Dara Symone Prentiss is a Richmond, Virginia native and proud alumna of Spelman College. . While continuing to freelance as an engagement events and independent films producer, she also hails as Founder and Lead Producer of Fyne Prent Productions, a founding member of the Cap City Collective and actively serves as Operations Manager and Head of Member Services at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of VA.

She is happiest at the crossroads of  theater and community engaged  innovation and continues to pursue her passions everyday.Her most prized accomplishment is leading the youth of Club Corazon in a reader’s theater production of “Los Tres Cerditos” (The Three Little Pigs)

She has previously served as the Entertainment Manager aboard Margaritaville at Sea Cruise Line, the Drama Club Coordinator for Petersburg High School  and a guest Director for The East End Player’s presentation of ‘The Wiz’.

Primarily focusing on work by independent artists, Dara’s working credits include the music visual ‘Blychedelic’ (Soul Center ATL2020), short film ‘A Family That’ ( CLA Studios Chicago 2021), and short film Ninki Nanka (Afrikana Film Festival 2023). Her first solo film SAFE is set to film in the winter of 2025.

Alongside producing and writing comedy, she also enjoys leading workshops, traveling, freelancing and painting.