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Next Wave Initiative History Development The Directors Studio About Support More. Cycle 4 Winners of The Next Wave Initiative Named Winners for Cycle 4 of The Next Wave Initiative the developmental branch of The Directors Company that is committed to amplifying future Black voices in the American theatre have been named. AamarMalik Culbreth of Baldwin Wallace University is this cycle39s Hattie McDaniel Acting Scholarship with Mo Holmes of Columbia University School of the Arts taking the Lorraine Hansberry Writing Scholarship. Tramaine Raphael Gray of California Institute of the Arts is the Spike Lee Directing Scholarship winner and Davon Williams of Yale39s David Geffen School of Drama is the Black Excellence Impact Award winner.