PRODUCER/WRITER Yvonne Farrow is partner with twin sister and founder, Yvette Heyliger in TWINBIZ (twins-in-the-business), whose mission is to write, direct and produce original works for stage, television and film, which seek to educate, entertain and serve. In 2008 Yvonne was nominated “Best Producer” at the NAACP Theater Awards for the LA Premiere of What Would Jesus Do? and went on to co-produce with Twinbiz at the National Black Theater Festival main stage. She was also the executive producer and star of Autobiography of a Homegirl, written and directed by Ms. Heyliger, also a NBTF main stage selection with its LA premiere at the Hollywood Court Theater. Yvonne wrote, produced and starred in a staged reading of her hour-long dramatic television pilot, The Y Factor at William Grant Still; and did the same with her a half-hour sitcom pilot, Vanilla Bean, which was developed and showcased at the HBO Workspace. Her stage play, Movements, where she was once again a triple threat, won third place at Inner City Cultural Center’s Act II Short Play Competition, and from there was selected for LA Theater Works’ The Play’s The Thing Radio Theater Series, airing live on KCRW with an all star cast. Yvonne’s very first play, L’Esprit Dance for Me was produced at University District of Columbia at Howard and was a finalist in the American College Theater Festival.

FILMMAKER Ms. Farrow was one of ten in the nation selected for ABC Entertainment Television’s Talent Development Scholarship/Grant Program where she wrote, produced and directed her short film, I’d Rather Be Dancing. This, her first sync-sound film, was nominated “Best Short” at the Pan African Film Festival and FESPACO, an international film festival, where it was nominated for the Paul Robeson Award, “Best of the Best” in the African Diaspora, Special Prize for “Special Interest”, Short Drama. A heavy favorite, IRBD is now a part of the permanent FESPACO film archives. IRBD was selected to air on WGHB Public Television and BET-J's Best Shorts. Yvonne won “Best Actress” at the American Theater of Harlem Film Festival for her role as Monta Cummings in IRBD. She also wrote, produced, directed and edited three 16mm short films at the New York Film Academy. Movements, an adaptation from her stage play, was nominated Best Short, also at the Pan African Film Festival, won Second Place at the Black Filmmaker Hall of Fame and aired on The African American Filmmaker’s Show. Also, her two short film comedies, The Break-Up and Vanilla Bean (Exec. Prod. Gregory Hines), have enjoyed screening success. Ms. Farrow is a member of Film Independent.

CHORALOGRAPHER Yvonne Farrow has been specializing in choralography of full-on ballets set to classic concert choral compositions, without sacrificing the choral sound, for nearly 20 years. She is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, Chorus America, National Association of Negro Musicians and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Her choral ballets have been performed worldwide. Her choral ballet War Song won “First Place” at the CA International Choral Festival & Competition, The Choral Project, Daniel Hughes, Director (with whom she also collaborated and choralographed ballets in the premiere of a ninety minute choral work One is the All); and won “World Choir” the Northridge Singers, Paul Smith, Director. Farrow works with professional, university, college, high school and middle school choirs in all genres of music. Some choirs include the Silicon Valley Gay Men’s Chorus, Gwen Wyatt Chorale, Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers, San Francisco Girls’ Chorus, Appleton West Singers, Bakersfield College Choir, Lutheran University Choir, to name a few.