The
Seven
Company Biographies
Uzo Aduba
Second Woman / Amphiarus
NYC: Roots of Rap Poetry (Woman #1, Interborough Rep), DUCHESS IN
ALICE (York Theatre Co.). Regional: TREMBLING SALLY IN ABYSSINIA (The
Goodspeed & Shubert Theatre), TEREUS IN FRAGMENTS (BCA). Thanks
to family, friends, cast and crew for their work and support.
Shawtane
Monroe Bowen
Third Man / Hippomedon
Recent Roles: Desire Under the Elms (Simeon Cabot), Provok'd Wife(Cornet)The
Trans-figuration of Benno Blimpie (Benno Blimpie), Spring Awakening
(Moritz). Shawtane is a recent graduate from the American Repertory
Theater/Moscow Art Theatre School Institute for Advanced Theatre Training.
Jamyl
Dobson
Polynices
Off-Broadway debut! NYTW: Workshop of THE SEVEN. Regional: Alliance
Theatre, Freedom Theatre, PA Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia Public
Theatre Co., and Iowa Summer Rep.
Amber
Efé
DJ/Dance Captain
Broadway: DAMN YANKEES (Amas). Regional: DREAMGIRLS (Arkansas Rep),
DISS DISS... (New Federal), ABK...(Columbia), IKENS PERVERSION (New
Center), BREATHE (Hip Hop Theatre Festival). Choreography: BLACKFOOTNOTES
(EST), HUE (Bosakowski). Print: Nike, Coca-Cola, Nordstrom, fitness,
Self, Readers’ Digest, XM. Alumna-Howard University, North Atlanta
HS for the Arts, Jacobs’ Pillow, Broadway Theatre Project.
Edwin
Lee Gibson
Oedipus / Laius
Off-Broadway: THREE SECONDS IN THE KEY (PS 122), FIVE ‘TIL (Dixon
Place), MO’NIN’ (Intar Theatre), KNUCKLEHEAD (78th St.
Theatre Lab). Regional: BREATH BOOM (Huntington Theatre), CHECKMATES
(Ensemble Theatre). Writing credits: KNUCKLEHEAD (1999), MO’NIN’
(2000), FIVE ‘TIL (2001), PLACEBO (2004).
Benton
Greene
Eteolcles
Off-Broadway and Regional: comedy of errors (Princeton Rep Shakespeare
Festival), dream on monkey mountain (Classical Theater of Harlem),
MANILOVA, ENRICO IV (American Conservatory Theater), TWO GENTLEMAN
OF VERONA (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), LANGUAGE OF ANGELS, REFERENCES
TO SALVADOR DALI MAKE ME HOT. Film & TV: She Smokes, Technolust,
“Law and Order: SVU,” “Nash Bridges.”
Manuel
Herrera
Eteoclus/First Man
BROADWAY: THE MUSIC MAN (Tommy Djilas), WICKED (Chistery, Original
Cast), SWEET CHARITY (Herman the Fandango Owner, Original Revival
Cast). Off-Broadway: GOLDEN BOY (City Center Encores). National Commercials:
Joe Boxer, Winterfresh, Optimum Online and Mervyns.’ Many thanks
to Mom, Dad, Mike, El, Mac and always and forever my heart and life
my wife Corinne.
FLACO
NAVAJA
Tydeus
NYTW: SLANGUAGE. Credits: DEF POETRY (International Tour, HBO), MOMM
92 BOYZ (Cast Theatre LA), TEA (PS122). Flaco is a member of the Nuyorican
Rule (Sketch Comedy Group), Yerbabuena (Puerto Rican Music). Film:
On the Outs (in Theatres Jan 15th).
Tom Nelis
Right Hand
NYTW: SCORE, THE MEDIUM. Broadway: AIDA. Off-Broadway: GROSS INDECENCIES
(Cherry Lane), HOT AND THROBBING (Signature), HOT MOUTH (MTC), RICHARD
III, HENRY VI, MERCHANT OF VENICE, TI’S PITY SHE’S A WHORE,
HENRY IV, MOBY DICK (Ahab), PEARLS FOR PIGS, 14 years with the SITI
COMPANY. Awards: OBIE
POSTELL
PRINGLE
Greek Hip-Hop Chorus/ Capennus/ Second Man
Off-Broadway: DRIVING ON THE LEFT SIDE, ROMEO & JULIET. Regional
and Touring: LOBBY HERO, MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS, HERCULES IN HIGH
SUBURBIA, BOMBITTY OF ERRORS, A SOLDIERS’ PLAY, THE ACTION AGAINST
SOL SCHUMANN, A GUIDED CONSIDERATION OF A LAMENTABLE DEAD. Film: Just
Another Story, Unknown Soldier, The Making of Americans, The Edge
of Town, Orange Bow. TV: “Law and Order,” “Law and
Order: Criminal Intent,” “Guiding Light.” Pos was
born and raised in Decatur, GA and is a graduate of Bates College
and the Marymount London Dram Conservatory, is a hip-hop emcee, producer
and AEA member since 1998.
