Trezana Beverley: "Perspectives from a Black Theater Woman"
Winner of the distinguished Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway show "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf," Trezana Beverley will be presenting a Lecture followed by a Master Class*.
Winner of the distinguished Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway show for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Trezana Beverley has since created a unique signature in the American Theater as a director, singer, acting teacher and writer. Ms. Beverley has performed extensively in Regional and New York Theater. Highlights of her distinguished acting career include: Mother Courage, A Raisin In The Sun, Flyin’ West, Peer Gynt, Macbeth, Medea, and King Lear (as a man). In film: Beloved, Resurrection, Carolina Skeletons, and Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies. Her music talents are currently displayed in her one-woman show Mabel Madness about the famous chanteuse, Mabel Mercer.
Ms. Beverley is on the faculty of The State University of New York at Purchase where she teaches Freshman Acting.
Ms. Beverley is represented by Eisen Associates.
* Due to limited space in the Master Class, please RSVP to the Performing Arts Department at pad@wustl.edu, 314-935-5858.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Lecture at 4:00 p.m.
Master Class* at 5:30 p.m.
Umrath Lounge