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Thomasina Perkins is a Washington, DC based publicist, locations manager, and producer whose career spans film, television, live stage productions, and cultural storytelling. She is a Tuck School of Business, MBE (Minority Business Enterprise), and the founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of Capitol Public Relations (CPR), where she leads strategic publicity, production support, and location services across entertainment, sports, and media.
Perkins entered the film and television space through early contributions to local television and radio news segments, and on-camera appearances tied to client work, including features on WE tv’s reality series Braxton Family Values and scripted series HUSH (2 seasons) on the ALLBLK streamer. She later expanded behind the scenes, blending publicity expertise with production roles across scripted and unscripted projects.
Her film credits include work on multiple feature films distributed as BET Original Films, including Angrily Ever After, The Christmas Lottery, Big Fifty: The Delrhonda Hood Story, and ’Twas the Chaos Before Christmas (2019), the latter earning a 2020 NAACP Image Award nomination. She also made contributing efforts during the awards campaign for the Oscar-nominated, award-winning documentary In the Life of Music.
Listed on IMDb, Perkins has served as a Unit Publicist, Production Consultant, and Locations Manager, collaborating with major networks and platforms including BET, Lifetime, Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Universal Music Group. Through CPR’s Capitol Locations division, she made history as the first African American woman recognized by the DC Film Office as a Locations Manager, overseeing site acquisition, permitting coordination, and on-the-ground production logistics.
Her recent work includes serving as Publicist for the returning stage production Living All Alone: The Phyllis Hyman Story* further expanding her footprint in live theatrical and legacy-driven storytelling. She is also attached as an Associate Producer on the in-development projects The Safety / The Last Play and Althea (working titles), contributing to development strategy, production planning, and narrative positioning. In addition to her screen work, Perkins has been a periodic contributor to DC Life Magazine and Just Right Magazine and appeared on the August 2018 cover of Just Right Magazine. She is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM), Alliance for Women in Media (National Capital Area Chapter), NFL Alumni Association, Hip Hop Sisters, NABFEME, and The Recording Academy (DC Grammy Chapter). She is also an Official NFLPA Marketing Representative, a DC Grammy Chapter Advocacy Team Captain, a 202 Creates Fall 2019 Resident with Entertain DC, and a founding member of The Gathering Spot (DC) and HQ House.
Thomasina leads communications for the Althea Gibson Foundation, serves as PR & Media Lead for Black Girls Rock!, and holds leadership roles as DC Network Director for the National Association of Black Female Executives in Music and Entertainment (NABFEME) and DC Metro Ambassador for Sisters United Enterprise (SUE Net).
She is also a contributing author in Women Behind the Mic: Curators of the Culture, Volume 2 - The Hip-Hop Edition, highlighting her role in shaping narratives within the culture she represents. A former government contractor turned entrepreneur, Thomasina Perkins continues to merge sports, culture, and community through purpose-driven storytelling proving that with Common Sense PR, purpose always leads the play
