Thaddeus McCants
Thaddeus McCants (he/him) was Black and Jewish way before Drake made it cool, but he’s also a Brooklyn-based writer originally from Madison, Wisconsin.
As a playwright, he’s a New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Fellow, Theatre J Expanding the Cannon Fellow, Theater Masters Visionary Playwright, KCACTF National Finalist, Goldberg New Play Prize Finalist, and a Semi-Finalist for both the Eugene O...
Thaddeus McCants (he/him) was Black and Jewish way before Drake made it cool, but he’s also a Brooklyn-based writer originally from Madison, Wisconsin.
As a playwright, he’s a New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Fellow, Theatre J Expanding the Cannon Fellow, Theater Masters Visionary Playwright, KCACTF National Finalist, Goldberg New Play Prize Finalist, and a Semi-Finalist for both the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference & American Blues Theatre Blue Ink Award.
As a Television Writer, he was a writer on the second season of HBOMax's ‘JULIA’, is developing his own series ‘LIT LOUNGE’ with BET+, and is the co-writer of multiple AUDIBLE Originals with Author James Patterson and VICE Media.
He proudly holds his MFA from NYU and BFA from Ithaca College.