
I'm Tiona...

Long before there were books, stages, film sets, or productions, there was a pen and paper.
Growing up in Philadelphia, writing became the way I made sense of the world around me. While other kids found their outlets in different places, I found mine in poetry and short stories. I was a thinker, an observer, and someone who discovered early that sometimes I could say more on paper than I ever could out loud.
I come by that naturally. My mother was a writer in her own way. Whether she was celebrating an accomplishment, offering encouragement, or simply fed up, she could put it in a letter. Years later, I can still read those letters and understand the power words have to preserve a feeling, a moment, and a story.
Writing became the foundation—but it didn’t remain the destination.
Over the years, the stories that once existed only in my head and on paper have grown into books, live productions, stage work, and independent films. That journey eventually expanded into TB Productions and a growing catalog of original work created from Philadelphia and shared with audiences far beyond it.
Every project has taught me something different about storytelling, persistence, collaboration, and what it means to take an idea seriously enough to build it. The work has evolved, and so have I.
What hasn’t changed is the reason I create.
I believe stories are meant to move. From thought to page. From page to stage. From script to screen. And ultimately, from the person creating them to the people they were created to reach.
I’m grateful for everything I’ve already had the opportunity to create—but I’m even more interested in what’s still ahead.