Champagne Hughes

March 2026

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Champagne (she, her) is a performer, producer, and drama therapist. She earned a MA in counseling psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) and was the inaugural mentee in New Black Voices Mentorship Program at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, where her solo show, No More Adjustments, premiered. Her stage work includes Les Blancs (Oakland Theater Project), The Human Ounce (Central Works), Othello and Macbeth (African-American Shakespeare Company), and Clybourne Park (Altarena Theater). She is the creator of After the Applause, a podcast about what performers carry in, carry through, and carry home. champagnehughes.com