Artists First Signs Demascus Creator & The Sterling Affairs Writer Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm

EXCLUSIVE: Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, an aspiring writer and producer who came from the theater world to television, has signed with Artists First as management.

Most recently, Chisholm created, produced and served as co-showrunner for AMC’s sci-fi comedy series Damascus, produced by Gran Via. While the original pilot was picked up to series and filmed the entire first season, it was one of several projects pulled from the network in the wake of cost-cutting.

The show, which recently aired in part at SXSW, will follow a 33-year-old black man of the same name on a mission of self-discovery amid the burgeoning field of digital psychiatry that may hold the key to defining his true self. keep. Coming-of-age story is described with a reality-altering premise that explores the gap between black male perspectives while attempting to answer Demascus’s personal question, “Who am I?” to answer.

Chisholm also wrote about the staff on FX’s upcoming limited series The Sterling Fallsexec is produced by Gina Welch, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson and is currently adapting his play Black rooster for UCP and Sam Esmail.

He wrote and directed the play PYGwhich had its world premiere in April 2019 at the Studio Theater in Washington, DC, where the play also took place brother cotton Enjoy an award-winning series at London’s Theatre503, with additional productions across the US

Chisholm won a 2018 Helen Hayes Award for the DC production of his play. Hood: or black for dummiesThat same summer, for his work in progress, he received the National New Play Network’s Smith Prize for Political Theater, which honors playwrights who address pressing socio-political issues. Uncle Vanye.

Chisholm is a graduate of Juilliard’s playwriting program and also holds an MFA from DC Catholic University. Chisholm came through American theater Magazine. He will continue to be represented by the APA.

Talent management and production company Artists First focuses on actors, writers, directors and producers in film, television and digital media and has a roster that also includes Martin Lawrence, Awkwafina, Kenia Barris, Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross and Niecy Nash. , Ed Helms, Will Arnett, Ike Barinholtz, Paul Walter Hauser, Kate McKinnon, Michael Showalter, Jon M. Chu, Lior Raz, Mitch Hurwitz, and Cristela Alonzo. Notable previous productions in film and television include Central Intelligence Service, Like a boss, Keanu, blackness, Mixed, Adult, The last OG, hit and run And Reno 911!.