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Theatrical Resume
Nina Simone-Between the Keys-(Music Supervisor )
Fleetwood-Jourdain Theater Evanston, Illinois 8/08
Ain’t Misbehavin-(Acoustic Bass) Goodman Theater Chicago, Illinois 7/08
Ella-(Conductor/Piano/Actor) Dallas Theater Center Dallas, Texas 2/08
Ella- (Conductor/Piano/Actor) Northlight Theater Skokie, Illinois 11/07
Those Sensational 70’s-(Keyboards) Black Ensemble Theater Chicago, Illinois 8/07
Memphis Soul-(Electric Bass) Black Ensemble Theater Chicago, Illinois 6/07
Don’t Make Me Over-The story of Dionne Warwick-(Electric Bass)
Black Ensemble Theater Chicago, Illinois 1/07
Don’t Shed A Tear-The story of Billie Holliday-(Acoustic Bass)
Black Ensemble Theater Chicago, Illinois 6/06
Nina Simone-The High Priestess Speaks-(Acoustic/Electric Bass)
Black Ensemble Theater Chicago, Illinois 1/06
Thunder Knocking on the Door-(Composer/Electric Bass)
Minetta Lane New York, NY (Off-Broadway) 6/02,
Geva Theater, Rochester, NY
Thunder Knocking on the Door-(Composer)Old Globe Theater San Diego, Ca, Stanford Theater Stanford, Conn 4/00
Thunder Knocking on the Door-(Composer/Musical Director/ Electric Bass)
Northlight Theater Skokie, Il, Gutherie Theater Minneapolis, Min, Arena Stage Theater Washington, DC., Great Lakes
Theater Festival Cleveland Oh, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Cincinnati, Oh. 7/97-6/99
Gospel at Colonus-(Audition Pianist)
Goodman Theater 6/87
The Other Cinderella-(Keyboards)
The Black Ensemble Theater 4/87
Awards
for Best Musical Direction of Thunder Knocking on the Door
2002 OBIE Awards Nominee(Off-Broadway) Thunder Knocking on the Door