W E L C O M E. I'm an actor, director, teacher and movement artist, born in Trinidad & Tobago and based in Philadelphia, PA.
Raised in the bustle of a tropical melting-pot culture, I grew up singing Calypso, folk and choral music, participating in diverse cultural and religious festivals, and masquerading in Trinidad's epic annual Carnival. As a child, I was encouraged to read voraciously, to write, draw and paint, and to revel in the dazzling variety of our collective human expression. Before heading to college, I spent three years as a local newspaper reporter chronicling Trinidad's vibrant creative scene.
I moved to the United States at 20, studying first at Morehouse College and Towson University. Later, I helped found Oakland School for the Arts in Oakland, CA, before heading Brown University as a Resumed Undergraduate Education student in 2002. At Brown, my intent to study philosophy was eclipsed by a rediscovery of theater and dance, and I graduated in 2005 with an AB in Africana Studies and Theatre Arts. A year later, I returned to the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs for graduate training in theater and acting.
In my evolving creative life, I've had the great honor to work on and off-broadway and around the United States, at institutions including Lincoln Center Theater, Barrow Street Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Guthrie Theater, Cleveland Play House and at my beloved home, Trinity Repertory Company as a member of its resident acting company. I'm privileged to continue growing and creating in the company of extraordinary artists, producing work that examines, celebrates and expands our human experience. I now also pass along this knowledge as a director, teacher and coach at professional theaters, conservatories, colleges, high schools and community settings.
This space is dedicated to the many mentors and masters who have guided and inspired me and so many others, and to the incredible colleagues and friends who make me proud to be a member of our creative communities. Peter London, Loni Berry, Peter Blood, Dominic Kalipersad, Peter Minshall, Anika Duke, n'Delamiko Lord, Dexter Lee, Lewis Gordon, Elmo-Terry Morgan, Karen Allen-Baxter, Paget Henry, Anthony Bogues, David Stafford Jr., Michael Vander Werf, Julie Strandberg, Laura Bennett, Carolyn Adams, Michelle Bach-Coulibaly, Lowry Marshall, Brian Reeder, Yin Mei, Annamaura Silverblatt, Jeffery Bullock, Pamela Pietro, Jennifer Nugent, Daryl Foster, Troy Powell, Robert Battle, Elisa Clark, Danny Grossman, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Lacina Coulibaly, Noémie Solomon, Hentyle Yapp, Lynnette R. Freeman, Ruth Andrien, Tracy Inman, Brian McEleney, Stephen Berenson, Thom Jones, Kevin Moriarty, Laura Kepley, Stephen Buescher, Laura Muñoz, Ronald Margolin, Liesl Tommy, Ken Washington, Marcela Lorca, Andrew Wade, Thomas Prattki, Arnold Mungioli, Michael Perlman, Birgitta Victorson, Don Birge, Kara Volkmann, Nic Few, Charlie Hudson III, Jordan Reeves, Adam Suritz, Marianne Elliott, Tom Morris, Basil Jones, Adrian Kohler, Rick Steiger, Mervyn Millar, Matt Acheson, Katy Pfaffl, Alyssa Bresnahan, Boris McGiver, Jeslyn Kelly, Prentice Onayemi, Zach Villa, Alex Hoeffler, Jonathan David Martin, Jonathan MacMillan, Lute Breuer, Enrico D. Wey, Haas Regen, Kym Moore, Marcus Gardley, Lizan Mitchell, Michael Kahn, Curt Columbus, Tyler Dobrowsky, Angela Brazil, Stephen Thorne, Rachael Warren, Becky Gibel, Joe Wilson Jr., Whitney White, Cindy Rosenthal, Amanda Dehnert, Richard Jenkins, Sharon Jenkins, Stacy Keach, Matthew Amendt, Derrick Lee Weeden, Craig Wallace, Kelley Curran, Kim Martin-Cotten, Jacques Roy, Tiffany Nicole Greene, Ken Prestininzi, David Jaffe, Shura Baryshnikov, Melissa Kievman, Carmen Morgan, Brian Mertes, Carol Gill, Barbara Casey, Anne Scurria, Germaul Barnes, Preach R Sun, April Brown, Valerie Tutson, yon Tande Whitney V. Hunter and many more.
