(April 19 to May 14, 2006) She played Velma in the musical, "Crowns," in a Brown-Forman Series production at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky with Thomas Jefferson Byrd (Man); Crystal Fox (Yolanda); Pat Bowie (Mother Shaw); April Nixon (Jeanette); Angela Karol Grovey (Wanda) and Julia Lema (Mabel) in the cast. Regina Taylor adapted from Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry's novel. Andrea Frye was director. Mercedes Ellington was choreographer. Mahomoud Khan was conductor and pianist. S-Ankh Rasa was percussionist.
