Niles Fitch

 

 

 * WRITERS NOTE:

In 2011, the late Frederick Fitch found BTAAV and this page in its very beginning. He acknowledged and applauded my mission to write about Black theatre/entertainment history and told me with love and pride about his young son. Adding that I must add his name even at a very young age. He was right! I remember hearing the pride this man had in his young son, Frederick and I then put it together,  and this profile of Niles was originally published in early 2013.

“From early on, Frederick Fitch kept his son focused.”

  • *{ I still writing updating about your young man, Frederick… our conversations and emails were just the beginning of what has become a fantastic career.

You did a fantastic job! ~ Dad* ~ Rest in peace, Frederick Fitch ***** } *

This Is Us star reflects on father’s guidance

“He sacrificed all that, why should I stop.”

~ THE FITCH FAMILY ~

Niles Fitch came back to his hometown of Atlanta for a reason that mirrors his role on TV. A reason that hits home for anyone who’s experienced a sudden loss.

This Is Us star Niles Fitch reflects on father in Atlanta

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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]