Director

Sideeq
Heard

(he/him)

Sideeq Heard is a multi-hyphenate director, actor, and rapper. He was the Associate Director of the Broadway and Off-Broadway production of Fat Ham. He was awarded “Best Director” for the short film Here Is a Man at the 2023 Oscar-qualifying film festival Reel Sisters of the Diaspora. Sideeq is the creator, director, and co-writer of Men Like Us, a new digital series that follows the lives of three queer black men on their journey to self-actualization, premiering Summer 2024. He also served as Associate Artistic Director of JAG Productions. Recent directing credits include: Rhyme Deferred by Kamilah Forbes; The Waiting Room, an original play devised with Artreach Inc. premiering at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center; A Curious Thing written by Jeremy O’Brian; Word Becomes Flesh by Marc Bamahuti Joseph; and a staged reading of Fat Ham at the American Airlines Theatre with Arts in the Armed Forces. He had the privilege of serving as Associate Director to Carl Cofield on The Classical Theatre of Harlem’s award-winning adaptation of Twelfth Night. Sideeq’s new single “Fatal Attraction” is available on all streaming platforms. B.F.A. Howard University, M.F.A. NYU Grad Acting. www.sideeqheard.com

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