Tyara Whitted (she/they) is so excited to be graduating from UIC’s BFA acting program. Her recent theater credits include Marat/Sade directed by Yasen Peyankov and Christina El Gamal, Blues for an Alabama Sky directed by Ericka Ratcliff, Fefu and her Friends directed by Xiomara Cornejo, Rachel  directed by Richard Corley at the Forest Park Theatre, and Cruise? directed by Kyle Rausch at Stage Left Theatre. She has served as a teaching artist for Congo Square Theater and Play in a Book. She’d like to thank her mom for pushing her to be the first generation to graduate college, and for supporting her acting dreams.