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Akilah A. Walker (AEA) Aawalker.Ak@Gmail.Com Phone: 770.315.4244 Akilah A. Walker (AEA) [email protected] Phone: 770.315.4244 FILM/TV/WEB ROLE CLASSIFICATION DIRECTOR Sorry To Bother You Left Eyes Featured Boots Riley Cap (short) Morgue Worker Principal Marshall Tyler Under the Lantern Lit Sky Minnie Principal Jaclyn Bethany The Delta Girl Grace Principal Jaclyn Bethany Crescendo the Series Ashley Riley Series Regular Jacquelyn Revere Untitled (Elijah) Main Dancer Principal Terence Nance NEW YORK (selected roles) ROLE COMPANY DIRECTOR Midsummer Night’s Dream Peaseblossom Classical Theater of Harlem Justin Emeka While I Yet Live* Young Tanya New York Stage & Film Ed Sylvanus Iskandar Joan Jett of Arc Vivica The Flea Theater Nick Leavens Swimming Uptown* Tiya Classical Theater of Harlem Jade King Carroll Generation T* Irene Classical Theater of Harlem Niegel Smith REGIONAL (selected roles) School Girls;(African Mean Girls) Paulina (lead) Berkeley Repertory Theatre Awoye Timpo Detroit ’67** Bunny Aurora Theatre Company Daryl V. Jones Christmas Carol Mary American Conservatory Theater Domenique Lozano Black Orpheus Eurydice Yerba Buena Gardens Fest Stephen Beuscher How to Catch Creation* Riley A.C.T. New Strands Festival Daniella Topol Flowers Are Sleeping* Jean Toomer Berkeley Repertory Theater Eisa Davis Soweto…A township is calling Nokulunga Youth Ensemble of Atlanta Freddie Hendricks Endangered Species Peola Youth Ensemble of Atlanta Andrea Frye EDUCATIONAL (selected roles) Macbeth Lady Macbeth A.C.T. MFA Giles Havergal Topdog/Underdog Lincoln Sky Festival (A.C.T. MFA) Rafael Jordan Promiscuous/Cities Katelyn A.C.T. MFA Becca Wolfe The Belle’s Stratagem Letitia Hardy A.C.T. MFA Nancy Benjamin The Taming of the Shrew Gremio A.C.T. MFA Stephen Beuscher Confessional Leona A.C.T. MFA Jeffrey Crockett Skin of our Teeth Gladys A.C.T. MFA Dominique Lozano For A Barbarian Woman Euxina Fordham University Niegel Smith Wedding Band Fanny Fordham University Daniel Alexander Jones READINGS/WORKSHOPS Flex Starra Berkeley Rep (Ground Floor) Margo Hall Before Evening Comes Rachel Playwright’s Foundation Jade King Carroll Father Comes Home…Wars Penny A.C.T. Stephen Beuscher RunBoyRun Sister A.C.T. Mfoniso Udofia AWARDS • 2018 Bay Area Critics Circle Award, Best Featured Actress in a Play, Detroit ’67, Aurora Theatre Company, Nominated TRAINING • American Conservatory Theatre, MFA Acting Graduate, 2017, San Francisco, CA • Fordham University, BA in Theatre, New York, NY • The Bats – Resident Acting Company at The Flea Theater; Tribeca, New York • Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble of Atlanta; Atlanta, GA Acting: Melissa Smith, Matthew Maguire, Daniel Alexander Jones, Jonathan Moscone Tina Benko, Nick Gabriel, Dawn Seito Shakespeare: L. Peter Callender, Seana McKenna, Domeique Lozano Master Class: Phylicia Rashad Voice: Grace Zandarski, Jeffrey Crockett, Nancy Benjamin, Lisa Anne Porter, Andrea Haring, Elena Mcghee Singing: Vicki Shaghoian, Robert Rutt, Patrick Leveque, Milissa Carey Dance: Corinne Nagata, Mary Carbonara, Stacey Printz Movement: Stephen Beuscher, Michael Ryan (Feldenkrais) Alexander Technique: Kari Prindl, Elyse Sharfarman SKILLS Dance: Jazz, Modern, West African, Samba, hip-hop, beginner ballet Dialects: Puerto Rican, British (RP, Cockney), Southern, New Orleans Creole/Cajun, South African, Nigerian, General West African, Mexican, New York, Caribbean (Trinidadian, Jamaican), Indian, Valley Girl, Combat: Rapier/Dagger (production experience) Hand to hand stage combat (Semester-long course); Stave Other Skills: Advanced Clowning, Mask, Commedia, Teaching Artist, Valid Passport, Drivers License, Freestyle Rap, Playwright, Poet, Host-experience, Improvisation, Bicycle, roller-blading, ice-skating, track & Field, flexible, yoga, contortion, cheer stunts .
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