The Black Clown

A.R.T.: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. Opera: Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line (Harriet Tubman), American Opera Projects. Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess; Ragtime. Off-Broadway: Ragtime, Lincoln Center; Lost in the Stars, Encores!. Regional: Master Class, Kennedy Center; Oklahoma!, Portland Center Stage. Film: Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer (feature), Easter Mysteries (feature), Being Iman (lead). Education/ Training: BA, Spelman College; MM, New England Conservatory.

A.R.T.: Debut. National Tour: Motown the Musical, Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Regional: Grease (Teen Angel), NC Theatre; Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Adrian), Gateway Playhouse, Theatre By the Sea; Show Boat, Ragtime, Westchester Broadway Theatre; Hairspray; Kiss Me Kate; Big River. Education/Training: BFA, Musical Theater, East Carolina University.

A.R.T.: Debut. Film/TV: Trudie Styler’s Freak Show, IFC; The Real MVP, Lifetime; “The Deuce,” “Mrs. Fletcher” (coming fall 2018), HBO. Education/ Training: Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.

A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: Gypsy (Mazeppa/Rose u/s), Dreamgirls, Porchlight Music Theatre; A New Attitude: Tribute To Patti LaBelle (Patti LaBelle), Black Ensemble Theater; #DATEME, Second City; The Black Nativity, Congo Square Theatre; Madagascar, Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Theo Ubique; Seussical, West Virginia Public Theatre. Workshop: Crowns.

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Disney’s Newsies, Lysistrata Jones, Chicago the Musical, The Color Purple. Off-Broadway: Chix 6, La MaMa. Film/TV: Teen Beach Movie; “Team Toon”; “Divorce,” HBO; “Quantico.” Education/Training: BFA, Musical Theater, Millikin University; MFA, Theater, University of Florida.

A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: The Lucky Ones, The Connelly Theater. National Tours: Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage; The Wizard of Oz. Regional: The Wiz, Music Theatre Kansas City.

A.R.T.: Debut. Opera & Contemporary: Show Boat, Carmen, Faust, The Big Night, La Traviata, Pirates of Penzance, Portland Opera Company. Educational: Hairspray (Seaweed), Portland Community. National Tours: Lyle Lovett (Soloist/BGV). Soloist/Vocal Coach: Gospel Christmas (con. George Manahan), Oregon Symphony. Creates dance, music, and art curriculum for the city of Portland, Oregon. Opera Training in Ukraine and Moldova.

A.R.T.: ExtraOrdinary (Swing), The Black Clown (Swing), Burn All Night (Kayla), Arrabal (Newscaster). OBERON Presents: Violet (Lula Buffington). Harvard: Into the Woods (The Witch), The Laramie Project (Mercedes), 35mm: A Musical Exhibition (Voice 1). Workshops: Teeth, Camp 2, Dora the Explorer LIVE!. Concerts: Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, 54 Below, Don’t Tell Mama. Film/TV: No More, America. Education: Undergraduate student at Harvard College ’20, BA, Sociology; Secondary in Theater, Dance & Media; Citation in Spanish.

A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: Oklahoma! (Ali Hakim), Marriott Theatre; Hair (Hud Johnson), Mercury Theater; Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus, BTAA Nomination), Rent (Collins), Paramount Theatre; Pippin (Leading Player), Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre; Dreamgirls (Curtis, BTAA nomination), Far From Heaven (Raymond, Je Award nomination), Side Show (Jake, Je Award nomination), Porchlight Music Theatre; The Little Mermaid (King Triton), Paramount Theatre, Arkansas Rep. Concert: Unforgettable: Falling in Love with Nat King Cole, An Unforgettable Nat King Cole Christmas (on National Tour winter ’18), Artists Lounge Live. (JW/RM/KE)

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: A Bronx Tale (Webster swing). Off-Broadway: If Sand Were Stone, Theatre Row. Regional: Trevor the Musical (Jack), Writers Theatre; Saturday Night Fever (Monty), Bye Bye Birdie, Drury Lane Oakbrook; Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), Tantrum Theater; La Cage aux Folles, Madagascar (Marty u/s), Marriott Theatre; Cabaret, Theatre at the Center; Men of Soul (Je Award Nomination), Black Ensemble Theater. Education/Training: BFA, Musical Theater, Viterbo University.