Pearl
Sun
First Woman / Parthenopaeus
Recent credits: reading of Legally Blonde: the musical, The Irrationals
(ATA), Shout! (AMAS) James McBride’s The Corner (Radio Pilot
for NPR). Tours: Sheila in Hair (European Tour), and Comrade Chin
in M. Butterfly. BFA: NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Pearl
is thrilled to be part of THE SEVEN after originating the role of
Parthenopaeus in the NYTW readings.
Charles
Turner
Recorded Voice / Aeschylus
Broadway: ON GOLDEN POND (stepped in for James Earl Jones). Other
Credits: Gloucester (Yale Rep, King Lear), CHERRY ORCHARD (Gayev)
, THE ASPHALT KISS (Aprigio), MANDELA (lead), AMAS/CROSSROADS, THE
OEDIPUS PLAYS (Athens Festival), The Persians (NAT). Awards: Audelco
Award- Best Director for BESSIE SMITH. TV: “Law and Order,”
“Dave Chappelle Show.” Charles is a native of Harlem and
Bronx, New York.
Will
Power
Playwright
NYTW: FLOW. Off-Broadway: THE GATHERING (Performance Space 122). Regional:
HIP HOP THEATER ALL STARS (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, ASU Public
Events, Walker Arts Center, Mark Taper Forum P.L.A.Y), St. Louis Black
Rep, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Theater Artaud, The Painted
Bride, Penumbra Theater, Phoenix Theater, Legion Arts, Tampa Bay Performing
Arts Center, The Warhol Museum, Carpet Bag Theater. International:
Battersea Arts Center in London, Croydon Clocktower Theater, DerbyPlayhouse,
Centre for Contemporary Arts in Scotland, Crime Jazz in Rotterdam);
2017: CURE NO CURE (Lorraine Hansberry Theater). Music for Film and
TV: Drylongso, “Moesha,” “Kingpin.” Music:
OMAR SOSA SEXTET (Lead vocals on Free Roots, Spirit of the Roots,
Bembon, Prietos); MIDNIGHT VOICES (Lead vocals and music composition
on Dreams Keep Blowin' My Mind, Late Nite at the Upper Room, Howlin'
at the Moon). Awards: 2005 Joyce Award, a 2005 NYFA Fellowship, a
2004 Jury Award for Best Theatre Performance at the HBO US Comedy
Arts Festival, and a 2004 Drama Desk nomination for Best Solo Performance.
Jo Bonney
Director
Off-Broadway: Charles Fuller's A Soldier's Play (Second Stage), Neil
LaBute's Fat Pig (MCC), References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot (The
Public Theater), Christopher Shinn's On The Mountain (Playwrights
Horizons), Diana Son's Stop Kiss (The Public Theater), Lisa Loomer's
Living Out (Second Stage), Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July (Signature
Theater) subUrbia (Studio Theatre), Jessica Goldberg's Good Thing
(The New Group), Slanguage by Universes (New York Theater Workshop,
Mark Taper Forum), John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (Classic Stage
Company). Bogosian's Funhouse, Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, Pounding
Nails In The Floor with my Forehead, and Wake Up and Smell the Coffee.
Regional: Jose Rivera's Adoration of The Old Woman (La Jolla Playhouse),
Eric Bogosian's Humpty Dumpty (McCarter Theater) Nilo Cruz's Anna
In The Tropics (Arena Stage). Bonney is the recipient of a 1998 Obie
for Sustained Excellence of Direction and the editor of Extreme Exposure:
An Anthology of Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century
(TCG).
Richard
Hoover
Scenic Designer
Theatre: DEATH OF A SALESMAN
(Guthrie), AFTER THE FALL (Roundabout), A BEAUTIFUL CHILD, (Vineyard),
AFTER THE FALL (Roundabout), EMBEDDED (Public). THE THING ABOUT MEN
(Promenade), NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES (Circle in the Square and the
Royal National), BAT BOY (Union Square); THE TEMPEST (McCarter); FIFTH
OF JULY (Signature); SPEAKING IN TONGUES (Roundabout); THE IDIOT (Manhattan);
TWELFTH NIGHT (Guthrie); TROJAN WOMEN (Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
and HOUSE ARREST (Public). Film: The Assasination of Jesse James,
North Country, Drunkboat, Girl Interrupted, Live From Baghdad The
Cradle Will Rock, Dead Man Walking, Bob Roberts, Payback, Apt Pupil,
Ed Wood ,Torch Wood Song Trilogy and Mothman Prophecy. Television:
“Twin Peaks,” “Fail Safe,” “Heat Wave,”
“Family of Spies.” Several music videos: Lonsome Day (Bruce
Spingsteen), TV Pilots for current newtwork and cable shows including
“Numbers,” and “Entourage.” Awards: 2001 Drama
Desk Award nomination 1999 Drama Desk, Outer Critics' Circle, and
Tony Awards, 1998 London Evening Standard, London Critics' Circle
Award and Olivier Award nomination.
