BROADWAY/OFF BROADWAY/NATIONAL TOURS DOLPHINS AND SHARKS Miss Arrenze Labyrinth Theatre Co. FIRST NOEL Ethel Apollo Theatre DON’T BOTHER ME, I CAN’T COPE Performer York Theatre ELLA Ella Fitzgerald National Tour 70, GIRLS, 70 Melba City Center Encores! DESSA ROSE Ada Lincoln Center HARLEM SONG The Singer Apollo Theatre BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS Jewel National Tour RAGTIME Sarah’s Friend Broadway BRING IN DA NOISE/BRING IN DA FUNK DA Singer Broadway HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS… Miss Jones Broadway/National Tour TRULY BLESSED Mahalia Jackson Broadway SOUTH PACIFIC starring Robert Goulet Bloody Mary National Tour GOSPEL AT COLONUS (Standby for Lead) Broadway ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Mama Euralie National Tour ANGEL LEVINE Bella Jewish Rep THE WIZ Glinda/Aunt Em National Tour BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR Irene Paige 1st National Tour RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Featured Soloist Various Productions 1973-1979 REGIONAL THEATRE NEWSIES Medda Connecticut Rep INFORMED CONSENT Dean Hagen Geva Theater, Cleveland Playhouse MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM Ma Rainey Portland Stage, Arena Stage HAIRSPRAY Motormouth Maybelle Connecticut Rep THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Emilia St. Louis Rep TROUBLE IN MIND Wiletta Arena Stage ELLA SINGS THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK Soloist Hartford Symphony Orchestra THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE (World Premiere) Mattie Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage CROWNS Mother Shaw Alliance/Arena/Goodman/Hartford Stage CHICAGO Mama Morton Ogunquit Playhouse CONSTANT STAR Ida Hartford Stage, Arena Stage A NIGHT IN TUNISIA Simone Alabama Shakespeare Festival THE OLD SETTLER Quilly Studio Arena Theatre THE GLASS MENAGERIE Amanda Cleveland Playhouse SPUNK Blues Speak Woman Hartford Stage, Dallas Theatre Ctr. TELEVISION/FILM THE LAST O.G. Elderly Woman Grand Juror, “Amaro’s One-Eighty”; Mrs. LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT Hayes, “Pretend” PERSON OF INTEREST Nurse LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT Mama Louise, “The Healer” Sang Theme Featured on PBS Television READING RAINBOW Show ONE LIFE TO LIVE Gloria ALL MY CHILDREN Day Player MIKE MULLIGAN'S STEAM SHOVEL HBO Special Voice over 1988 GRAMMYS Performed with Michael Jackson

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS Helen Hayes Nominee, Kevin Kline Award, ELLA Best Actress in a Musical Acclaim Award, Carbonell Award Outstanding Performance in a Musical- THE FIRST NOEL Female Audelco Award “He’s Able” (CD) Best Female Gospel Vocalist James Cleveland Gospel Music Award 2010 National Museum of Women in the Arts Award for Achievement in the Performing Arts