Dale Ricardo Shields

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 …

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Hispanic and Latino Broadway Theater – A Syncopated History on the Great White Way

     A Syncopated History                            on the Great White Way*   by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS    Hispanic and Latino theater history in the United States spans over 400 years, evolving from early Spanish colonial and indigenous performance traditions to vibrant modern political …

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Dale Ricardo Shields – Biography

Dale Ricardo Shields  BIOGRAPHY Actor* Director* Educator* Producer* –  Artistic Activist BFA / MFA – Ohio University Broadway, Off-Broadway, LORT, Film, Television AEA-AFTRA/SAG-AGMA – Phi Kappa Phi    Notable distinctions include: Recipient of the 2021 Paul Robeson Award. Winner of the 2017 Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award. Received the 2022 Ohio University Legend Award. …

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The Sugar Land 95* – SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME.

by  DALE RICARDO SHIELDS    Honoring the lives and legacy of 95 individuals discovered in unmarked graves at a former sugar plantation and prison farm in Sugar Land, Texas.  In early 2018, construction workers in Sugar Land, Texas, unearthed a forgotten cemetery containing the remains of 95 individuals in unmarked graves. These remains, collectively known …

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House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children

by DALE RICARDO SHIEDS – The House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children, established in 1870 in Cheltenham, Maryland, was the first juvenile reformatory for Black boys in the American South. Originally intended to remove Black youth from adult prisons, it became a site of systemic abuse, forced labor, and severe neglect for decades.  …

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Ruben Santiago-Hudson

  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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