RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON Writer, Director, and Performer by Dale Ricardo Shields RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON Tony, Drama Desk, and Obie Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson is the director of the recent Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Jitney which garnered several awards including the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama League, …
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- Al Rodrigo., Albert Hall, ALEXIS HOLT, André Holland, Anthony Chisholm, AUGUST WILSON, Bianca Marroquin, Bill Sims Jr., Black Theatre, BRANDON J. DIRDEN, Carl Gordon, Carlos Gomez, Caroline Clay, Carra Patterson, Chadwick Boseman, Charles Weldon, Chuck Cooper, Colman Domingo, Dale Ricardo Shields, Dale Shields, Dominique Morisseau, Douglas Turner Ward, Dusan Brown, Ebony Jo-Ann, Elain Graham, Emilia Suarez, ERIC LENOX ABRAMS, Erich McMillian McCall, Freda Payne, G. Keith Alexander, Glynn Turman, Gregory Hines, Halle Berry, Harvy Blanks, JASON DIRDEN, Jeannie Santiago, Jelly’s Last Jam, Jerome Preston Bates, John Douglas Thompson, Karole Foreman, Keith David, Keith Randolph Smith, Kenny Leon, Leilani Jones, Linda Twine, LisaGay Hamilton, Lydia R. Diamond, Mamie Duncan-Gibbs, MANDI MASDEN, Mandy Gonzalez, Manhattan Theatre Club, Mary Bond Davis, Mekhi Phifer, Michael Potts, Obba Babatundé, Paul Benjamin, Peggy Ann Blow, Phylicia Rashad, Phyllis, Phylliss Bailey Brooks, Ray Anthony Thomas, Regina Taylor, Robert Fleming, ROSLYN RUFF, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Savion Glover, Scotch Ellis Loring, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Suzan-Lori Parks, Taylour Paige, The Greene Space, Tommy Hollis., Tonya Pinkins, Viola Davis, Woodie King Jr., Yesenia Ayala, Zora Neale Hurston
Dale Ricardo Shields
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February 8, 2026
DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Artistic Practitioner and Archivist/ Scholar Theatrical Director, Educator, Historian, and Artistic Activist Professor Shields represents the powerful convergence of artistry, pedagogy, activism, and archival legacy. His work focuses on using the art, specifically theater and digital archiving, as a tool for social justice, education, and the preservation of Black cultural history. He …
- A Raisin In The Sun, A Soldier's Play, A Streetcar Named Desire, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Allyson Tucker Mitchell, Andre De Shields, Angela Winborn, Anna Marie Horsford, Anne Yuan, Another World, Autumn Stiles, Barack Obama, Barbara Montgomery, Bebe Neuwirth, Before It Hits Home, Bill Cosby, Bill Ransom, Brandon Hummons, Brandt Gentry, Brian Evaret Chandler, Brian Stokes Mitchell, CCH Pounder, Chuck Cooper, Claude Shields, Cleveland Play House, Cleveland School of the Arts, Connie Lawson-Davis, Crowns, Dale Ricardo Shields, Dale Shields, Daniel Fiorentini, Darlene Darby Baldwin., Denison University, Dennis Dalen, Dorothy Silver, Dr. Roger Jelliffe, Driving Miss Daisy, Ed Blunt, Edan Noelle, Erich McMillan-McCall, Fame, Fannie Shields, Fires in The Mirror, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf, Gerald Shields, Godspell, Golden Boy, Grace Miller, Guiding Light, Home, I, If you are Seeing This It's Too Late. How do you Slam a Revolving Door - {A Word Jam}., ITV, Jaguar Turtle, Jaime Weinfeld, Jamila Atkinson, Jasmine KP, Jeremy Wright, Jerry Jackson, Jimmie D. Woody, Johnny Cash, Julieanna L. Richardson, Justine Nape, Karamu House, Keith Mullings Jr, Keith ScootDawg Nolen, Kendra Petite, Khari Riley, KiKi Shepard, Lafayette Robinson, Laughter on the Twenty Third Floor, LaZette McCants, Lennie Johnson III, Leslie Varnick, Lincoln Center (State Theatre), Macalester College, Maha McCain, Maha McClain, Man of La Mancha, Mariama Whyte, Marilyn Bianchi, Mark Anthony Arceño, Mark Horning, Marlaine Browning, Melvinia Shields, Mindbuilders, Moses Shields, Myky Tran, Najee Rollins, New Federal Theatre, Nicole Antoinette Smith. Kyle Bowser, Nina Domingue Glover, Of Mice and Men, Ohio University, Ossie Davis, Oz Scott, Paul Robeson, Peyton Dean, Phi Kappa Phi, Phylicia Rashad, Pia Long, Playwrights Horizons, Project1Voice, Quaanzale Thompson, Quartermaine's Terms, Ragtime, Randolph-Macon College, Reggie Kelly, Rosanne Cash, Ruby Dee, Rumors, Same Time Next Year, Sara Blike, Sarah Shields, Saturday Night Live, Scott Holmes, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Shields Brothers, Singers, Something Wanted, South Bronx Community Action Theatre, Special Needs, St. Clements, Stephen Sondheim, Susquehanna University, The Amen Corner, The American Folk Theatre, The Beck Center for the Arts, The Brownsville Raid, The Center for Families and Children, The Cleveland Playhouse, The College of Wooster, The Colored Museum, The Cosby Show, The Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Henry Street Settlement House (New Federal Theatre), The Joseph Papp Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival), The Kennedy Center, The Me Nobody Knows, The Negro Ensemble Company, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, The Penumbra Theatre, The University of Akron, The Weathervane Playhouse, The Weathervane Theatre, Thomas Schmitz, Three Ways Home, Tom O'Horgan, Tony Liu, Too Sing America, Top Dog/Underdog, Trouble in Mind, Upward Bound, Vivian Distin, Wayne State University, William Bryant Shields Sr., Wizzy Dorceus, Xavier Jesus Vargas, Youngstown Early Intervention Program
