This website is dedicated to the acting, teaching and writing of Justin Gordon. He is a Motor City, USA born and raised educator and artist. Justin is a producer, author, poet, saxophonist, professor, director and storyteller.
In 2018, upon graduating from the University of Michigan, he independently published a book of poetry titled, 6 Mile Negus on the Honor Roll at Michigan. This book celebrates survival from poverty, domestic abuse and police brutality for citizens of neighborhoods, barrios and favelas worldwide.
In 2022, upon graduating from Harvard University and and taking class at MIT, he released music under the moniker Most Turnt Nerd. Gordon went from a felonious inmate in a county jail to a Masters’ candidate at the top institution in the world in the matter of five years. He created the Most Turnt Nerd to tell his story in a way that would galvanize other youngsters who face opposition from the police and still desire to use their minds to elevate their lives.
MIT Music and Theater Arts – W97
Dir. Ann Kohler
Assistant Director and Music Composer of A Thanksgiving Play
by Larissa Fasthorse
Dir. Anna Kohler