Atlese Robinson

• Grant Associate, Open Road Fund
• Pronouns: she/her
• Year Hired: 2025

Atlese Robinson is a writer, performer, director, producer, and the founding artistic director of Ambiance Theatre Company. Atlese completed her Master of Science in Strategic Marketing at the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK in 2024 and is currently the Grant Associate for the Open Road Fund at Nexus Community Partners, where her aim is to work with Black folks so that we can all prosper educationally, financially, and communally.

About Atlese

Hailing from Saint Paul by way of Chicago, IL, Atlese grew up to become a storyteller because of the stories of her elders. Atlese’s most recent works include Queen Mother (Red Eye Theater), Conflicted Hearts (Theatre 45), Black Wall Street: The Burning of Dreamland Theater (MN Fringe), The Burning of Greenwood (Nimbus Theatre), and Withered Clovers (Gumbo Media), a work of investigative memoir examining the housing disparities in Minnesota.