Raised in the bustle of a tropical melting-pot culture, I grew up singing Calypso, folk and choral music, participating in diverse cultural and religious festivals, and masquerading in Trinidad's epic annual Carnival. As a child, I was encouraged to read voraciously, to write, draw and paint, and to revel in the dazzling variety of our collective human expression. Before heading to college, I spent three years as a local newspaper reporter chronicling Trinidad's vibrant creative scene.
I moved to the United States at 20, studying first at Morehouse College and Towson University. Later, I helped found Oakland School for the Arts in Oakland, CA, before heading Brown University as a Resumed Undergraduate Education student in 2002. At Brown, my intent to study philosophy was eclipsed by a rediscovery of theater and dance, and I graduated in 2005 with an AB in Africana Studies and Theatre Arts. A year later, I returned to the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs for graduate training in theater and acting.
In my evolving creative life, I've had the great honor to work on and off-broadway and around the United States, at institutions including Lincoln Center Theater, Barrow Street Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Guthrie Theater, Cleveland Play House and at my beloved home, Trinity Repertory Company as a member of its resident acting company. I'm privileged to continue growing and creating in the company of extraordinary artists, producing work that examines, celebrates and expands our human experience. I now also pass along this knowledge as a director, teacher and coach at professional theaters, conservatories, colleges, high schools and community settings.
This space is dedicated to the many mentors and masters who have guided and inspired me and so many others, and to the incredible colleagues and friends who make me proud to be a member of our creative communities. Peter London, Loni Berry, Peter Blood, Dominic Kalipersad, Peter Minshall, Anika Duke, n'Delamiko Lord, Dexter Lee, Lewis Gordon, Elmo-Terry Morgan, Karen Allen-Baxter, Paget Henry, Anthony Bogues, David Stafford Jr., Michael Vander Werf, Julie Strandberg, Laura Bennett, Carolyn Adams, Michelle Bach-Coulibaly, Lowry Marshall, Brian Reeder, Yin Mei, Annamaura Silverblatt, Jeffery Bullock, Pamela Pietro, Jennifer Nugent, Daryl Foster, Troy Powell, Robert Battle, Elisa Clark, Danny Grossman, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Lacina Coulibaly, Noémie Solomon, Hentyle Yapp, Lynnette R. Freeman, Ruth Andrien, Tracy Inman, Brian McEleney, Stephen Berenson, Thom Jones, Kevin Moriarty, Laura Kepley, Stephen Buescher, Laura Muñoz, Ronald Margolin, Liesl Tommy, Ken Washington, Marcela Lorca, Andrew Wade, Thomas Prattki, Arnold Mungioli, Michael Perlman, Birgitta Victorson, Don Birge, Kara Volkmann, Nic Few, Charlie Hudson III, Jordan Reeves, Adam Suritz, Marianne Elliott, Tom Morris, Basil Jones, Adrian Kohler, Rick Steiger, Mervyn Millar, Matt Acheson, Katy Pfaffl, Alyssa Bresnahan, Boris McGiver, Jeslyn Kelly, Prentice Onayemi, Zach Villa, Alex Hoeffler, Jonathan David Martin, Jonathan MacMillan, Lute Breuer, Enrico D. Wey, Haas Regen, Kym Moore, Marcus Gardley, Lizan Mitchell, Michael Kahn, Curt Columbus, Tyler Dobrowsky, Angela Brazil, Stephen Thorne, Rachael Warren, Becky Gibel, Joe Wilson Jr., Whitney White, Cindy Rosenthal, Amanda Dehnert, Richard Jenkins, Sharon Jenkins, Stacy Keach, Matthew Amendt, Derrick Lee Weeden, Craig Wallace, Kelley Curran, Kim Martin-Cotten, Jacques Roy, Tiffany Nicole Greene, Ken Prestininzi, David Jaffe, Shura Baryshnikov, Melissa Kievman, Carmen Morgan, Brian Mertes, Carol Gill, Barbara Casey, Anne Scurria, Germaul Barnes, Preach R Sun, April Brown, Valerie Tutson, yon Tande Whitney V. Hunter and many more.
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