Julie Whitney-Scott is the Founder/Artistic Director of Mine 4 God Productions and the annual Columbus Black Theatre Festival, which celebrated eleven years in 2023. Julie is a published author, poet, playwright, director, and actor who produces and hosts two radio shows for WGRN.org/FM 91.9. Her short stories and poems have been published in magazines and anthologies in Ohio. She is a freelance writer for the Columbus Free Press and was a DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Reviewer of Educational Materials for Longbourn Editorial Services.

Julie has written and produced her original plays since 1984. She shares her playwriting, directing and acting skills with other Central Ohio Theatre companies and was the 1st & 2nd Vice President of Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable 2021-2023. She is a Residence Theatre Teaching Artist for The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio and was also a Residence Teaching Artist for Columbus Children’s Theatre, teaching acting, playwriting and other theatre skills to youth and young adults. Julie was also a MadLab Young Writers Mentor for high school seniors 2020-2023.

Julie received the Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable Harold Award in 2019 for the annual Columbus Black Theatre Festival and was also nominated for “Excellence in a Leading Role” in 2019 for her role of “Odessa” in Waiting to be Invited and nominated for Best Lead Actor by Broadway World in 2021 for her one-woman performance of her play Diary of Recovering Daughters.