Porgy and Bess Program [pdf] - American Repertory Theater

ALLISON
BLACKWELL
Woman of Catfish Row
A.R.T.: Debut. Las Vegas:
The Lion King (u/s Shenzi &
Sarabi). Regional: Ragtime,
Paper Mill Playhouse;
Caroline, or Change,
TheatreWorks and The Studio Theatre; A Little
Night Music and Nunsense, Sacramento Music
Circus; Aida, Arvada Center; Dreamgirls, PCLO;
Hairspray and Les Misérables, North Shore Music
Theatre. Concerts: Show Boat, Carnegie Hall;
Burt Bacharach to the Future, New World Stages;
Kurt Weill and His Music, NY Historical Society.
Award: 2008 San Francisco Bay Area Critics
Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
(Caroline, or Change). B.A. Spelman College,
M.M. The Boston Conservatory.
PHILLIP BOYKIN
Crown
A.R.T.: Debut. National
Tours: The 75th anniversary
of Porgy and Bess
(Crown, dir. Charles
Randolph-Wright), Show
Boat (Joe, dir. Clayton
Phillips). Regional: Crowns (Man, dir. Ken
Roberson), Arena Stage; Jesus Christ Superstar
(Caiaphas, dir. Robert Johanson), North Shore
Music Theatre; Smokey Joe’s Café (Fred, dir.
Barry Ivan), Pittsburgh CLO; If This Hat Could
Talk (Sonny/Roy Wilkins, dir. George Faison),
The Apollo Theater; Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Ken),
Show Palace. Opera credits: Séance On A Wet
Afternoon (Inspector Watts, Stephen & Scott
Schwartz), New York City Opera; Porgy and Bess
(Crown) Dayton Opera, also in Germany,
France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Japan, Australia,
Russia, Poland and New Zealand; The Rape of
Lucretia (Tarquinius), Così fan Tutte (Don
Alfonso), The Hartt School Opera. Gospel: Jesus
Christ Super Star Gospel (Lewis St. Lewis),
Alliance Theater; Golden Gospel Singers, Europe,
Harlem Gospel Singers Europe, Director/
Baritone NY Harlem Singers (Linda Twine)
annual Asian tour, concert: You Believed In Me
Phillip Boykin Live Recording. For more information
www.phillipboykin.com.
Cast
ROOSEVELT
ANDRÉ CREDIT
Fisherman
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway:
Harold Prince revival of
Show Boat (also national
tour). Off Broadway: Marie
Christine, Prince and the
Pauper at Madison Square Garden. Regional theater:
Show Boat and Ragtime, Forestburgh
Playhouse; For The People, Majestic Playhouse,
Gettysburg; Voice From Within, Apollo Theatre;
The Whitehouse Cantata, Alice Tully Hall.
Concerts: Neil Burg’s 100 Years of Broadway, U.S.,
Barbados; Duke Ellington’s Sacred Service, Jazz
at Lincoln Center; Schubert’s Mass, Carnegie
Hall; Music Is In the Air, Town Hall; Bach’s B
Minor Mass, Basically Bach Festival of Saint
Peter’s Church; Fauré’s Requiem, Bach’s St. John
Passion and Handel’s Messiah. Movie short, All
American Eyes. Recordings: Ol’ Time Religion,
Letting Go. Published choral and solo music
with Laurendale Publishing. Eagle Scout of
troop 254. M.M. in Voice and M.M. in
Conducting Northwestern University, B.S.
Oregon State University. For more information
visit www.RooseveltACredit.com.
NIKKI RENÉE
DANIELS
Clara
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway:
Anything Goes; Promises,
Promises; Les Misérables
2006 revival; Little Shop of
Horrors; Lestat; Nine; The
Look of Love; Aida. New York City Opera: Porgy
and Bess (Clara). Regional: Caroline, or Change
(Emmie), The Guthrie; Anything Goes (Hope
Harcourt), Williamstown Theatre Festival; Ray
Charles Live! (Della B), Pasadena Playhouse;
Beauty and the Beast (Belle), American Musical
Theater of San Jose and Sacramento Music
Circus; Ragtime (Sarah), North Shore Music
Theatre; Dorian (Celia Vane), The Denver
Center; Aida (Aida), Artpark. Television/Film:
“Chappelle’s Show” and The Other Woman.
Concert appearances: soloist with the San
Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the Ottawa
Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra and at Carnegie Hall.
B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from the University of
Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music.
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