-based arts organizations, I have adapted classic works to create contemporary, culturally-specific plays performed by local actors and produced in collaboration with a team of Zambia-based creatives and producers.
Featured here is a mini documentary by Zambian Documentary Films that explores the production process for Figaro’s Barbershop & Salon—an adaptation of Pierre Beaumarchais’s The Barber of Seville that was staged at The Alliance Française of Lusaka in July 2025.