Tonya Pinkins
Oprah described Tonya Pinkins as one of the “Ten Women in America Who Will Take Your Breath Away.” Broadway: Jelly’s Last Jam, Tony Kushner’s Caroline or Change. August Wilson’s Radio Golf, George C. Wolfe’s The Wild Party, Play On. Awards and Nominations: Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle and Clarence Derwent Award (Sweet Anita, Jelly's Last Jam), Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Musical, Obie Award, Lortel Award, Garland Award, NAACP Theater, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle  nominations (Caroline, Caroline or Change; Lady Liv, Play On ). TV: 24 (Alama Motobo), Army Wives (Viola Crawford) and All My Children (Livia Frye Cudahy), Law & Order, The Closer, Criminal Minds. Film: Enchanted; Above the Rim; John Turturro's Romance and Cigarettes, Noah’s Arc : Jumping the broom. Recordings: My Shining Hour a celebration of composer Harold Arlen. Publications: Get Over Yourself!: How to Drop the Drama and Claim the Life You Deserve (Hyperion Books). To find out more, visit Pinkins at www.tonyapinkins.com.

Erika Rolfsrud
Ford’s Theatre: The Gate of Heaven. Broadway: The Coast of Utopia, Rabbit Hole, Exit the King. Off-Broadway: The Glory of Living, How I Learned to Drive, Trout Stanley, O Pioneers!, Comedy of Errors, Eclipsed, Love’s Fire. Regional: Repertory Theatre of St. Louis: The Little Dog Laughed (Kevin Kline Award, Best Actress); Pittsburgh Public/Hartford Theaterworks: Rabbit Hole; Old Globe Theatre: The Seagull, Cymbeline, Henry IV, Dancing at Lughnasa, Macbeth, The Gate of Heaven; Arizona Theatre Company: Bad Dates; Two River Theatre Company: Bad Dates; Wilma Theater: Outrage; ACT Theatre: Jumpers; Hartford Theaterworks: The Dazzle; Great Lakes Theatre Festival: Much Ado about Nothing; Seattle Repertory Theatre: The Good Times Are Killing Me; and the Shakespeare Festivals of Utah, Seattle and Idaho. Film/TV: Alone, Third Watch, All My Children, Law & Order, As The World Turns. Training: MFA, Old Globe Theatre/USD.

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