Marlies Yearby

Marlies Yearby is an artist activist, choreographer and director with a global perspective. Ms Yearby is the Tony Award nominated choreographer of the Broadway musical RENT. Drama League Award for the Los Angeles production of RENT, Her choreography was licensed for the movie production RENT, and she is the choreographer of the CINECAST of RENT’s final Broadway performance.  Currently she has remounted the 20th Anniversary Tour of RENT, which is now in its 5th year. Ms Yearby Directed and Choreographed with Aku Kadogo “Salt City”, an Afro-futuristic fantasy inspired by the salt mines of Detroit written by poet Jessica Care Moore . Ms. Yearby adapted Ms. Moore’s “Salt City” poems, through her role as dramaturg, into the script for “Salt City” for the stage. This adaptation was performed at the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit, Michigan. Currently Ms Yearby is writing her newest project Seed Awakening On The Eve Of Blue addressing the crisis in real food, environment and health as a commodity in disenfranchised communities globally and right here at home.