​Welcome — I’m so glad you’re here.

 

I’m Bianca LaVerne Jones, a director, actor, and educator devoted to bold, truth‑telling storytelling across theater, television, and film. My path has taken me from the halls of the North Carolina School of the Arts and SUNY Purchase Acting Conservatory, to the Yale School of Drama, and ultimately to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, where I became the first African American woman in the United States to earn an MA in Directing from LAMDA. That milestone isn’t just part of my résumé — it’s part of my mission.

 

My work lives at the intersection of rigor, imagination, and liberation. I’ve directed at theaters including Baltimore Center Stage, Asolo Rep, Black Spectrum, Lantern Theater, NC Black Rep, and on Broadway as the Associate Director of CHICKEN AND BISCUITS. On screen, you may have seen my acting in Ocean’s 8, Blindspot, FBI, The Blacklist, and Marvel’s The Punisher, or my directing in Mother’s Milk, episodes of The Gaze: No Homo, and as part of the inaugural multi‑camera directing program for The Ms. Pat Show on BET+. I’ve also been honored as a NYFF Academy Artist for directing.