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SUMMER PROGRAM 2012
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CHRISTOPHER JACKSON
(
Curtis
) Broadway:
Memphis,
In The Heights, The Lion King.
Off-
Broadway:
Lonely I’m Not,
In The Heights
. Regional:
Comfortable Shoes
(world
premiere),
Beggar’s Holiday
(world premiere). TV:
A
Gifted Man
,
White Collar
,
Nurse Jackie
,
Gossip Girl
,
Fringe
,
Oz
. He is a charter
member of the popular hip-
hop improv comedy group, Freestyle Love Supreme
and a 2011 Emmy award-winning composer and
lyricist for his collaboration with Will.I.AM (Black
Eyed Peas) for Outstanding Original Song,
What
I Am
. He was co-music director for the Emmy-
winning PBS show,
The Electric Company
(2008-
2009) and is currently writing and composing
music for
Sesame Street
. He received the 2009
Kidscreen Award for his song,
Silent E
. In 2011,
Christopher released his first solo album,
In the
Name of Love
, with Yellow Sound Label. Follow on
Twitter, @Chrisissingin
DEMETRIA McKINNEY
(
Deena
) is an award-
winning actress, singer and songwriter from Fort
Walton Beach, Florida. She
is best known for her role as
Janine Payne on the hit TBS
sitcom
Tyler Perry’s House
of Payne
. The show, which
continues to earn top ratings,
has taped more than 254
episodes and has received five
consecutive NAACP Image
Awards for Best Sitcom. Demetria was nominated
for a Prism award for her incredible portrayal as
the drug addicted mother and wife turned career
woman. Demetria first worked with Tyler Perry
on his stage play,
Meet the Browns
and went on
to star in several other Tyler Perry plays including
What’s Done In The Dark
,
Why Did I Get Married?
,
and
Madea’s Family Christmas
. Her additional
stage work includes lead roles in the plays
Church
Girl
and the musical
I Dream
in which Demetria
portrayed Mrs. Coretta Scott King. Her numerous
credits include the films
Daddy’s Little Girls
and
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
as well as the hit
USA drama
Necessary Roughness
. Demetria has
extensive vocal and dance training. She is an R&B
singer who has opened for artists such as Tank,
Dwele and Anthony David. She has two singles
available on iTunes
Take Away
and
Get Yo ...Ish
.
Demetria is presently working on her debut CD
with notable producers such as Brian Michael Cox
and Musiq Soulchild.
JENELLE LYNNRANDALL
(
Lorrell
) is a performer
on both stage and screen, and is absolutely delighted
to debut at The Muny. A
native of South Jersey, Jenelle
took performance classes
from Freedom Theatre in
Philadelphia, and went on
to graduate from George
Mason University. Jenelle
now resides in Los Angeles,
after having lived in New
York for 10 years and being in Broadway shows
such as
All Shook Up
and
Brooklyn: the Musical.
Her regional credits include
Dreamgirls, Once on
this Island, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Beehive, Crowns, How
to Succeed…
and
The Wiz,
to name a few. Jenelle’s
TV credits include
Boardwalk Empire
,
Guiding
Light
,
All My Children
,
Boston Public
,
Judging Amy
and
Law & Order: SVU
. Jenelle has performed all