Tarabu Kirkland
Director, Producer
Director, Producer
Tarabu hails from Buffalo, New York and resides in Los Angeles, CA. His background as a Media ArAst, Producer and Administrator includes twenty years in Public Radio having served as General Manager of radio staAon KPFK-FM in Los Angeles, Assistant Manager of KPFA in Berkeley where he co- founded the Third World Media Department and helped establish naAonal radio training programs for producers of color, and General Manager of the Community InformaAon Network.
He is also the author and composer of the musical “Jukebox” which stared Danny Glover, author and producer of the stage play “Ritual of a
Bop Solo,” producer of the stage play “Jungle Bells,” and producer and musical co-director for the NaAonal Public Radio drama “Quiet Thunder,” and has been the writer and producer for numerous radio documentary projects and video industrials.
In addiAon, Tarabu has worked in the cultural and social service sector as the Director of Programs at A Place Called Home, Managing Director of Great Leap, Inc., and Managing Director of the Black Theatre ArAsts Workshop.
