Adjudicators

Jerome Stevens is an actor, director, and theatre educator and served as Producing Artistic Director of the Pollard Theatre Company until 2020. A graduate of Booker T. Washington High School and Langston University, Stevenson’s professional acting and directing credits run the spectrum of plays, musicals, and performance art in the state and region. Stevenson’s work as an actor has been featured in American Theatre Magazine (The Mountaintop, OKC Repertory Theatre), the New York Times, and the BBC (A Christmas Carol, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma). Stevenson is a contributing author of the book Fifty Key Stage Musicals and a 2018 Oklahoma Governor’s Arts Award recipient.

Maybelle Wallace is an Arts Administrator, Community Leader and Advocate for Cultural Diversity. With over 47 years of experience in the non-profit sector, Maybelle Wallace is a dedicated arts administrator and cultural advocate. As the Executive Director of Theatre North since 1981, she has played a pivotal role in shaping Tulsa’s performing arts scene—managing operations, securing funding, and fostering artistic excellence. She has successfully administered grants from public and private sources, developed innovative programs, and promoted cultural diversity through the arts.

Maybelle’s leadership extends beyond theatre, including her coordination of the 1982 Greenwood Arts Jubilee, which brought over 30,000 attendees to the historic Greenwood area. Recognized for her commitment to community service, she has received numerous honors, including the Governor’s Community Service Art Award and the Pinnacle Award from the Tulsa Commission on the Status of Women.

A member of SAG-AFTRA and a graduate of arts administration programs at the University of Texas and Sangamon State University, Maybelle remains an influential figure in Oklahoma’s arts and civic communities. She is also a proud alumna of Leadership Tulsa, Class XII, and a former commissioner with the Greater Tulsa Area African-American Affairs Commission.

Her dedication to the arts and community service continues to inspire and uplift the next generation of artists and leaders.

Anthony Archie is a trusted community leader, public school educator,  and small business owner. He currently serves, as the first African American to represent District 2, on the Tulsa City Council. Anthony served the families of Tulsa Public Schools as a geography and science teacher at Robertson Elementary, Monroe Demonstration Academy and Edison Preparatory School. After completing seminary at Oral Roberts University, he served families across Tulsa as a minister at Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church. Together with his wife, Chelsea, Anthony owns and operates the Oklahoma Toffee Company, an award-winning local gourmet confections business based at Tulsa's Mother Road Market on Route 66. Through their small business, Anthony and Chelsea support our local educators by using 20% of their profits to fulfill the immediate classroom supply needs of Oklahoma teachers.

​When Anthony is not working, you can find him serving and volunteering with The Route 66 Village, Tulsa Dream Center - West Tulsa, South Tulsa Community House, Love Well Collective, and the Tulsa Regional Chamber Executive Committee. Anthony is also a member of the Tulsa League of Women Voters, Leadership Tulsa, Tulsa Young Professionals, Southwest Tulsa Historical Society, Made In Oklahoma, Kitchen 66 and the Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce. He has been married to his wife, Chelsea - a high school assistant principal, for 12 years and they have three children who attend public school in Tulsa, Naomi, Anthony III, and Evelyn. 

Thomas Chavira is an actor/educator/producer from Fort Worth, Texas. He holds a BFA from Abilene Christian University, an MFA in Acting the University of Southern California (Fight On!), and an MFA in Performance Pedagogy from Loyola Marymount University. He has performed in theatres all across Southern California and his Film/TV credits include SHAMELESS and the feature film BENEATH US.

As a producer, his work has nominations and wins from the L.A. Stage Alliance (Ovation awards for Best Production of an Intimate Theatre - 33 Variations and Violet). Other production credits include Dancing at Lughnasa, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Voysey Inheritance, Spinning Into Butter, and The Sweetest Swing in Baseball. As an educator, Thomas is interested in the expanding the work of French theatre practitioner Jacques Lecoq along with highlighting and examining Hispanic and Latino authors. Thomas is a member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity, and the National Alliance of Acting Teachers.

Intermission entertainment provided by Branjae.

Special thank you to our partners George Kaiser Family Foundation and University of Oklahoma.