Angela's profile
Angela is the founder and CEO of the AngelWing Project, Inc. She leads the non-profit organization in their mission to “positively impact the community by providing uplifting, entertaining shows and events to inspire appreciation for and participation in the arts.” The AngelWing Project is currently in residence at the Chesapeake Arts Center, a premier arts center in the region and they collaborate on many projects. Since becoming a resident theater in 2017, Angela has produced and directed 2-3 shows each season with a focus on the African American culture. This includes three virtual shows during the Covid-19 pandemic. Angela strongly believing that telling these important stories are an important part of our collective history and often people don't know about them. In fact, there have been so many efforts throughout the years to not share our history in America.
Angela is also an award winning playwright, producer, director, and an independent artist with a vision. As a teacher and artist, Angela has found her niche in writing plays that tell stories of her cultural experiences in honest and compelling ways. Her plays are truthful and sincere and tell important stories about the African American experience in a highly entertaining, yet thought provoking manner. She is able to move audiences as she ensures that they are learning as they are being entertained, informed and inspired. Angela's work has been widely recognized and she was one of 69 artists from across the state selected to receive an Independent Artist regional award from the Maryland State Arts Council for Literary Arts in 2022. Angela's critically acclaimed stage play, Tears of the Soul, which premiered at the Chesapeake Arts Center in 2018 and has been published and licensed by Heuer Publishing, one of the oldest publishing houses serving the educational community theater markets from amateurs to stock (professional) performances in the US and several countries. Tears of the Soul also won the DC Black Theater and Arts Festival in Washington, DC in 2019 as it was voted the Festival Favorite in the full-length play category. Her latest work, Clay's Place: Inside My Blue Mind was a quarterfinalist in the 2021 Screencraft national playwrighting competition.
Angela is gifted at assembling dynamic and talented casts and delivering great performances that have audiences riveted. This past season, she directed an produced a play of one of her idols; Pulitzer Prize winner, August Wilson. She skillfully produced and directed Seven Guitars, a play set in the Hill district of Pittsburgh, PA in the 1940s. She received rave reviews for her casting, and directing. She also is an artful set-designer.
Angela had a successful career in HR for over 23 years. She has a BS in Business Management and an MS in Organization and HR Development and has been a leader in Learning and Development, and Diversity and Inclusion. She left her corporate job in 2020 at the height of the pandemic to start her own consulting company and to commit more time to her writing and independent artistry.
While there is nothing new under the sun; she believes that what makes someone a true artist is their unique perspective on life expressed through their individual creative lens.
Media Links
- Glen Burnie, MD Playwright is Winning in Writing, Producing, and Directing to Being Internationally Published. Washington City Paper - Click here
- Conversations with Angela Wilson. Voyage Baltimore – Click here
- In the Studio with Angela Wilson. Chesapeake Arts Center - Click here
