Collette Cullen
Actor / Author / Educator
Collette Cullen is an actor, author, and educator with a vision to create opportunity for all voices to soar. Cullen's career as a special educator with differently abled, marginalized children influenced her writings. These children became her muses for the essential question:
"How do we access and embrace all voices?"
Cullen's works are "calls to action"—transformative urgings honoring the ancestors, generating reflections and engagement of the audience. Theatre is a language; her works are tools for discourse on voice, equity, and access.
"Dialogue cannot exist however in the absence of profound LOVE for the world and for people." — Paulo Freire
Vision
"The day I met my teacher was my soul's birthday." — Helen Keller
As an artist, Collette's works are alchemical music curated to create opportunities of engagement, healing, and inclusion of voice. Her intention is to create a legacy where all voices matter and harmony reigns.
Notable Works
- • Annie Speaks — One woman show about Annie Sullivan, performed to national audiences (2014-Current)
- • After Life — Finalist, LACA 10 Play Festival (2025)
- • Groundhog Hell — The Detroit Playwrights' Lab @ Detroit Repertory Theatre (2022)
- • The Grandmother Project — Storytelling event, Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival (2019)
- • Shedding Skin — Featured at Meadow Brook Theater (2019)
- • From Between the Thorns — Featured at Henry Ford College (2019)
- • Recollecting 67: A Story of Race, Rebellion and Reunion — Audience choice award, Detroit Fringe Festival (2018)
- • Dressed — Best director award, DATA (2018)
Teaching & Mentorship
Committed to mentoring others, Cullen hosts salons, edits, and connects artists in collaborations. Cullen works to create opportunities for all voices through education, storytelling, and the transformative power of theatre.