Carla Debbie Alleyne

Carla Debbie Alleyne, the playwright, screenwriter, and director received her B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Film and Television and Dramatic Writing from New York University. Carla's play Hey, Little Walter was produced Off-Broadway at Playwright's Horizon as part of the Young Playwrights Festival when she was 16 years old. The play was also published by Dell Books. Carla collaborated on the musical Bring in the Morning which was produced at the Apollo Theater and starred Lauryn Hill. It was the Apollo's first theatrical production. Carla has directed several music videos and was the first to interview the Notorious BIG as part of a hip-hop music video show she produced out of her NYU dorm room. Carla has also written numerous screenplays, which have been optioned by production companies such as HBO and Miramax Films. Carla is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and designer of the sustainable arm warmer and clothing line Arm Candy Culture Inc..