Black Nativity
Lineup
Shaunyce Omar is an actress, singer, and theatre arts educator known for her work in regional theatre productions at venues including Seattle Rep, The 5th Avenue Theatre, and ACT Theatre, as well as television and film appearances in The Librarians and Last Seen in Idaho. She holds a B.A.
Acceptance speech for the 45th Spingarn Medal, the highest award of the NAACP, 1960 Langston Hughes is one of America's most popular writers and forever associated with the Harlem Renaissance, a movement that brought Black culture into the American mainstream. He started his career as a poet in the 1920s.
Yusef Seevers is a Detroit-born actor, dancer, singer, and teacher with a rich baritone voice who has performed in numerous theatrical productions across the country. With a BFA in Musical Theatre from Santa Fe University and an MFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University, he brings over 20 years of experience in West African dance and somatic intelligence to his work.
ABOUT DIRTY STORY"Director Valerie Curtis-Newton has puppet-mastered a turbulent and intricate dance that blindsides you a couple times in delightful ways." "Managing an odd combination of pace and calm, director Valerie Curtis-Newton has coaxed from these five actors 90 minutes of vivid, memorable theater." August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come And Gone"Marcus Gardley's "Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi"
