 Powell then earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2001.Powell was the Producing Artistic Director of Contemporary Stage Company, a summer theater in Wilmington, Delaware.His producing credits include New York productions of "The Mouse That Roared, Enter Pissarro, Indra & Agni Collide" and a workshop of "Kidding Jane" with Ellen McLaughlin and William Charles Mitchell.