Emilio
Sosa
Costume Designer
NYTW:EYEWITNESS BLUES. Broadway:TOPDOG/UNDERDOG (and London and Regional
productions). Off-Broadway: CROWNS (Audelco Award '03, also various
regional theatres), CALIGULA (Classical Theater of Harlem), BIRDIE
BLUE, LIVING OUT (Second Stage Theater), THE STORY, RADIANT BABY (Public
Theater). Regional: SENOR DISCRETION, HIMSELF (Arena Stage), AIN'T
MISBEHAVIN' (Pittsburgh Public Theater), PIPPIN, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
(Bay Street Theater), ADORATION OF THE OLD WOMAN (La Jolla Playhouse),
THE PIANO LESSON (Madison Repertory Theater). Dance: Alvin Ailey,
New York City Ballet (Artist-in-Residence), Ballet Hispanico, Complexions.
Mr. Sosa is Image Consultant for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra,
featuring Wynton Marsalis
David
Weiner
Lighting Designer
Broadway: DINNER AT EIGHT (LCT), BETRAYAL (Roundabout), THE REAL THING.
Selected Off-Broadway credits include A SOLDIER'S PLAY, R.F.K., THIS
IS HOW IT GOES, ON THE MOUNTAIN, RODNEY'S WIFE (2005 Lortel Award),
WHITE CHOCOLATE, HENRY V, LIVING OUT, and 36 VIEWS (Lortel and Outer
Critics noms). Regional: Baltimore Center Stage, The Alley, The McCarter
Theater, The Huntington Theater Company, The American Repertory Theater,
Williamstown Theater Festival, Bard Summerscape, Cincinnati Playhouse,
Cleveland Playhouse, A.C.T. - Seattle, New York Stage & Film,
Dallas Theater Center, Berkeley Repertory Theater. www.DavidWeinerDesign.com.
Darron L. West
Sound Designer
Usual Suspect and member of Anne Bogart's SITI Company.NYTW: A NUMBER,
SHOPPING AND FUCKING, VIEW OF THE DOME, RENT, QUILLS, THE MEDIUM (SITI),
SLAVS!, THE SECRETARIES, LOVES FOWL, BOB (SITI, 1998 OBIE Award),
CULTURE OF DESIRE (SITI) THE MOST FABULOUS STORY EVER TOLD, and SLANGUAGE.
Broadway: WAIT UNTIL DARK. His work has been heard in Over 380 productions
Off Broadway and Regionally, Nationally and Internationally. Awards
include: 1997 Princess Grace, 1998 OBIE, 2000 Entertainment Design
Magazine EDDY, 2000 TCG artist in residence, 2001 Austin Critic’s
Table Best Director, 2003 Prague Quadrennial Design Award, 2004 and
2005 Henry Hewes Design Award.
Daryl
Waters
Music Director/Vocal Arranger
Longtime music director for Eartha Kitt. Co-Composer: BRING IN DA
NOISE /BRING IN DA FUNK (Grammy and Tony Nominations), CROWNS. Orchestrator:
Miracle Brothers, ABYSSINIA. Dance Music Arranger: THE COLOR PURPLE,
JELLYS’ LAST JAM. Daryl is an alumni of Livingstone College,
an HBC in Salisbury, NC.
Wendy
Ouellette
Production Stage Manager
Recent credits include an award/talent show by United Way at the Apollo
Theater, featuring pillars of the hip-hop and spoken word community.
Regional:FORBIDDEN VEGAS, (Las Vegas); the O'Neill (CT); Kennedy Center
(DC). Off-Broadway: Perfect Crime, American Place, Playwrights Horizons,
Second Stage. Many Off-Off Broadway shows and corporate events.
Judith
Schoenfeld
Rehearsal Stage Manager
NYTW: THE Beard of Avon, First Love. On The Mountain, Spatter Pattern,
Young Girl and the Monsoon (Playwrights Horizons). Pericles, Don Juan,
Cymbeline, Saved, Waste (Theatre for a New Audience), Peter and Wendy
(Mabou Mines). Also Spoleto Festival USA, Lincoln Center Festival,
Classic Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, and Great Lakes Theater Festival.
Missy
Guisinger
Assistant Stage Manager
NYTW: FIRST LOVE. Off-Broadway: SPATTER PATTERN (Playwrights Horizons).
Regional: CATS, AS YOU LIKE IT, THE WIZ (Hangar Theatre), ON THE MOUNTAIN,
PHANTOM. Tours: SCOOBY-DOO LIVE. Opera: TAMERLANO, DIDO & AENEAS,
I CAPULETI, DIE VOGEL, BELLA DORMANTE NEL BOSCO (Spoleto Festival
USA).
Sharika Niles
Assistant Stage Manager
NYTW: EYEWITNESS BLUES, FLOW, SLANGUAGE and CAVEDWELLER. Off-Broadway:
SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE, RICHARD III, WELL, FUCKING A, TAKE ME OUT, HELEN,
TWELFTH NIGHT, A WINTERS’ TALE, HOUSE ARREST, TWO GENTLEMEN
OF VERONA, THIS IS HOW IT GOES, CAROLINE OR CHANGE (The Public Theater).
United Way Caps Annual Showcase (The Apollo). Film: Our Song.