Corean Strong is a native of Vicksburg, Mississippi.  She currently resides in Douglasville, GA, where she is a member of Elizabeth Baptist Church.   A 1977 graduate of Jackson State University, she received her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. IBM hired her, and she spent a successful career there for 37 years. As a youth, she was an active member of the music ministry.

Corean never lost her love of music. In 1997, she founded “One Accord Gospel Ensemble,” which was a finalist in the McDonald’s Gospelfest 2000. She served as director of music at New Hope Baptist Church in Danbury, CT, where she led two youth choirs and an adult choir. She also served as the director of the drama ministry at New Hope, where she found her love for theatre. She went on to perform in local theatre. 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 theatre led her to another inspiring career – writing. She wrote her first full-length gospel musical, All God’s Children Got Shoes in 2004. The musical debuted in Danbury, CT, and toured 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, at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center. She has won numerous “Best Play” and finalist awards in worldwide festivals. She also taught drama at Pathways Academy in Danbury, a middle school for at-risk boys.

She wrote an adaptation of The Glory Train, which has received rave reviews and testimonials. Her other original play entitled The First Ladies Club featuring “the seven deadly sins” debuted in 2011 at the Danbury Palace Theater. This who-dun-it keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Corean is the author of two faith-based youth leadership and development books, “All God’s Children’s Got Shoes” and “Using David’s Plan for Your Purpose.” You can find them on Amazon. 

Corean is the Founder & CEO of NaeRoc Productions LLC, a Christian theatre company where she continues to write, direct, and produce faith-based plays. Her plays and books are written to send a message, teach, change lives, and bring people to Christ. 

She is the recipient of the 2016 New York Metro Jackson State University National Alumni Association STAR Award. 

Corean is a writer for the National Baptist Convention Sunday School Publishing Board, where she writes articles and quarterly magazines for youth. 

For further information and to purchase plays by Corean Strong, please visit www.naerocproductionsllc.com.

Email: coreanstrong@gmail.com.

“LORD…GRANT ME INCREASE…ENLARGE MY TERRITORY”