Jonelle Allen

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Original Delacorte cast featuring Raul Julia, Carla Pinza (holding tambourines) as Julia and to the far right, Miss Jonelle Allen as Sylvia. Joseph Papp (Producer of the NYSF) is kneeling to the far left.

Original Delacorte cast featuring Raul Julia, Carla Pinza (holding tambourines) as Julia, and to the far right, Miss Jonelle Allen as Sylvia. Joseph Papp (Producer of the NYSF) is kneeling to the far left.

 Two Gentlemen of Verona (Central Park, 1971) — with Clifton Davis and Jonelle Allen.Clifton Davis and Jonelle Allen.

Jonelle Allen and Clifton Davis

Jonelle Allen and Clifton Davis

Jonelle Allen, Norman Matlock and Frank O'Brien.

 Two Gentlemen of Verona (Broadway transfer, 1971

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 Jonelle Allen and Clifton Davis

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The original Broadway cast by Al Hirschfeld: Clifton Davis, Jonelle Allen, Raul Julia, and Diana Davila

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 Clifton Davis, Jonelle Allen, Stockard Channing, and Larry Kert

Original Broadway leads: Raul Julia as Proteus Diana Davila as Julia Jonelle Allen as Sylvia Clifton Davis as Valentine

Original Broadway leads:
Raul Julia as Proteus
Diana Davila as Julia
Jonelle Allen as Sylvia
Clifton Davis as Valentine

Two Gentlemen of Verona
Raul Julia, Clifton Davis, Jonelle Allen, Stockard Channing, Jeff Goldblum.

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LOS ANGELES – CIRCA 1975: Musician and actor Clifton Davis attend an event with actress Jonelle Allen circa 1975 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The TONY AWARDS

Jonelle Allen–Rare TV Interview

Two Gentlemen of Verona

 

 

for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf 

Candy Ann Brown, Trazana Beverly, Marilyn Coleman, Alfre Woodard, and Jonelle Allen
Missing from this photo, Beverly Ann and Barbara Alston
Who Were Also In The Cast
(Thank you , Michael Lightsey}

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ARCHIVIST, EDUCATOR, HISTORIAN, and ARTiST
Dale Shields is a professor of theatre, director, and actor (Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and Regional).
Research Accomplishments:
The 2017 winner of The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award®, 2017 and 2015 Tony® award nominee for the Excellence in Theatre Education Award, and the winner of the 2017 AUDELCO/"VIV" Special Achievement Award. In 2020 He was also awarded The Actors Fund / Encore Award

On the web, he is the archivist and historian of Iforcolor.org and Black Theatre/African American Voices [Facebook] (theatre, music, and art). He has taught classes and workshops at SUNY Potsdam, Susquehanna University, Denison University, Randolph-Macon College, Macalester College, The College of Wooster, Ohio University, Wayne State University, and the Joseph Papp Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival).

Education
B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees from Ohio University.