A.R.T.: ExtraOrdinary, The Black Clown. Regional: Ragtime (Coalhouse), Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre; Evita, Asolo Rep; Les Misérables, Dallas Theater Center; Joseph…, 3D Theatricals. Workshops: Frozen (Olaf); Shout Sister Shout!; Beatsville. Concerts: Showboat: In Concert, Bucks County Playhouse. Education/Training: BM, Music, University of North Texas; MM, Musical Theatre/Vocal Performance, NYU.

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour. Off- Broadway: Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope, New York City Center. Regional: The Wiz, The Muny. Workshops: Pal Joey; The Wiz. Educational: L’Histoire de Babar, Juilliard 2018 Community Engagement. Dance: Chase Brock Experience 10th Anniversary, Clurman Theatre; Keigwin Company, The Joyce Theater. TV/Film/Digital: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Kickback & Chat with Amber Pickens,” “Modern Love.” Fashion: Desigual, NYFW; Christian Dior, Vogue Paris. Education/Training: BFA, Dance, The Juilliard School.

A.R.T.: Crossing, Run AMOC! Festival. Deemed a “…singer of immense power and fervor…” by the LA Times and a “… charismatic, full-voiced bass-baritone…” by the New York Times, Davóne Tines commands a broad spectrum of opera and concert performance as a singer and creator. Highlights from last season include performances with the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, Finnish National Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Orchestre National de France, BAM, Ojai Music Festival, London Symphony, and LA Philharmonic in collaborations with Kaija Saariaho, John Adams, Matt Aucoin, Caroline Shaw, and Peter Sellars. Upcoming engagements include the Teatro Real, Lincoln Center, San Francisco Symphony, Berlin Radio Orchestra, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dutch National Opera, and LA Philharmonic. Davóne is a founding core member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC) and the recipient of the 2018 Emerging Artists Award given by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Education/Training: AB, Harvard University (’09); Master of Music, The Juilliard School.

A.R.T.: Burn All Night, Witness Uganda. Off-Broadway: The Hairy Ape, Park Avenue Armory; The Death of The Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, Signature Theater; Invisible Thread, 2econd Stage; Broken Window Theory, Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Regional: Passing Strange, Wilma Theatre; Cardboard Piano, Humana Festival; Hairspray, The Piano Lesson, Santa Rosa Rep. Workshops/Readings: New musical by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire, Sundance Theatre Lab 2017; Secret Soldiers (Marsha Norman/Zoe Sarnak), Williamstown Theatre Festival; Fire in Dreamland, Public Theater; Directors Lab 2016, Lincoln Center; Kill Floor, LCT3; Choir Boys, MTC. Tours: Theatreworks USA. Education/Training: University of North Carolina School of the Arts. I dedicate my work to the eternal memory of my Dad; thank you for guiding me.

A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: Hairspray, Jersey Shore Productions. International: RENT, Sekaikan Theater (Japan); R&B The Mix, Universal Monsters Live, Universal Studios Japan; Elyria, Land of Make Believe, Celebrity Cruise Line. TV/Film: “True Life,” MTV; “Don’t Forget the Lyrics.” Training: Mary Rodgers (Voice), Jen Waldman Studio (Acting). All my love to my Mother and Joey.

A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: The Peculiar Patriot, National Black Theatre. New York: In the Red and Brown Water, Richard II, Juilliard; The Country Doctor, Zoo City. Regional: Born For This: A New Musical, ArtsEmerson; Ah, Wilderness!, Objects in the Mirror, Gloria, Wonderful Town, Goodman Theatre; Grand Concourse, The Qualms, Steppenwolf Theatre. Education/Training: The Theatre School at DePaul University, The Juilliard School.