Travis Xavier

Actor, Hip Hop Artist, and Artistic Director with a passion for creating Fine Arts programming for and with underserved communities. Born in Baltimore, MD and raised in Tampa, FL, he holds an MFA in Classical Acting from the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Academy for Classical Acting and Howard University’s BFA Acting program. 

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In 2017, Travis founded P.A.R.T. Productions, a Christian faith-based, multimedia production company and community outreach ministry that inspires and supports the development of high-caliber fine arts in global communities by producing creative works that Purposefully Actively Reveal Truth. In 2023, the inaugural Negro Classical Cultural Carnival was produced--a theatre festival celebrating the history and aptitude of African American creativity in the dramatic arts while showcasing local artists and partnering community organizations. 

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Travis has led professional development workshops and developed curriculums in arts education, advocacy and activism while serving as the Theatre for Change Manager at Imagination Stage. There he oversaw the Voices Beyond Bars program bringing arts programming to incarcerated youth in D.C. and Montgomery County, MD. Additionally, he’s worked also with the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department: Cadet Corps incorporating arts education into their core competencies framework to develop empathy in future law enforcement officers.

 

Scholastically, Travis has been a professorial lecturer of theatre, Hip Hop, classical acting and movement at Howard University, George Washington University, The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, Southeastern Theatre Conference, the Shakespeare Theatre Company​ and more.

 

As a performer, his works include: REGIONAL: The Bard and the Beat (The Kennedy Center - Millennium Stage -P.A.R.T. Productions); Imagination Stage: 10 Seconds | Faction of Fools: A Commedia Romeo & Juliet | Mosaic Theater Company: Smoke (H Street Oral History Festival), The Till Trilogy (us) | Theatre J: The Negotiating Committee, Plays From the Front Lines, |  Shakespeare Theatre Company: Merchant of Venice (us) | Ira Aldridge Theatre: Spell No.7, Urinetown: The Musical | StageWorks: Superior Donuts | Tampa Shakes. Festival: Romeo & Juliet/ Macbeth | TDLTG: Julius Caesar (Children's tour) | OTHER: Library of Congress (National Book Festival), The D.C. Emancipation Day Freedom Breakfast, presented for Mayor Muriel Bowser, STC: GALA, Hidden Valley (Web Series), The Closet (Gasparilla International Film Festival). 

 

Travis hopes to continue his career as a professor and performer while pioneering as artistic director of P.A.R.T. Productions. Travis centers his vision around the idea that, “The Purpose of the ART is to Praise!"​ - TravisXaver.com | @freegracetrizzy 

 

*Member of Actors Equity Association

*Certified personal trainer with National Federation of Personal Trainers

*Hip Hop Kultural Specialist certified by the TEACHA KRS-ONE