Stanley Wayne Mathis

The Dream Team 

Goodspeed Opera House

Goodspeed Opera House,
East Haddam, CT,
(April 23rd, 1985)

Book by Richard Wesley
Directed by Dan Siretta
Music by Thomas Tierney
Lyrics by John Forster

CAST:
S. Epatha Merkerson (Ruth McKinney),
Reginald VelJohnson (Abe Green),
Larry Riley (Luke Davenport),
James Mc Daniels (Cal Davenport),
Stanley Wayne Mathis (Choo Choo Brown),
Harry Burney (Slugfest Fontaine)
James Stovall (Buster Weatherbee),
Lynne Clifton Allen (Viola Roundtree),
Greg Gunning (Clyde Corcoran)
Wellington Perkins (Thumber Davis),
Edwin Battle (Jimmy Dove)
Melodee Savage (Willa Taylor)

~ with Teddy Brown, Lou Connick, Harrison LeDuke, Wayne Bell Pretlow.

KISS ME, KATE

Martin Beck Theatre

Kiss Me Kate 

2000 Tony Awards

“It’s Too Darn Hot” 

 

 

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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.