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Kendra Chanae Chapman

BFA DRAMATURGY, 2011

Kendra Chanae Chapman is a writer and producer who earned her BFA in Dramaturgy from the School of Drama in 2011 (completing the program in three years instead of four). Since then, she has produced several projects, including “Avant-Guardians” and “19 Weeks” from fellow CMU Dramaturgy alum Alesia Etinoff. 

She has many television writing credits to her name as well, including “Designated Survivor” (staff writer), “Emergence” (story editor) and most recently “Power Book IV: Force” (executive story editor), for which she is also a producer.