Meet The cast of beyond the curves


Wendell “Big Wen” Powell is a proud native of Baltimore, MD, now residing in Guilford County. He’s the founder and CEO of Big Wen Productions of Greensboro. Wendell is a writer, actor, singer, comedian and well known motivational speaker. Big Wen has performed on stages worldwide and has been featured in film.  He teaches voice lesion, acting and enjoys working with students who have a passion for the performing arts. One of his notable roles is for the hit production “The Love Machine, the Musical”, where he appears as “Sweet Daddy Love”.  As a producer, Wendell has entertained audiences for more than 17 years. Wendell is also the assistant Minister of Music at St. Stephen’s AME Zion Church in High Point, NC. Big Wen dedicates all of his performances to his mother the late Victoria M. Powell.  He credits God for his gifts to educate and entertain the masses.   For bookings or more information contact Wendell “Big Wen” Powell via email: [email protected]

your host, big wen

Morgan Addington was born and raised in Westchester, NY. She received a BFA in Professional Theatre from NC A&T State University. Morgan is a Choreographer and Artistic Director. She is co-producer of films It Takes A Village, It Takes A Village 2 (in production), and Find My Way (in production) alongside Save the Arts Films and Beyond the Curves as choreographer and artistic director. Morgan is the owner of FlowerChild Productions. Their mission is to give life to the world of the arts through artistic expression. She has graced many stages and films as an actress and choreographer, most recently, Shelly Garrett's Beauty Shop in Atlanta.


Jamila Curry is a native of Greensboro, NC. She received her BFA in Acting from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University where she has performed in several stage plays and musical productions. She has performed professionally in Greensboro at the Barn Dinner Theatre (“Groovin” “Black Nativity”) Open Space Theatre (“Crowns”) Triad Stage Cabaret (“Mad at Miles”). Jamila worked for Theatre IV of Virginia Rep in Richmond, VA from 2010 until 2014 where she toured ten children’s theatre productions around the country. Jamila is currently working for Found Space Theatre in their production of “The Apartment Complex” (Alfreida) by William Inge and leading cast member in Beyond the Curves produced by Kenyatta Johnson.  Jamila is also currently working as an actor/host for The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner show in Chapel Hill, NC and taking an intensive master acting class with Jordan Beswick.

Jamila Curry

Mel Faison is bursting onto the plus size scene in her first IRMC production and is excited to be working with the organization on this venture! A graduate of UNCG's theatre department and current triad resident she is ready to take the world by storm with love, laughter, and curve appeal. Mel would like thank her friends and family for their unconditional love and support. Special thanks to her husband Jay who sees beauty marks where life has put scars and potential where I have doubt. I love you, MI.
Keep up with Mel at hauteSamoanmess.wordpress.com, hauteSamoanmess on Instagram and Saamooaa on Twitter.

Mel O. Faison

Mary Martin is a loving mother to four wonderful children and is engaged to the love her life, Anthony Tillman.  She recently left a long time position in logistics and supply chain management to go back to school to get her degree, pursuing a double major in Global Logistics and Business Administration. Anthony and Mary call Greensboro home where they reside with their children. Mary enjoys acting, singing, modeling and volunteering. Last fall, Mary was cast in Barefoot in the Park starring in the leading role as Mrs. Banks at Guilford Technical Community College.  Mary is also a proud member if I Rock My Curves The Best, and serves as financial officer, model and executive assistant to the director. Mary is dedicated to being an advocate for victims of domestic violence and hopes sharing her story will save another woman’s life and gives her the courage to leave before it’s too late

Shantell Stevenson was born on  in Baltimore, MD to mother Mynita Daughtry, (also of Baltimore, MD) and father James Earl Stevenson (of Grimesland, NC). She graduated from Eastern Technical High School in 2000, where she received her certification in Cosmetology. She attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she majored in Pre-med with a concentration in Biology.

Stevenson currently resides in Greensboro and is a woman with many gifts and talents which include customer service rep, client service rep, cut up T-shirt designer, line dance instructor, and IRMC model. She is extremely dedicated and passionate about all the things she has accomplished and currently pursing. She won’t stop fulfilling her dreams until she takes her last breath.

The Director

Tiffany Flowers-Teague, a native of Winston Salem, NC is the head model and runway coach for IRMC. She is the owner of Bella Te Couture founded in March 2, 2014. She is a proud graduate of North Carolina Central University and is currently a fashionista changing industry standards one outfit and runway at a time.  Tiffany has over 5 years of modeling and fashion design experience. With her passion for fashion, she taught herself how to sew and uses her passion as a light to build confidence in young ladies. Her ultimate goal as a business mogul is to create employment opportunities and provide deserving students with annual scholarships.  

Model Coach & Runway Choreographer
Kenyatta Johnson was born in Fayetteville, NC to James and Bettie Johnson. She is the founder, director and producer of IRMC Productions. Kenyatta’s mission is to provide opportunities for curvy women to express themselves, use their God given gifts, perfect their crafts, embrace others and be free of people’s perceptions and ideas about their ability through stage production. Growing up Kenyatta was not chosen most popular or most likely to succeed. She was isolated, labeled troubled and outcast as a problem child that could not be saved. At an early age, there was no doubt Kenyatta was born to do something great to inspire others. No matter how hard people tried to put her down, she kept smiling.  Kenyatta’s tells people that she went through a lot of hell early in life to reach this moment. She gives until it hurts. Her heart is 100% invested in seeing people reach their potential and serving others. The vision for Beyond the Curves was Holy Spirit inspired. “Women need to know they are fearfully and wonderfully made, despite what they have been told by insecure people”, says Johnson.  She hopes this will be the first of many performances for curvy women, performed by curvy women, produced by a curvy woman for all curvy women.