RICHARDA ABRAMS
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA
Résumé Print Résumé
FILM & TELEVISION | ||
|---|---|---|
My Film Reel & website |
https://vimeo.com/573270972 |
www.richardaabrams.com |
ACCEPTANCE |
Mother - Co-Lead |
Dir. Amanda Moresco |
I AM HERE |
Grieving Mom - Supporting |
Dir. Francisco Solorzano |
THE SUBJECT |
Amber Gray - Supporting |
Lanie Zipoy/ Chisa Hutchison |
THE RIVERSIDE BENCH |
Nanny - Supporting |
CREATIVE CLASS 6, LLC |
OREOS WITH ATTITUDE |
Ms. Dorothy Lavish (co-lead) |
SHOWTIME (Apparatus Prod.) |
NOISES IN THE DARK |
Young Mother - Co-Lead |
Sesame St. Children’s TV Works |
SHERRI (Season One) |
Church Lady - Co-Star |
LIFETIME Dir. Sheldon Epps |
SHERRI (Season One) |
Sherri Shepherd’s Stand in |
LIFETIME various directors |
ONE LIFE TO LIVE |
Waitress | Bartender - Co-Star |
ABC/James DePaiva |
AS THE WORLD TURNS |
Photographer - Co-Star |
CBS |
COSBY |
Humorous Bar Patron - Co-Star |
CBS Dir. John Whitesell |
REGIONAL/GLOBAL THEATRE | ||
FEAR ITSELF |
Ivory (Dir. Imani) |
Crossroads Theatre Co., NJ |
HOUSE OF LATTISVILLE |
Francesca Montgomery Lattisville |
Depot Theatre, Garrison NY |
LIBERTY TALKS |
Sojourner Truth & Others |
Wellfleet Harbor ActorsTheater |
GUESS WHO IS COMING TO DINNER |
Tillie |
Ivoryton Playhouse, CT. |
IN THE BLOOD By Suzan-Lori Parks |
Hester La Negrita |
Kennedy Center Festival, PA |
STORIES FROM HELL & HIGH WATER |
7 Characters (Solo Performance) |
Women's AM Theatre Fest, MA |
BLIND SIGHT |
Anna Sharapova (Yara Arts Group) |
Berezel Theatre Fest., UKRAINE |
CANTALOUPE |
Solo Performance |
Fort Point Theatre Channel, MA |
THEATRE | ||
TELLING TALES OUT OF SCHOOL |
Jessie Fauset |
New FederalTheatre Woodie King |
AMERICAN ROT |
Jacqui Scott |
LaMaMa ETC dir.Estelle Parsons |
BIG MAMA AND ME |
Solo Show |
Episcopal Actors Guild |
BETHUNE: Our Black Velvet Rose |
BETHUNE: Our Black Velvet Rose |
TheaterLab |
FIRST BY FAITH...(by Richarda Abrams) |
Mary McLeod Bethune (Solo Performance) |
United Solo/ NBTF/ 14St Y |
BEAUTIFUL DAY WITHOUT YOU |
Janet Blount/Bertha Mason |
Origin Theatre dir. Erwin Maas |
365 DAYS / 365 PLAYS FINALE |
The Sin Collector & Suzan-Lori Parks |
Public Thtr/Dir. Joanna Settle |
CONTRIBUTION |
Katy Jones |
2nd Stage Theatre |
ASCENSION |
Mathilda (Medicine Woman) |
Cherry Lane Theater |
HARRIET'S RETURN |
Harriet Tubman (Solo Performance |
The Acting Company |
LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT |
Gloria |
LaMaMa Dir. Estelle Parsons |
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES |
The Little Coochie Snorcher That Could |
HERE Arts Center |
BOOK OF LIFE |
Rwanda Genocide Survivor |
United Nations |
THE COST |
Sheryl Kelly (TV News Reporter) |
LaMaMa Dir. Barbara Montgomery |
CLOVER (By Erik Ehn) |
Nomi |
LaMaMa E.T.C. |
VIEUX CARRE |
Nursie |
Dir. Austin Pendleton |
HOMELESS AND HOW WE GOT THAT WAY |
Eloise Jean Mosley |
By Dan McCormick |
SASSY MAMAS |
Jo Billie Massey (AUDELCO Award)* |
Dir. Patricia R. Floyd |
HOME |
Pattie Mae (Audelco Award) |
The Hadley Players |
MEASURE FOR MEASURE |
Vincentio, The Duke |
Take Wing And Soar Productions |
HELL AND HIGH WATER |
Lady Mississippi Jazz Singer |
Multi Stages Dir. Lorca Peress |
VISITING HOURS |
Nurse |
Theater Lab Dir. Dina Vovsi |
WE ARE YOUR SISTERS |
Black Heroines (Audelco Mention) |
Blue Heron Theatre |
INSURRECTION |
Mutha Wit |
Dir. Robert O'Hara |
AMERICAN MA(U)L -14 |
Georgina Jefferson |
Dir. Robert O'Hara |
BOOTY CANDY |
Young Mothers and Plantiff |
Dir. Robert O'Hara |
COMMERCIALS/INDUSTRIALS (conflicts upon request) | ||
SINGING | ||
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS |
CD: Song for All |
Black Saint Records |
AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS |
Amina C. Myers Voice Ensemble |
NYC & SONS D'HIVER, FRANCE |
AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS |
GENERATION IV (Gospel Group) |
BRIC JAZZ FESTIVAL, Bklyn, NY |
AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS |
GENERATION IV (Gospel Group) |
NYC WINTER JAZZ FESTIVAL |
TRAINING | ||
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY |
Tisch School of the Arts |
B.F.A. (with honors in Acting) |
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY |
Steinhardt Graduate School of Education |
M.A. in (Educational Theatre) |
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (Abroad Program) |
University of Leeds, ENGLAND |
Drama & Theatre in Education |
THE ACTORS STUDIO |
Elizabeth Kemp, Susan Batson |
Allan Miller, Gary Swanson |
AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS |
Singing (Gospel, Blues) |
NYC |
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS |
Music Theory & Improvisation |
NYC |
On Camera Audition Techniques |
Ellen Novack, Aleta Chappelle |
Private Classes |
SPECIAL ABILITIES | ||
Accents/Dialects: |
West Indian, French, |
Standard & Southern American |
Award Shows |
Easily reads the Teleprompter |
CBS, NBC, ABC, MTV, VH1, BET |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
||
|---|---|---|
Height: 5'4" |
Weight: 162 lbs |
|
African Dance, Deposition Witness, Double Dutch Rope Jump, Aerobics, Baton Twirling, Bowling, Jump Rope, Jump Rope - Double Dutch, Kick Boxing, Roller Skating, Yoga, Dance Belly, Host, Improvisation, Singer, Teleprompter, Vocal Range: Alto, Voiceover, African Accent, American - Southern Accent, Jamaican Accent, West Indian Accent
MEMBERSHIPS- AACM * Actors Studio * League of Professional Theatre Women * New York Women in Film and Television AWARDS: AUDELCO VIV AWARDS EXCELLENCE IN BLACK THEATRE: Solo Performance of the Year: FIRST BY FAITH: THE LIFE OF MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE By Richarda Abrams, Outstanding Ensemble: SASSY MAMAS, Outstanding Ensemble: HOME, Honorable Mention: WE ARE YOUR SISTERS/ UNITED SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL AWARDS: Best Educational Show/ Best Of Solo Theatre Honor:: FIRST BY FAITH/ NYU: Al Jolson Award