Malick Ceesay - a.k.a. Mahlick - is a musician, playwright, and sound designer with intention on multidimensional storytelling for the stage. As a playwright, his most notable play, SUPERAMERICA, was workshopped and produced in UCLA TFT’s New Play Festival. Malick is currently apart of IAMA Theatre's Emerging Playwrights Lab for the 2024-25 season. His other plays include Dynamite, Waiting in Vain, The Jazz Equation, and Sacrosanct. His play BLOODSOIL, circa 87 was a semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill playwright conference 2022. He was also a finalist for National Black Theatre's "I AM SOUL” playwright residency in 2024. As a sound designer, Malick’s composition, design, and mixing credits include Snow in Atlantis, Def Poetics, Piano Lesson, Still Harvey Still, Antigone, Tell Me I’m Gorgeous at the End of the World, FAIRVIEW, PASSION: The Daddy Issue, Tale of the Transcestors, and We The People. Nationally, Malick has worked with theaters and other institutions such as Ambiance Theatre Company, AMDA College of Performing Arts, Capri Theater, Celebration Theatre, Full Circle Theatre, The Playwrights’ Center, REDCAT, Red Eye Theater, WACO Theater Company, and WalkGoodLA. Malick holds an MFA in Playwriting from UCLA and a BA in Theater from Augsburg University. While at UCLA, he studied with Sylvan Oswald, Dominic Taylor, Jonathan Burke, and Leon Rothenberg.
Malick Ceesay - a.k.a. Mahlick - is a musician, playwright, and sound designer with intention on multidimensional storytelling for the stage. As a playwright, his most notable play, SUPERAMERICA, was workshopped and produced in UCLA TFT’s New Play Festival. Malick is currently apart of IAMA Theatre's Emerging Playwrights Lab for the 2024-25 season. His other plays include Dynamite, Waiting in Vain, The Jazz Equation, and Sacrosanct. His play BLOODSOIL, circa 87 was a semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill playwright conference 2022. He was also a finalist for National Black Theatre's "I AM SOUL” playwright residency in 2024. As a sound designer, Malick’s composition, design, and mixing credits include Snow in Atlantis, Def Poetics, Piano Lesson, Still Harvey Still, Antigone, Tell Me I’m Gorgeous at the End of the World, FAIRVIEW, PASSION: The Daddy Issue, Tale of the Transcestors, and We The People. Nationally, Malick has worked with theaters and other institutions such as Ambiance Theatre Company, AMDA College of Performing Arts, Capri Theater, Celebration Theatre, Full Circle Theatre, The Playwrights’ Center, REDCAT, Red Eye Theater, WACO Theater Company, and WalkGoodLA. Malick holds an MFA in Playwriting from UCLA and a BA in Theater from Augsburg University. While at UCLA, he studied with Sylvan Oswald, Dominic Taylor, Jonathan Burke, and Leon Rothenberg.