Tonya Ward  aka  “Conga Mama”

Ms. Tonya Ward, is known as Conga Mama "The girl of a thousand faces” she is an animated storyteller, performing artist, singer, drummer, percussionist and she plays the clarinet.  

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Live Music shows:  
Dr. Webb & Conga Mama Show, Spongecake & The Fluff Ramblers, 
Luther James Blues Band and so many more musical performances!  

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Tonya’s family hails from the island of Aruba and she is the founder of a  non profit where they advocate for justice for all.  She has 3 sons, 2 grandsons  and 1 granddaughter.  

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Tonya has been an Elected Official of Nebraska since 2014. 

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When she lived in Minneapolis she performed at C.A.S.T  Theatres under “Charters”, Director in “ The Birthday Party” by Harold Pinter,  (Theater of The Absurd) where she played  “Meg Boyles” wife of Petey, she also ran sound and lighting in the play “ ‘night, Mother” by Marsha Norman.  

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At The Shelterbelt Theatre Tonya performed in two roles in a heart-rending play called “ We Don’t Serve Mexicans” by Don Nguyen, NYC Playwright, she played a Jamaican Cab Driver and a Southern Belle Cemetery Attendant.

Recent performances include:    The African Fashion Week Show in Omaha 2025  where she performed as the Djembe Drummer from Africa accompanying  Jewel Rogers in her beautiful African Poem called “Sika”.  

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 The Rose Theatre in “ Ode to Toy” by Jackie Kappes and as the Djembe Drummer from Africa in the musical “Giraffes Can’t Dance” by Gloria Bond Clunie and Directed by Denise Chapman.

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Tonya played “Wanda” in the play “Greater Illinois” by Steven Stafford at the Great Plains Theatre Commons ( GPTC) New Play Conference 2022.