Thaddeus McCants (he/him) was Black and Jewish way before Drake made it cool, but he’s also a Brooklyn-based Writer, Director, and Performer originally from Madison, Wisconsin. 

As a Television Writer, he was a writer on the second season of HBOMax's ‘JULIA’, is developing his own series ‘LIT LOUNGE’  with BET+, and is the co-writer of multiple AUDIBLE Originals with Author James Patterson and VICE Media. 

As a playwright, he’s a New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Fellow, Theatre J Expanding the Cannon Fellow, Theater Masters Visionary Playwright, KCACTF National Finalist, Goldberg New Play Prize Finalist, and a Semi-Finalist for both the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference & American Blues Theatre Blue Ink Award. 

As a performer, Thaddeus has worked on the UCBNY Mainstage (RIP), Off-Broadway, on the high seas, and in the Original Cast of Disney’s Freaky Friday the Musical. 

He is also an up-and-coming commercial director, directing spots for Progressive, State Farm, HP, Subway, and even a Super Bowl commercial for Avocados from Mexico.

He proudly holds his MFA from NYU and BFA from Ithaca College.

“The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; they cannot be a mere teacher; they cannot merely X-ray society's weaknesses, its ills, its perils. They must be actively involved in shaping its present and its future” – Ken Saro Wiwa”