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"INNER VISIONS: One Man's Show
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CAST
Langston Darby – Man Two
… is a native of Laurel, Mississippi now based in NYC. Classically trained yet eclectic in style, Langston excels at work from Shakespeare to August Wilson to modern absurdism on stage, camera, and voiceover. OFF-BROADWAY: The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America (HERE Arts), Hamlet (La MaMa Shares); REGIONAL: The Taming of the Shrew(Delaware Shakespeare), The Hairy Ape (EgoPo Classic Theatre), How I Became a Pirate (Walnut St. Theatre); FILM/TV/NEW MEDIA: Cupids (Tribeca Studios), Bugs and Daffy’s Thanksgiving Road Trip(Warner Bros. Animation), The Cat In The Hat Cast (Dr. Seuss Enterprises), audiobook narration for Penguin Random House Audio. TRAINING: Atlantic Acting School, UCB NY, University of Southern Mississippi. – www.langstondarby.com – @langstonhdarby (Instagram)
“I act to breathe air and give it back again…So that any man can see I am any man.” – Carlyle Brown
CONSTANCE SADIE THOMPSON – Woman One
Credits include ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN (Negro Ensemble Theater) TONI STONE (Playhouse on Park), DEFIANCE OF DANDELIONS (No Dream Deferred), THE FAMILY LINE (Goat in the Road Productions) and A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Voices in the Dark Rep). She is a 2024 Audelco Award nominee and two time Big Easy Award nominee, 2020 “Best Supporting Actress” A Raisin in the Sun, and 2023 “Best Performance in a Play” The Family Line, as well as 2023 award winner “Best Play” The Family Line.
Jill M. Vallery (she/her) Woman Two –
Broadway: 1776, (Caesar Rodney, Dance Captain)
Tony Award Winning FELA! (Dance Captain: Drama Desk Nomination, Astaire Award, ACCA Actors Equity Award) ShadowLand ( Movement Director), The Public Theatre; LORDES (choreographer) New Ohio Theatre.
Tours: FELA! (National + International). TV: Harlem (Dancer) She Gotta Have It (Jubilee Jones )AEA and SAG. Much Love and Gratitude to the ones who came before me, my mentor Sylvia Turner and my family!
Marvin Bell – Man One
… a native of St. Louis, Mo. where he began his career
in entertainment as a stand-up comedian a venture he would continue for some
thirty-five years. After moving to New York City, his acting bug led him to Alfred
Uhry’s DRIVING MISS DAISY (Playhouse On Park) which earned him a Broadway
World Award nomination for best featured actor in a play. And then the role of Jim
Bono in FENCES (New Harmony Theater), the role of Doaker in THE PIANO LESSON (Cape Fear Theater), Holloway in TWO TRAINS RUNNING
(Triad Theater), Old Joe in RADIO GOLF (Gulfshore Playhouse), Ollie in MORNING AFTER GRACE (Florida Rep.), John Prentice, Sr in GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER, (Flat RockPlayhouse)
As writer of “INNER VISIONS: One Man’s Show”, this will be the first time Marvin Bell’s written work has made it to a theatrical stage.
Clove Lee -Stage Manager
(NYU Tisch BFA Film&TV Class of ‘24) is delighted to be working with the talented team behind “Inner Visions” at Griot Productions. Past highlights include The Drowsy Chaperone (NexGen Theatre, stage manager), as well as multiple film and theatre projects in university: The Glass Menagerie (director), Into the Woods(production design). Many thanks to those who have supported my journey thus far!