Zirzeria Wright-Beveridge

Accomplished Theatre Instructor and current CEO of Pictures of Life Production Corporation (theatre company), I bring a proven track record in revitalizing operations and mentoring talent across educational and corporate settings. Expert in playwriting instruction and fostering creative expression, I excel in transforming student potential into achievement, with a focus on innovative directing techniques and character development. With my experience in teaching media studies, I have combined filmmaking and editing with theatrical performances, which has enhanced theatrical experiences and created vast employment opportunities for students in theatre and media studies. I am very grateful to my alma mater Savannah State University, which started me on the path of playwriting and education.

• My nonprofit theatre company Pictures of Life Productions has combined with students at Paine College and raised scholarship funding through plays written from my graduate studies works and MFA portfolio..
• Through connections with the media secured interviews for the promotion of plays through local television, radio, newspapers, and film industry.
• Students in my Media Studies courses won the CBS Workshop competition two years in row, which allowed them to be guest reporters at the Masters in Augusta, Ga, and secure internships and employment.
• Students which were in my dramatic plays used their dramatic performance for their entrance into graduate studies programs to include, Savannah College of Arts and Design and were chosen for off Broadway productions, films and commercials.
• My company Pictures of Life Productions through plays and performance proceeds has raised fundings for various organizations to include, Safe Homes of Augusta, Cancer Research, Salvation Army, Foster Care Program.

• Award winner of the International Christian Film Festival for video and music production.
• An accomplished author of various genres of books including historical, children's, thriller, and spiritual.
• An accomplished playwright with sold-out performances.