Trezana Beverley* (Playwright, Actress) is the winner of the distinguished Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. She has since created a unique signature in the American Theater as a talented actor, director, singer, acting teacher and writer. Trezana is a graduate of New York University Tisch School for the Arts where she studied under Lloyd Richards, Peter Kass, Omar Shapli and Kristin Linklater, as well as the great Polish director Jerzy Grotowsky. Among the highlights of her distinguished acting career are: Mother Courage; A Raisin In The Sun; Flyin’ West; Peer Gynt; Macbeth, Medea, and King Lear (as a man). In film: Beloved (with Oprah Winfrey); Resurrection; Carolina Skeletons and Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies. Her music and writing skills have been displayed in her one-woman shows The Spirit Moves; Constant Star and currently, Mabel Madness, the dramatic story with music about the life of the famous cabaret chanteuse Mabel Mercer. Highlights of her directing credits include: Spell #7; Native Son; For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf; In The Blood; From The Mississippi Delta, Pecong; The Trojan Woman, Salome, Yellowman, The Bluest Eye; Blue Door; Mask in The Mirror – an Opera, and most recently an all-female production of Shakespeare’s Othello. Trezana is currently on the guest directing drama faculty of the Juilliard School in New York City and is the founding artistic director of The Trezana Projects - a theater company that uses dance choreography to express dramatic plays. Trezana is a civic minded artist who often speaks before church and youth groups. Her work has been cited in American Theater Magazine and Towards A Poor Theater (Simon & Shuster). Among other distinguished awards are: Mademoiselle Woman of The Year, The Audelco Recognition Award and The Theater World Award. She has received two Citizen’s Citations for her contribution to the American Stage as a distinguished citizen of Baltimore, Md. and has also been recognized by the New York Senate and the New York State Assembly for her artistic contributions to the community. Ms. Beverley is an honorary member of the New York State Assembly. www.trezanabeverley.com.

Original Crew: Tabitha Pease (Scenic Designer) Christina Watanabe (Lighting Designer), Nicholas Blade Guldner (Video Designer), Gail Cooper-Hecht (Costume Designer), Douglas Mills (Technical Director), Jill Woodward (Production Stage Manager) & Sarah Brown (Assistant Stage Manager)

*Courtesy of Actors’ Equity.

Photos: Images by Tanja Production.
Mabel Mercer Photo: Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. Design: LDMM.NYC