Terry Burrell

Filed under Actress, Playwright, Singer
November 28, 2018

In 1949 Ethel Waters wowed Walnut Street Theatre audiences in “A Member of the Wedding” — now hear her story!

ETHEL!

Written By Terry Burrell
February 21 – March 11

She was saucy. She was talented. She was a star. Ethel Waters grew up in difficult circumstances in Chester, PA in the early 1900s, but she found a way to make a life for herself. She used colorful language, rough men, and good old American street skills to work her way into a career that led to hit records, Broadway shows, and even an Academy Award nomination.

It’s time to have fun with great stories and incredible songs, including Dinah, Heebie Jeebies, Taking a Chance on Love, and Stormy Weather.

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Alaina Reed Hall, Alisa Gyse, Alliance Theatre, Arnetia Walker, Ashton Springer, Bernadette Peters, Bernie Jacobs, Cheryl Alexander, Cleavant Derricks, Clinton-Derricks Carroll, Dale Ricardo Shields, Dale Shields, Deborah Burrell, Debye Burrell Cleveland, Delores King Williams, Doug Eskew, DREAMGIRLS, Ethel Betty, Ethel Waters, Eubie, Frank Mastrone, Gregory Hines, Ira Hawkins, Janet Powell, Jeffery V. Thompson, Joe Morton, Julia Lema, Kevyn Morrow, LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL, Lance Roberts, Laurie Beechman, Lee Summers, Lonnie McNeil, Loretta Devine, Lynnie Godfrey, Marion Ramsey., Martha Swope, Marva Hicks, Maurice Hines Jr, Mel Johnson J, Mel Johnson Jr, Monica Page, Pearl Cleage, Reginald Vel Johnson, Richard Jay-Alexander, Shelley Thomas, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Stephanie Waters, Stormy Weather, Synchronicity Theatre, Terry Burrell, Tijuana T. Ricks, Tina Fabrique

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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 taught and been a visiting artist at Ohio University, The College of Wooster, Denison University, Macalester 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]