Fatima Quander

With nearly 20 years of experience, Fatima Quander is a well accomplished professional actor and proud member of both Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). She has performed with FRESHH Inc. Theatre Company, DC Hip Hop Theatre Festival, Rep Stage, Everyman Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage Education, Theater of the First Amendment, the Folger Elizabethan Theatre, Imagination Stage, and Discovery Theater; she has also performed in house and on tour with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Additionally, she has appeared in a number of national and regional commercials including Toyota, Under Armour and Dick’s Sporting Goods, DC Health Link, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, and Navy Federal Credit Union (among others).

Quander previously taught at Howard Community College and also teaches classes at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Additionally, she serves as a guest instructor at Beloit College, her alma mater. Quander is a company member with Young Playwrights' Theater (YPT) and served as the Director of The Vanguard, FRESHH Inc. Theatre Company’s Black women’s acting ensemble, where she lead master classes and workshops on theatre techniques, professions, and the business of acting. As a teaching artist, Quander works with a number of theatres and programs throughout the Washington, DC area including FRESHH Inc.’s Griot Girls, Everyman Theatre, Poetry Out Loud, Folger Shakespeare Library’s McKee Fellows Program and Secondary School Shakespeare Festival, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Sitar Arts Center, Jr. Discovery at Georgetown University, and YPT.

Education/Training:

• M.F.A. in acting, Actors Studio Drama School, New School University
• B.A. in theatre arts, Acting Concentration, Beloit College 

Areas of Specialization/Interest:

• Acting
• Hip Hop Theatre
• Devised Theatre
• Dialects and use of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)         

Professional Affiliations:

• Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
• Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)

Honors and Awards:

• Inspiring Adjunct Faculty Recognition, Howard Community College, 2020-2021
• Best Supporting Actress Nomination for Home by Samm-Art Williams at Rep Stage, Maryland Theatre Guide, 2013
• Beloit College Young Alumni Award, 2011
• M.F.A. Thesis Performance, Girl Bully by Carla Ching, featured in “Best of Repertory” Season/Director’s Showcase, Actors Studio Drama School, 2005