our mission
MoB Theatre sees theatre through a contemporary lens, using collaborative theatre-making to explore social justice, cultural engagement, and issues that matter to our community. As a grassroots ensemble, we focus on non-fiction narratives, with documentary theatre being one of our most refined and repeated processes. Constantly serving as an incubator for new works, we harness true stories, oral histories, and lived experiences to create meaningful theatre. We emphasize process over product, developing workshops, staged readings, and performances that invite community feedback, conversation, and growth. With multiple projects in development at once, MoB Theatre remains dedicated to empowering change and fostering deep community connections, both locally and beyond.
THE COMPANY
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FounderIt all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Amber Briana Moore is an actor and racial equity advocate. She has been featured in various productions in the Southeast from live theatre, films and network television. She received her B.A. in Theatre and African American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she also discovered her interest in art centering on African American life and culture. She has been involved with MoB since 2018 and regularly advises with research on local African American history.
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FounderIt all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Trey Morehouse is a theatre artist and educator with a focus on community engagement and collaborative theatre-making. As the founding artistic director of Mouths of Babes Theatre, Trey works alongside a talented ensemble to create original works that focus on true stories and local issues. He is passionate about creating art that highlights collective experiences and the often-overlooked contributions of everyday people.
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FounderIt all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Growing up in Wilmington, NC, Georgia was very much involved with the local theatre community, participating in companies including Thalian Association, TACT, Journey, and for 6 years straight with Cape Fear Shakespeare. Georgia decided to spend their undergrad years abroad, traveling and learning about prominent social justice issues. They are a passionate believer in community-based activism, which has brought them to their work with MoB.
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FounderIt all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Malachi Chapman is a local actor, working with MoB and other local theatre groups. Recent acting credits include Scoptia, and Wilmington Reconstructed. Malachi is currently attending Cape Fear Community College with the plan to attend University to continue his studies in Theatre. Malachai is also passionate about basketball, football, and anime.
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FounderIt all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Madisyn is a graduate of Appalachian State University, where she studied Theatre Performance and Creative Writing. Since moving to Wilmington on a whim two years ago, she has quickly immersed herself in the city’s rich theatre community in a variety of roles: actor, educator, playwright, and director. Madisyn is passionate about the issues, both overlooked and pressing, that impact the community she now calls home.
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FounderIt all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Madeline is a high school student born and raised in Wilmington, NC, and has been working with Mouths of Babes Theatre since 2023. She supports the ensemble through technical production, photography, videography, and editing, helping document MoB’s workshops, performances, and community-centered projects. Maddie enjoys being behind the scenes, helping to capture real stories as they unfold, and contributing to MoB’s documentary-driven process. She also has a strong background in STEM advocacy and public speaking, and is passionate about helping others share their stories and ensuring voices are heard.
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FounderIt all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Chloe Mason attended Appalachian State University where she earned her BA in theatre performance, and minored in film. There, Chloe lead a social justice themed theatre ensemble, and became a twice published poet. In addition to acting, Chloe has lead intimacy coordination and movement specific work. She’s a hands on visual artist who has designed past programs and posters for MoB. She’s a full time educator, and part time story teller in Wilmington NC.
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FounderIt all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Jordan Scott Hardesty is a Brooklyn-based dramaturg-scholar with roots in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is a PhD student in the Theatre and Performance program at the CUNY Graduate Center, and holds degrees in dramaturgy from DePaul University and the University of Amsterdam. Jordan has engaged in dramaturgical work with festivals and institutions like the Dutch National Opera and Ballet, the Opera Forward Festival, the Sandberg Institute, the Amsterdam Academy for Theatre and Dance, Frascati Theater, and Kitchen Sink Theatre Company.
OUR BOARD
Amanda WOLFE
Amanda is the owner of Peace Rose Montessori School in Wilmington North Carolina. She first joined MoB as a Stage Manager during Wilmington Reconstructed. Her interest in the 1898 Massacre and Race Riots and Social Justice Theatre led her to join MoB as the Board Secretary. Amanda has a background in artistic direction, stage managing, script supervising, acting, and dancing in both stage and film productions. Originally from Seattle, she has called Wilmington home for the last decade.
La’TUAN DANNS
La’Tuan Danns, a native North Carolinian, comes from a theater background that originated in high school. She’s worked in both theater and film. Various nonprofit boards and organizations have helped feed her need to be involved in issues such as the arts, education, worker rights, and children issues. Currently, the focus is on her for fantastical daughters who have also inherited love of the arts. As a graduate of UNCW, she is active in the theatre community and happy to be a part of MoB, a company that highlights such relevant and tough issues.
CONSWALIA GREEN
Conswalia began her theater career in Durham, NC, where she managed performances at the Historic Carolina Theatre. Conswalia ultimately landed at the Joseph Papp Public Theater/ New York Shakespeare Festival as the head theater manager. Since returning to the Wilmington area Conswalia has contributed to A Storytelling Project to Raise Awareness: Facing Community (a collaboration with UNCW) and Gila Green Writes.
NATHAN RAGAIN
Nathan is a Bruce Scholar Visiting Lecturer with UNCW’s Honors Department. Nathan is passionate about social equity issues.
LILLI LINDBECK
Lilli combines a diverse background in law, divinity, and medical coding with a passion for theater. She has experience on several boards, including those focused on AIDS and coding, and volunteered with the Names Project in San Francisco. Lillis theater involvement includes high school and community productions, reflecting a strong belief in theater's transformative impact.
Marie Antoinette MarrinaN
Marie Antoinette a first-year MFA candidate at UNCW. She retired from my position as a Nurse Practitioner and relocated to North Carolina in 2015. Since then, she has had the honor of working with the Wilmington Theater community as a stage manager, ensemble member, and playwright. She is a member of the Port City Playwrights Project and a Board Member of MOB Theatre Company.