Terry Burrell

SHOWBOAT 

 

Terry Burrell as Julie La Verne in Show Boat at Signature Theatre

VaShawn McIlwain as Joe, Delores King Williams as Queenie, Stephanie Waters as Magnolia, Terry Burrell as Julie, and ensemble member Kevin McAllister in Showboat

VaShawn McIlwain as Joe, Delores King Williams as Queenie, Stephanie Waters as Magnolia, Terry Burrell as Julie, and ensemble member Kevin McAllister in Showboat

Terry Burrell as Julie, Delores King Williams as Queenie, and Stephanie Waters as Magnolia in Signature Theatre’s production of Show Boat

Terry Burrell as Julie, Delores King Williams as Queenie, and Stephanie Waters as Magnolia in Signature Theatre’s production of Show Boat

 

Terry Burrell as Julie, Delores King Williams as Queenie, and Stephanie Waters as Magnolia in Signature Theatre’s production of Show Boat

Terry Burrell as Julie, Delores King Williams as Queenie, and Stephanie Waters as Magnolia in Signature Theatre’s production of Show Boat  

Off-Broadway credits include Almost Heaven, And the World Goes Round, Taking a Chance on Love. Her Regional stage credits include Aldonza in Man of La Mancha, Glenda/Aunt Em in The Wiz, Ella in Bubbling Brown Sugar, Conchita in Barry Manilow’s Copacabana, plus featured roles in Smokey Joe’s Café, Ain’t Misbehavin, Sophisticated Ladies, The World Goes Round, The Women of Brewster Place and many more.

 

The Women of Brewster Place

Eleasha Gamble, Terry Burrell and Cheryl Alexander in The Women of Brewster Place.

Eleasha Gamble, Terry Burrell, and Cheryl Alexander in The Women of Brewster Place.

(starting at top, l-r) Tijuana T. Ricks, Terry Burrell, Cheryl Alexander, Shelley Thomas, Tina Fabrique, and Marva Hicks in the world premiere musical “The Women of Brewster Place” at Arena Stage.

Terry Burrell, Marva Hicks, and Tijuana T. Ricks
in The Women of Brewster Place
(© Greg Mooney)

Terry is also a seasoned cabaret artist who has performed her nightclub act for audiences from Monte Carlo to the Caribbean. She has performed with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in Venice Italy and most recently for the Jazz Festival in Oslo Norway.

 

 

THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR

THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR – Old Globe Theatre./Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park – *Keith Glover/ Author/Director, Keb Mo- Composer/Lyricist, Anderson Edwards-Composer/Lyricist – Doug Eskew-Dregster, Kevyn Morrow- Jaguar, Jr., Peter J Fernandez- Marvell Thunder, Marva Hicks- Glory, Terry Burrell- Good Sister.

Terry Burrell – (Good Sister) and Marva Hicks – (Glory)

 

Terry Burrell – (Good Sister) – Doug Eskew – (Dregster)

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Marquis Theatre (2002)

Mrs. Meers – Thoroughly Modern Millie– Marquis Theatre (2002)

 

 

 

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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]