In three seasons at OSF: Aunt Ester in Gem of the Ocean, Antonia in The Tempest, Paulina in The Winter's Tale, Antonia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Ma Rainey in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Other theatres: Regional: Madam C.J. Walker in Dreams of Sarah Breedlove (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Caroline in Caroline or Change, Mother Shaw in Crowns (Guthrie Theater); Bernice in The Piano Lesson, Maye and Mother in Dinah Was, Bertha in Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Penumbra Theatre Company); Aunt Ester in Gem of the Ocean, Sis Boxer in The Amen Corner (The Goodman Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company).
New York: Understudy for Lena in A Raisin in the Sun (Royale Theatre).
TV/Film: Early Edition, Unsolved Mysteries, Into Temptation, Conversations with God, Passing Minds, Time Served, Four Way Stop, The Fugitive, My Life.
Awards: 2009 McKnight Theatre Artist Fellowship; Joseph Jefferson Award, Best Actress in a Play; Black Theater Alliance Award, Best Actress in a Musical.
Education: BS, Rust College.