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Tre Floyd on stage Oct 2023

Tre Floyd is the owner of Tres Place Theater just outside of Atlanta GA. It is the only operating theater in the city of Forest Park and the first black owned theater[1]. Tre is known for writing and directing stage plays such as Love, Sex & Marriage, Before Black Lives Matter, Dear John, She Got It and Black Girl Therapy. Tre has toured stage performances across the USA, selling out stages from Miami to Indianapolis, from Baltimore to Memphis. Aside from the theater world Tre is the executive producer for Tre Floyd TV, an independent streaming company. Tre has produced several dramatic and comedy series including, Church Hurt, The Ville, Wolfcreek View and more[2]. Some of which have been featured and won film festivals around the world.

Tre is a native of Mississippi and has been in some form of the arts since childhood. He acted in church plays and sang in local talent shows as a young child. He wrote his first stage play as a junior in high school and produced it while still in high school. As a teenager, Tre began to perfect his craft by formally training in ballet, jazz, and modern dance. He was a former member of MS: The Dance Company and a founding member of Hinge Dance Company. While pursuing an accounting degree (and graduating with honors), Tre also learned all about stage and film within his Theatre Arts minor. He has trained dancers and performed at various venues across the US, both acting and dancing. Tre’s began his professional career as a youtuber in 2018. After the success of his first webseries, Tre turned the series into a stage play which tour 10 cities and did 25 shows. From that point, Tre knew this was the direction he wanted to go. Tre draws inspiration from his community, family, and friends. A few of his favorite celebrities are Shonda Rhimes, Denzel Washington, Sterling K. Brown, and Katoria Hall.

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