Dale Ricardo Shields

 

Play credits

Something Wanted (1988) – Performance piece                                                                                                                         conceived and directed by Dale Ricardo Shields

Who Am I (1989) –The Public Theatre / New York Shakespeare Festival                                                                                      conceived and directed by Dale Ricardo Shields

How Do You Slam a Revolving Door: A Word Jam (1990) – The Public Theatre / New York Shakespeare Festival                                                     conceived and directed by Dale Ricardo Shields

I, Too, Sing America! (2011) – Denison University                                                                                                                                         a performance piece – conceived and directed by Dale Ricardo Shields

 

Performance credits

Jesus Christ Superstar                                                                                                                                                                          Weathervane Playhouse                                                                                                                                                                                Newark, OH                                                                                                                                                                                                              June – July 2004                                                                                                                                                                                                     Peter

A Lincoln Portrait                                                                                                                                                                                                            St. Paul Civic Orchestra                                                                                                                                                                                            St. Paul, MN                                                                                                                                                                                                                   2004                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Narrator

 

 

 

 

Liberty Call                                                                                                                                                                                                                        New Federal Theatre                                                                                                                                                                                         Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement                                                                                                                                            New York, NY                                                                                                                                                                                                            1982                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Soldier

Anyone Can Whistle                                                                                                                                                                                                    The York Theatre Company                                                                                                                                                                               York Playhouse                                                                                                                                                                                                         New York, NY                                                                                                                                                                                                              March 14 – April 1980                                                                                                                                                                                         Martin

Contributions

The Unit

Theatre 80 St. Marks

New York, NY
1978
Marshall

Lily

Directed by Tom O’Horgan
world premiere
New York City Opera

New York State Theatre

New York, NY
1977
Ensemble

The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail

The Walden Theatre

The Walden Theatre

New York City, NY
1975
Henry Williams

Hello Dolly

Ohio Valley Summer Theater

Ohio Valley Summer Theatre

Athens, OH
1973
Barnaby Tucker

The Me Nobody Knows

Karamu House

Karamu House

Cleveland, OH
1972 – 1973
Clorox

production credits

Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities

Susquehanna University

Weber Chapel

Selinsgrove, PA
April 18 – 20, 2017
director

Man of La Mancha

Ohio Valley Summer Theater

Forum Theatre at Ohio University

Athens, OH
July 21 – August 7, 2016
Director

Home

staged reading
Project 1Voice

Karamu House

Cleveland, OH
June 15, 2015
director

The Amen Corner

Project 1Voice

Rainey Institute

Cleveland, OH
June 2015
director

The Black Arts Festival

world premiere
The College of Wooster

McGaw Chapel

Wooster, OH
April 24 – 25, 2015
conceived and directed by Dale Ricardo Shields

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf

Project 1Voice

Rainey Institute

Cleveland, OH
June 2014
Director

A Soldier’s Play

staged reading
Project 1Voice

Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland

Cleveland Heights, OH
June 17, 2013
Director

Ragtime

Ohio Valley Summer Theater

Ohio Valley Summer Theatre

Athens, OH
July – August 2012
director

I, Too, Sing America

world premiere
Denison University

Ace Morgan Theatre

Grandville, OH
October – November 2011
Director

Trouble in Mind

staged reading
Project 1Voice

Rainey Institute

Cleveland, OH
July 2011
Director

Who Am I

Center for Families and Children

East Cleveland Theatre

East Cleveland, OH
2009
conceived and directed by

Driving Miss Daisy

Weathervane Playhouse

Weathervane Playhouse

Newark, OH
July 2008
Director

Fires in the Mirror

Denison University

Ace Morgan Theatre

Grandville, OH
October – November 2006
Director

Crowns

Weathervane Playhouse

Weathervane Playhouse

Akron, OH
January – March 2006
director

 

Topdog/Underdog

The Beck Center for the Arts

Beck Center for the Arts

Lakewood, OH
October – November 2005
director

Crowns

Cleveland Play House

The Cleveland Play House

Cleveland, OH
October – November 2004
stage manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Last Dance with Sybil

world premiere
New Federal Theatre

The Theater at St. Clements

New York, NY
November 6 – December 3, 2002
Assistant director

 

The Real Ma Rainey

world premiere
Cleveland Play House

The Cleveland Play House

Cleveland, OH
1995
director

Before It Hits Home

workshop production
Karamu House

Karamu House

Cleveland, OH
1995
Director

Quartermaine’s Terms

Actors Theatre of Louisville / Victor Jory Theatre

Louisville, KY
November 1 – 17, 1991
stage manager

Tales From the Vienna Woods

Actors Theatre of Louisville

Actors Theatre of Louisville Victor Jory Theatre

Louisville, KY
October 3 – 26, 1991
Stage manager

How Do You Slam a Revolving Door: A Word Jam

World premiere

The Public Theater / Anspacher Theatre

New York, NY                                                                                                                                                                                                                May 1990                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Director

Something Wanted

World premiere

South Bronx Community Action Theatre

Bronx, NY
March-May, 1988

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ARCHIVIST, EDUCATOR, HISTORIAN, and ARTiST
Dale Ricardo Shields is a 2017 winner of The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award®, 2017 and 2015 Tony® award nominee for the Excellence in Theatre Education Award, the 2017 AUDELCO/"VIV" Special Achievement Award, 2020, 2021, and 2022 ENCORE AWARD / The Actors Fund and winner of the 2022.

Recently, he won the 2022 Legend Award from his alma mater Ohio University.

He is the 2021 winner of the Paul Robeson Award, presented (jointly) by the Actors Equity Association and the Actors Equity Foundation.

Research Accomplishments:
His extensive professional credits as a Director, Stage manager, and Actor (Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and Regional) As an actor he has appeared on Saturday Night Live, Another World, Guiding Light, The Cosby Show, and the ITV television series "Special Needs" and commercials and film.

Professor Shields is a member of the Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the American Guild of Musical Artists performance unions and an associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

He began his artistic academic career in New York City at Playwrights Horizon, The South Bronx Action Theatre, and Mind Builders, and then was invited to join the teaching staff at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival). He represented the United States for Theatre Young Audiences at the ASSITEJ Theatre Festival in London, England.

He has been a Professor and Visiting Artist at Ohio University, The College of Wooster, Denison University, Macalester College, Randolph- Macon College, Susquehanna University, and SUNY Potsdam.

He holds B.F.A and M.F.A, Degrees from Ohio University.

Website(s)

Iforcolor.org [Research]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Ricardo_Shields [Career]