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AUNJANUE ELLIS
(Hannah Jordan). Broadway: The Tempest.
Off-Broadway: The Tempest, A Winter’s Tale. Film:
Men of Honor, Undercover Brother and Lovely and Amazing.
Upcoming: Unchain My Heart; Brother to Brother,
dir. Rodney Evans. My Hannah is dedicated to Sasha and Jackie Taylor
and the rest of us dream-driven Southern women who sometimes have
to leave home forsaking soil for concrete to come home. And eternally
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PETER FRANCIS JAMES
(Robert Alexander Trigor) Most recently: Caesar
in August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean, directed by Marion
McClinton. NY: Judgment at Nuremberg, House of Flowers (Encores!),
the Baron in Suzan-Lori Parks' Venus, Horatio in Kevin
Kline's Hamlet (NYSF), Claire in The Maids (Obie
Award), Jupiter in Amphitryon (CSC), Sent of the Roses
with Julie Harris. Wiliamstown: A.R. Gurney's Buffalo Gal.
Baltimore Center Stage: Othello in Othello. Ahmanson (L.A.):
Oberon in Sir Peter Hall's production of A Midsummer Night's
Dream. McCarter: Coriolanus in Coriolanus and Jean
in Miss Julie. Film and TV: Jahfree in "Oz,"
Raymond Parks in "The Rosa Parks Story" (with Angela Bassett),
"Joe Gould's Secret," "The Wedding" (miniseries),
"Montana," "The Ruby Bridges Story," "Law
& Order," "Third Watch," Thurgood Marshall in
"Simple Jutice."
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ANTHONY MACKIE
(Constantine Trip, aka C-Trip). After a busy
2003, which saw Anthony shoot five movies, he couldn't be happier
to be back on Broadway. He was part of the "All-Star"
cast in Jonathan Demme's remake of The Manchurian Candidate
(Paramount) as well as the lead in Spike Lee's last two film projects:
She Hate Me (Sony Classics) and Sucker Free City (Showtime).
Roles include: Broadway: Sylvester in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
(dir., Marion McClinton); Public Theater: the Moderator in
Talk (dir. Marion McClinton; 2002 Obie Award); Booth in
Topdog/ Underdog (understudy for Don Cheadle). NYTW: Tupac
in Up Against the Wind. Juilliard: Blues for Mister
Charlie, The Mahabharata and Someone Who'll Watch
Over Me. Television: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
(Guest Star). Film: Haven (independent; dir., Frank E.
Flowers) opposite Orlando Bloom; Brother to Brother (independent;
entry in Dramatic Competition at 2004 Sundance Film Festival); 8
Mile (Universal) directed by Curtis Hanson; Hollywood Homicide
(Sony) directed by Ron Shelton. For giving me everything I
needed to survive, I thank and love you Willie Mackie. |
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ALFRE WOODARD
(Josephine Nicholas Ark Trip). Graduate of Boston
University for the Arts. Stage work includes For Colored Girls...
(Mark Taper Forum, Huntington, Hartford, L.A.), Robert Altman's
Two by South (LAAT, St. Clemens), The Winter's Tale,
A Map of the World (Public Theater). Screen work includes
Passion Fish, Down in the Delta, Crooklyn, Love and Basketball,
Grand Canyon, Star Trek: First Contact, The Piano Lesson, The Core.
Received Golden Globe, Emmy, SAG awards for "Miss Evers'
Boys." Emmy awards for "The Practice," "L.A.
Law," "Hill St. Blues." Academy Award nom., Cross
Creek. Founding member of Artists for a New South Africa, www.ansafrica.org.
Thank you Kristin Linklater. |
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STEPHANIE BERRY (Paula
Andrea Bow) Theatre credits include The Day, The Night
at MSG/St. Clements Church, Living News Paper, Spiritual
Journey, The Tale of Madame Zora (EST), Dirty Prayers,
Lady and the Tramp, Mud (Westbank), Positive Me
(LaMama). Regional credits include Flying West (Studio
ArenaGeVa), Oedipus (Hartford Stage), Spunk (Delaware
Theatre), Hamlet (Oberlin), From the Mississippi Delta
(Portland Stage), Macbeth, Spell #7 (Crossroads).
Film: Brooklyn, Finding Forrester, The Prince of Central Park,
A Day in Black and White, Girlstown, The Incredibly True Adventures
of Two Girls in Love, Jacob’s Ladder and The Life
of Frederick Douglas. TV: “As the World Turns,”
“Deadline,” “New York Undercover,” “Another
World,” “In All My Born Days” and “Law &
Order.”
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PAUL BUTLER
(Peter Nicholas) created
the roles of Navy Captain Judge Randolf in the Broadway production
of A Few Good Men, T.O. Jones in I Am A Man, Becker
in Jitney, The Prisoner in Edmond,
and Eli in Gem of the Ocean. He also played the title role
in Othello, King Lear, and Antony opposite Vanessa Redgrave
in Antony & Cleopatra, plus Shylock in the Peter Sellar
production of Merchant of Venice. His favorite TV and film
credits are: Det. Clemmons in “Crime Story,” Det. Walther in “100
Centre Street,” Gideon in “To Sleep with Anger,” and Reporter Mike
Fameer in “The Insider.”
