Corean Strong

COREAN STRONG IS A NATIVE OF VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI. AS A YOUTH SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE MUSIC MINISTRY. COREAN GRADUATED FROM JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1977 WITH A B.S. DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. SHE WAS HIRED BY IBM AND SPENT A SUCCESSFUL CAREER THERE FOR 37 YEARS.

COREAN NEVER LOST HER LOVE OF MUSIC. IN 1997 SHE FOUNDED “ONE ACCORD GOSPEL ENSEMBLE" WHO WERE FINALISTS IN MCDONALD'S GOSPELFEST 2000. SHE IS ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC AT NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH (DANBURY, CT) WHERE SHE DIRECTS TWO YOUTH CHOIRS AND AN ADULT CHOIR. COREAN IS ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THE DRAMA MINISTRY AT NEW HOPE. IN THAT ROLE SHE FOUND HER LOVE FOR THEATER. SHE WENT ON TO PERFORM IN LOCAL THEATER WHERE SHE PLAYED A LEAD ROLE AS THE GRANDMOTHER IN “THE SNOW QUEEN” AND PERFORMED IN “MADAM BUTTERFLY” IN A PRODUCTION AT SUNY PURCHASE, NY.

COREAN'S COMBINED LOVE FOR GOD, MUSIC AND THEATER LED HER TO ANOTHER INSPIRING CAREER, WRITING. COREAN WROTE HER FIRST FULL LENGTH GOSPEL MUSICAL, "ALL GOD'S CHILDREN GOT SHOES" IN 2004. THE MUSICAL DEBUTED IN DANBURY, CT AND IS STILL TOURING IN CITIES THROUGHOUT CONNECTICUT, NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW JERSEY. IT WAS PERFORMED OFF BROADWAY AT ST. LUKE’S THEATRE IN 2007 AND WON FIRST PLACE IN THE 2008 AGAPE GOSPEL ACADEMY THEATRE & FILM AWARDS IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. SHE ALSO WROTE AN ADAPTATION OF “THE GLORY TRAIN”, WHICH IS IN TOUR. IN 2011 COREAN SUCCESSFULLY DEBUTED ANOTHER ORIGINAL PLAY, "THE FIRST LADIES CLUB(FEATURING THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS)" AT THE DANBURY PALACE THEATER. THIS PLAY IS ALSO TOURING. YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT OTHER PLAYS AND PURCHASE HER PLAYS AT .WWW.NAEROCPRODUCTIONSLLC.COM.

COREAN IS THE FOUNDER & CEO OF NAEROC PRODUCTIONS LLC, A CHRISTIAN BASED THEATRE COMPANY WHERE SHE CONTINUES TO WRITE, DIRECT AND PRODUCE CHRISTIAN PLAYS. THE PLAYS ARE WRITTEN TO SEND A MESSAGE, TO CHANGE LIVES, TO BRING PEOPLE TO CHRIST. COREAN'S LOVE FOR JESUS CHRIST IS WHAT SHE ATTRIBUTES HER SUCCESS TO.

SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FEMALE EXECUTIVES IN MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT (NABFEME), THE DRAMATIST GUILD AND BLACK WOMEN CONNECT. SHE IS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY ENSURING COMMUNITY EVENTS ARE COMMUNICATED THROUGHOUT THE AREA SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER. SHE COORDINATES THE ANNUAL CITY WIDE BLACK HISTORY MONTH PRODUCTIONS. SHE TAUGHT DRAMA AT PATHWAYS ACADEMY IN DANBURY, A MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR AT RISK BOYS. COREAN IS CURRENTLY WRITING A SCREENPLAY AND HAS BECOME A NEW AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, “ALL GOD’S CHILDREN GOT SHOES”

COREAN IS THE PROUD MOTHER OF A DAUGHTER, COURTNEY JAYDE BUTLER.