Mayah “My” Lourdes Burke is a Carribean-American artist born and raised in NYC. Recently: Performance: A Year With Frog and Toad, 54 Below Sings Jessie J, 54 Below Celebrates Curvy Queens, 54 Below Goes to the Library. Directing: The Pitfalls of Exaggerated Swagger by Cris Eli Blak, Motherless… by Cherise Kimoy, Good Grief: A Best Friend Play by Ngozi Anyanwu, We are Proud to Present…by Jackie Sibblies Drury, and Funnyhouse of a Negro by Adrienne Kennedy. Mayah was a Directing Observer with SDCF for the revival of The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window. In 2022, she received a Staten Island Youth Award for community contribution to Arts and Culture. Proud member of MTEAF, IlluminArt Productions, and The Makers’ Ensemble. SDC Associate. Thank you, God, for everything!