Director

Phylicia
Rashad

(she/her)

Phylicia Rashad is Dean Emerita of The Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University. Ms. Rashad’s directing credits include: Purpose (Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Broadway), Our Lady of 121st Street, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Fences, Gem of the Ocean, Immediate Family, A Raisin in the Sun, The Roommate, and Four Little Girls. A two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award winner for her performances in A Raisin in the Sun and Skeleton Crew, in 2016 she was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and also received the Lucille Lortel Award for her performance as “Shelah” in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Head of Passes. Producing credits include the PBS film The Old Settler and the recent Broadway revival of Ossie Davis’ Purlie Victorious.