Camille Simone Thomas is a Detroit/NYC based artist who is still looking for a concise way to define the identities that matter most to her. She’s a fifth-generation native Detroiter A fourth-generation Black college graduate A third-generation way maker A second generation oldest daughter of an oldest daughter And a half first-generation Jamaican - American Maybe one day she’ll have a neater way to say that but being messy also defines who she is. Camille is a creative actor,writer, deviser and sometimes producer who believes it is her duty and her honor to tell the stories of all the various generations contained inside of her. Her one woman show “yOU CaN TAke ouT a PArEnT pLUS lOaN” has been performed/developed with The Red Curtain International Good The@Tre Festival (Best Script winner), The National Women’s Theatre Festival ( Jury Selection for Best Performance winner), American Slavery Project as part of their women’s month series, and with BlackBoard Play Reading Series.