Porgy and Bess Program [pdf] - American Repertory Theater

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TREVON DAVIS
Fisherman
A.R.T.: Debut. New York
City: Dreamgirls (C.C.
White), Apollo Theater/national
Broadway tour;
Amazing Grace (Reading).
Atlanta, Georgia: Black
Voices: The Struggle Continues, The Urban Theatre
Company of Atlanta, Inc. Television: BET’s
“Sunday Best” Season 1 (Top 7 Finalist), MTV’s
“Making the Band 4” (Atlanta Finalist; New York
City Contestant). Graduate of Clark Atlanta
University, B.A. Mass Media Arts: Television.
Member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of
America, Inc. and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
JOSEPH DELLGER
Policeman
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway:
Ragtime (Father), Lestat
(Magnus). Regional: My
Way—A Sinatra Tribute,
Infinity Theater Company,
Annapolis, MD; A
Christmas Carol (Scrooge), Arvada Center; Jacques
Brel (Man #1), Alliance Theater; 101 Dalmatians
(Splendid Vet). National Tour: The Phantom of the
Opera (André), San Francisco; The Visit (Inspector
Hanke), The Goodman Theater; Man of La
Mancha 25th anniversary production (Padre),
Goodspeed Opera House; Nerds (Tom Watson),
world premiere at the Philadelphia Theatre
Company; Follies (Ben), Signature Theatre;
Camelot (Arthur), Shubert Theatre, Boston; Les
Misérables (The Bishop), Theater of the Stars.
WILKIE FERGUSON
Fisherman
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway:
Wonderland. First national
tours: In The Heights,
Hairspray. Other theater:
Sister Act (world premiere),
Pasadena Playhouse; Ray
Charles Live! (Young Ray), Pasadena Playhouse;
Stormy Weather (with Leslie Uggams), Pasadena
Playhouse; Porgy and Bess (Undertaker, Jim),
Hollywood Bowl; Dreamgirls (with Frenchie
Davis), West Coast tour, Pittsburgh CLO; Annie,
Trinity Rep; South Pacific (with Reba McEntire),
Hollywood Bowl; Smokey Joe’s Café (Victor),
Pioneer Theatre, Westchester Broadway; Miss
Saigon (John), Westchester Broadway. Assistant
Director/Piano Accompanist/Music Theory
Instructor, Boys’ Choir of Harlem. Eastman School
of Music, classical piano performance, Morehouse
College, New World School of the Arts.
DAVID ALAN GRIER
Sporting Life
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: The
First (Jackie Robinson, Tony
nomination, Theatre World
Award), Dreamgirls, A Soldier’s
Play, Race (Tony nomination).
Films: A Soldier’s Story,
Robert Altman’s Streamers (Golden Lion for Best
Actor at the Venice Film Festival), Dance Flick and
the upcoming We the Peeples. Television: “In Living
Color” (1990–1994, Emmy Award); “DAG”
(2000–2001); “Life with Bonnie” (2003, Image and
Golden Satellite nomination); and he also appeared
on “Chocolate News.” Grier has been named one of
Comedy Central’s “100 Greatest Stand-ups of All
Time.” In his first, recently published book, Barack
Like Me: The Chocolate Covered Truth, he expounds
on politics, culture and race while recounting his
own life story in this edgy, timely, timeless and hilarious
memoir and look at all things Barack. He
holds an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama.
JOSHUA HENRY
Jake
A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway:
The Scottsboro Boys
(Haywood Patterson, Tony
nomination), American Idiot
(Favorite Son), In the Heights
(Ensemble/u.s. Benny,
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble
Performance). Off-Broadway: The Wiz and In the
Heights. Regional: American Idiot, Berkeley Rep
Theatre; Godspell, Paper Mill Playhouse. Film: Sex
and the City. Television: “Kings.” Bachelor in Music
degree from University of Miami Frost School of
Music. Founding member of Jaradoa Theater
Company and Revolucion Latina, for which he
composed the title track “Dare to Go Beyond” on
their debut CD Dare to Go Beyond the album.
HEATHER HILL
Lily
A.R.T.: Debut. Opera:
L’elisir d’amore, Semiramide,
Caramoor Festival; Moby-
Dick, Dallas Opera;
Mitridate, LOTNY; Strange
Fruit, New York City Opera
Vox; Porgy and Bess, European/Australian tour;
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Opera Colorado;
Die Zauberflöte, Bronx Opera. Concert soloist ap-
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