Antone Pagán
Antone Pagán Actor*Director*Producer*Writer by Dale Ricardo Shields Antone Pagán was raised in Harlem, New York. He has been a member of the famed Actors Studio since the late 1980s and was recently appointed to the studio’s membership committee. He listed among his Actors Studio mentors, Paul Calderon, Frank Corsaro, Lee Grant, Harvey Keitel, Elizabeth …
- Al Pacino, Annie Golden, Antone Pagán, Arthur Penn, Bill Murray, Branislav Trifunovic, Curtis Archer, Dale Ricardo Shields, Darko Lu, Darko Lungulov, David Nemer, Elizabeth Kemp, Elsia Vasquez, Estelle Parsons, Frank Corsaro, George Lekovic, Gerard Adimando, Harold Ramis, Harvey Keitel, Jackie Ramos, Jelena Mrdja, Jennifer Lopez, John Candy, John Leguizamo, Jose Sanchez, Juam 'Shamsul' Alam, Keith L. T. Wright, Lee Grant, Lionel Pina, Lou Torres, Luis Salgado, Malachy Murray, Marc Anthony, Mevlut Akkaya, Miguel Pinero, P. J. Soles, Paul Calderon, Paul Calderone, Rick Reid, Rick Rivera, Roy Arias, Scott Metzner, Shaheed K Woods, Susan Rybin, Vanessa L. Gibson, Warren Oates
Robert Hooks
ROBERT HOOKS Robert (Bobby Dean) Hooks by Dale Ricardo Shields Actor, Producer, and Activist Along with Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald S. Krone, the Negro Ensemble Company was founded. A trailblazing American actor, producer, and “activist” who broke major color barriers in Hollywood Film, Television, and Broadway Theater during the Civil Rights and Black …
- A Raisin In The Sun, Aaron Loves Angela, Adolph Caesar, Adolph Green, Al Cook, Alfre Woodard, Anderson Johnson, Angela Bassett, Antonio Fargas, Arthur French, Arthur Laurents, Backstairs at the White House, Barbara Ann Teer, Beah Richards, Bernie Casey, Betty Comden, Bibi Besch, Cecilia Ann Hooks Onibudo, Chester Sims, Christopher Michael Carter, Chuck Gordone, Cicely Tyson, Clarence Avant, Claudia McNeil, Dale Ricardo Shields, Dale Shields, Daphne Maxwell Reed, DC Black Repertory Company, Debbie Allen, Denise Nicholas, Denzel Washington, Diana Sands, Dick Anthony Williams, Dick Gregory, Don Bevin, Don Murray, Douglas Turner Ward, Ed De Shae, Eric Hooks, Frederick O'Neal, Gerald S. Krone, Glenda Dickerson, Glynn Turman, Godfrey Cambridge, Gwendolyn Brooks, Hallelujah Baby, Hattie Winston, Helen Martin, Herbert Danska, Howard University, Hurry Sundown, Ivan Dixon, Ja'net Dubois, James Pickens Jr., Janet MacLaughlan, Jean Genet, Jennifer West, John Forsythe, Joseph Papp, Jr., Judyann Elder, Jule Styne, Kevin Hooks, Kiyo Dean Tarpley Hooks, Larry Riley, Leslie Uggams, Lex Monson, Lillian Hayman, Lonne Elder III, Lou Gossett, Louise Stubbs, Luise Heath, Luther Henderson, Maya Angelou, Melvin Van Peebles, N.Y.P.D., Nancy Carter, Nancy Wilson, Negro Ensemble Company, New York Shakespeare Festival, Oggi Oburn, Paul Winfield, Phylicia Rashad, Police Story, Raymond St. Jacques, Robert Corff, Robert Hooks, Ron O'Neal, Rosalind Cash, Roscoe Lee Browne, Rosey Grier, Ruby Dee, S. Epatha Merkerson, Samuel L. Jackson, Seventeen Again, Sidney Lumet, Sidney Poitier, Sonny Jim Gaines, Sophisticated Gents, Star Trek, Temi Wynston Edun, Terry Carter, Thalmus Rasualla, The HistoryMakers, Trouble Man, Vinnie Burrows, Where's Daddy?, William BT Taylor
Mary Seymour
MARY SEYMOUR by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS An American singer, actress, and producer who first rose to prominence in the late 1970s. She is widely recognized as an original cast member of the Broadway musicals Hair, and Rasin (National Tour). Known as a vocalist for the iconic disco groups, Musique, famous for hits like …
- Alicia Keyes, Arnetia Walker, Autris Paige, Bunny Jones, Carole Sylvan, Carvil Payne, Charles Valentino, Chris Spierer, Dale Ricardo Shields, David A. Powell, Denise Edwards, Diva Gray, Ester Scott, Gina Taylor, James Crabbe Robinson, James Moody, Jeff Bova, Jocelyn Brown, John F. Adams, Ken Williams, Kenny Seymour, Kenny W. Seymour, Kimberly Miller, Krystal Davis Williams, Lacy Phillips, Larry Marshall, Lorette Abbott, Luther Vandross, Margaret Harris, Mary Seymour, Milton Grayson, Perry Bruskin, Renee Howard, Rev. Julius Major, Sal Siciliano, Sande Shurin, Sandra Phillips, Sefira Lightstone, Seth Riggs, Steven Gefroh, Stevie Wonder, Ted Singer, Vanessa Shaw, Virginia Capers, Wilhelmina Barnett, Yvonne Lewis-Shelton, Yvonne Wright, Zack Sanders