Tinika Roland (Assistant Stage Manager)

Tinika Roland (Assistant Stage Manager) is a graduate of Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in apparel/fashion design. She earned a master’s degree in business leadership from Upper Iowa University with an emphasis in quality management and human resource management. The performing arts have always been one of Tinika’s first loves. She was involved in acting and show choir growing up in Davenport as a military dependent. Although she never pursued performing arts, she had the opportunity to perform in Dr. Rosenna Bakari’s production of Talking Trees at DMACC’s Ankeny campus. This was the first time she shared the stage with her son, former Pyramid Theatre Company actor Khalil D. Adams, when he was a student on campus.

Tinika’s love for theatre opened opportunities to serve as house manager for Pyramid beginning with the 2015 production of A Soldier’s Play at the Des Moines Social Club. She served as assistant costume designer for the Pyramid productions of A Raisin in the Sun, Hooded: Being Black for Dummies, The Amen Corner, Mississippi Goddamn, and Prowess. She also assisted with props on the production of Intimate Apparel.

Tinika is currently working in higher education serving in various capacities as outreach coordinator, orientation coordinator, and academic advisor at DMACC Urban Campus. She is the owner of a fashion and a consulting company.