March 12, 2010

Greek Drama in African American Theatre

‘Readings from
Sophocles’ Ajax'

John Douglas Thompson (Brutus Jones)

Recent credits include: Dreamer Examines His Pillow and Othello at Shakespeare and Company, Othello at Theater For A New Audience (OBIE, Lucille Lortel Award winner, Drama League nomination). Mr. Thompson’s Broadway credits include: Le Bret in Cyrano De Bergerac with Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner and Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington.

International credits: Hotspur in Henry IV (Royal Shakespeare Company).

Other Off-Broadway credits include: WomenBeware Women (Red Bull Theatre), Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra, Orombo in Oroonoko (TFANA, AUDELCO nomination), Judge Brack in Hedda Gabler (NYTW), Edgar in King Lear (Classical Theatre of Harlem, AUDELCO nomination), Overtime (MTC) and The Changeling
(The Salon).

Regional credits: Lucius Jenkins in Jesus Hopped The A Train (Wilma Theater, Barrymore Award Winner), Hotspur in Henry IV (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Bus Stop (Williamstown Theater), Othello, Preface To An Alien Garden, Measure for Measure (Trinity Rep), Mother Courage, Full Circle, Marat/Sade, The Winter’s Tale, Antigone, Richard II (ART), and Spunk (Portland Stage).

Television credits include: “Conviction,” “Law and Order,” “Law and Order SVU,” and “All My Children.” Film credits include: Michael Clayton and Malcolm X.