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STEPHEN MCKINLEY HENDERSON
(Sammy Bow) recently appeared on Broadway as
Slow Drag in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. He made
his Broadway debut and second Kennedy Center appearance as Stool
Pigeon in King Hedley II. Off-Broadway, he created the
role of Turnbo in Jitney, which he also performed at
LORT theatres across the country as well as at London's National
Theatre. Other Off-Broadway credits include Emmett in the revival
of Zooman and the Sign at Second Stage and Bobo in the
revival of A Raisin in the Sun at the Roundabout and
Kennedy Center. Regionally, Mr. Henderson has played Azdak in
Caucasian Chalk Circle, Bynum in Joe Turner's Come
and Gone, Creon in Antigone, Bono in Fences,
Falstaff in Merry Wives, Sizwe in Sizwe Banzi
Is Dead, Sitting Bull in Indians and Solyony in
Three Sisters. Television credits include "Law &
Order," "Third Watch" and "Criminal Intent."
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EBONY JO-ANN
(Jackie) Broadway
includes: The Sunshine Boys, Sheila's Day (co-author),
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Mule Bone. Off-Broadway
includes Crowns, The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black
Woman, Do Lord Remember Me. Regional: Waiting To Be Invited,
From the Mississippi Delta, Lost in the Stars,
Fame: The Musical. TV: "Law & Order: SVU,"
"100 Centre Street," "American Authors Series"
(PBS). Films: Kate & Leopold, Marci X, Eddie,
The Other Brother, Pootie Tang, The Orphan
King. Recipient of six Vivian Robinson AUDELCO Awards.
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PETER MACON (Yak) makes his Broadway
debut in Drowning Crow. Off-Broadway credits include The
Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta
Mae (New Federal Theatre). Regional: Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella (Yale
Rep), Dream on Monkey Mountain (Guthrie), Macbeth (Berkley), Hecuba (ACT), Fences (Theatreworks)
and many roles with California Shakespeare Festival, where he was
a company member from 1995-98. Film/TV: “Animated Tales of
the World” (HBO), Numb, Just One Night (Sony Pictures), “Nash
Bridges,” King of the Bingo Game. Peter graduated
with an MFA from Yale School of Drama in 2003. |
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CURTIS McCLARIN (Simon) made his Broadway
debut in Noise/Funk . Other theatre credits include The
Exonerated (Culture Project), August Wilson's Jitney (Crossroads
Theatre), Raisin in the Sun, Day of Absence (Center Stage), Ceremonies
in Dark Old Men and The Day the Bronx Died (Long
Wharf Theatre), Bailey's Cafe (Hartford Stage), East
Texas Hot Links (The Public Theater), Young Playwrights Festival
1991, 1993, and 1994. Film and television credits include "Oz," "New
York Undercover," "NYPD Blue," Murder Without Motive, The Edmund
Perry Story. Independent films: Ripe, Fresh.
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ROGER ROBINSON (Eugene Dawn) received
a 1996 Tony nomination as Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role
as Hedley in Seven Guitars . Other Broadway credits include The
Iceman Cometh with Jason Robards, Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? with
Al Pacino, Amen Corner the musical, Melvin Van Peeples' Ain't
Supposed to Die a Natural Death . Off-Broadway credits include The
Middle of Nowhere, Of Mice and Men, The Trials of Brother Jero , The
Strong Breed, Who's Got His Own, Walk in Darkness, A Rat's Mass and To
Die For Havana. Film credits include Vig, Suits, Who's
the Man? , The Lonely Guy with Steve Martin, Burnzy's
Last Call . On TV, he received critical acclaim for his role
in "The Marcus Nelson Murders" and his recurring role as Gil Weaver
on "Kojak." He has also appeared on "The Cosby Show," "Law & Order" and "The
Equalizer," and many others.
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TRACIE THOMS (Mary Bow) makes her Broadway
debut in Drowning Crow . Theatre credits include: The
Exonerated (Chicago, Boston, D.C.), Up Against the Wind (NYTW ),
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Missouri Rep), Raisin
in the Sun (CenterStage), Oedipus Cycle (Shakespeare
Theatre), Hair (Studio Theatre Second Stage, Helen Hayes
nomination), The Harvey Milk Show (Source Theatre Company), The
Waiting Room (Arena Stage). Film: Brother to Brother .
TV: “The Shield,” “As If,” “Porn ‘n’ Chicken,” “As
the World Turns, “America’s Most Wanted.”
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BARON VAUGHN (Okra) makes his Broadway
debut in Drowning Crow . Theatre credits include Under
Milk Wood, The Threepenny Opera (Williamstown Theatre Festival ),
Betty’s Summer Vacation (Huntington), Boys in the
Band (Provincetown Theatre Company). He graduated with a BFA
from Boston University in 2003. |
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