Shauneille Perry

Overview

Although Shauneille Perry's most visible credits were for her adaptation of the John Henry Redwood play "Old Settler" (see The Old Settler (2001)), Perry is a veteran director of the New York City theatre community and has a long and impressive list of credits, most often produced at New York's New Federal Theatre, that include her direction of: J. e. Franklin's Drama Desk Award-winning play "Black Girl"; "Jamimma" & "African Interlude" both by Marta-Evans Charles; "Prodigal Sister" by J. e. Franklin and Micki Grant and Grant's "Looking Back"; "Trouble in Mind" by the noted and trendsetting Harlem Renaissance playwright Alice Childress; "Keyboard" by Matt Robinson; "Love" by Carolyn Rodgers; "Who Loves the Dancer" by Rob Penny; "In Bed with the Blues: the Adventures of Fishy Waters by Guy Davis; Vincent Smith's "Williams and Walker"; "Showdown" by Don Evans; and "The Balm Yard" by Don Kinch which featured actress Roxie Roker. Perry also penned and directed "In Dahomey" during New Federal Theatre's 1998-99 season. Perry remains one of the most prolific and versatile talents in American theatre.
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Stage director, playwright and educator.
She has taught at seven universities which include serving as Professor of Theatre and Black Studies at Lehman College of the City University of New York (CUNY).
To date she has directed over 100 plays. For her efforts she has earned four Audelco Awards, two Ceba Awards, The Lloyd Richards Award for Directing at the North Carolina Black Theatre Festival, Distinguished Howard Player and Alumni Awards, a Lehman Scholar Achievement Award, and The Black Rose of Excellence from Encore Magazine.
She also attended The Art Institute of Chicago and was a Fulbright Fellow to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
She is a graduate of Howard University (Class of 1950) in Washington, DC, USA with a major in drama.

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