VonDerrick Taylor is a soulful poet who has known rivers ancient as the world and older than the sound of Jazz in the soul of his city, New Orleans… A Boston University Alumni with a BFA in Acting & a Minor in Arts Leadership, who also trained at London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, & Southern Rep Theatre. He is a humble spirit who strives to give a voice to the voiceless through storytelling, listening, learning the world, and bringing joy and peace in every room he is blessed to step in. A participant in the Race Prison Justice Arts Project, VonDerrick works towards shining light on stories from Human Beings who have had their voice’s forcefully taken away from them. Everyday he works towards bringing Umoja, in true Kuro-Bushi-Kai Black Belt form, through every door and the passion of life in every conversation. A family man full of faith & a resident in the Atlanta area, VonDerrick is blessed to be a part of the Alliance Theatre Family, bringing space/love/opportunity to our next generation, and help change the world we live in for the better one day at a time, one brick at a time, one bridge at time, one Dinosaur at a time. One Love!!