Dawn Ursula
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Everyman Theatre
SWEAT
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Vincent M. Lancisi
October 23, 2018 - November 25, 2018
Having grown up side-by-side in small-town working-class America, best friends Tracey and Cynthia went from fun-loving schoolchildren to saloon-loving adults who work together on a steel manufacturing line. In a tight-knit community like this one, however, it takes but one fracture in its core for the breaking point of friendship to be seismically tested. Inspired by field research and first-person testimonials collected in Reading, PA, Lynn Nottage’s unflinching, intensely researched, and Pulitzer-winning slice-of-life drama, Sweat, captures the pressure cooker of NAFTA-inflicted trying times—where a lethal combination of layoffs, lockouts, and picket lines sends the Rust Belt way of life into crisis.
Imagination Stage
DICKENS'S DAVY COPPERFIELD
Written and directed by Janet Stanford
Music and lyrics by Tim Guillot
Freely adapted from Charles Dickens’s semiautobiographical novel David Copperfield
In repertory with Anatole: Mouse Magnifique
Best for Ages 6+
February 16-March 31, 2019
Experience the genius of Charles Dickens through the eyes of a young boy! Follow Davy Copperfield on his childhood adventures in 19th C. England. Whether at home with his mother, at boarding school, working in a London bottling factory, or making his epic escape across the English countryside, Davy shows his resilience and determination to find a loving home.
ANATOLE: MOUSE MAGNIFIQUE
In repertory with Dickens's Davy Copperfield
Book & Lyrics by John Maclay and Lee Becker
Music composed by Janes Valcq
Directed by Tom Story
Based on the books Anatole ® and Anatole the Cat ® by Eve Titus
Best for Ages 4+
February 9-March 24, 2019
Meet Anatole- mouse magnifique- the best cheese-taster in all of France! In this whimsical musical adventure, Anatole and his best friend Gaston set out to save the Duval cheese factory, only to discover something much scarier than moldy Brie lurking in the tasting room. Can Anatole outsmart the hungry predator and save the factory? Join Anatole, Gaston, and a chorus of dancing cheeses to find out!
Everyman Theatre
QUEENS GIRL IN THE WORLD
By Caleen Sinnette Jennings | Directed by Paige Hernandez
May 7, 2019 - June 30, 2019
Honest, funny, and dancing with heart, Queens Girl in the World chronicles the misadventures of bright-eyed, brown-skinned Jacqueline Marie Butler, whose sudden transfer from a protective, middle class late-1950s upbringing in Queens to a progressive, predominantly-Jewish private school in Greenwich Village, adds comical confusion to her already quizzical, fish-out-of-water adolescence. Lively and poignant—and punctuated with the irresistible sound of Motown--Queens Girl in the World tags along for a young woman’s journey of self-discovery, at the onset of Civil Rights-era social change.
REPERTORY WORLD PREMIERE! with Queens Girl in Africa
You can take the girl out of Queens, but, as is pitch-perfectly demonstrated in the first installments from Caleen Sinnette Jenning’s vivid, multichapter memoir, the Queens Girl is—delightfully—here to stay. Helen Hayes Award winners Dawn Ursula and Erika Rose both inject shining exuberance into the unforgettable, titular role (as well as dozens more characters) in this fresh, feel-good pair of shows about an everyday hero in our midst.
SWEAT
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Vincent M. Lancisi
October 23, 2018 - November 25, 2018
Having grown up side-by-side in small-town working-class America, best friends Tracey and Cynthia went from fun-loving schoolchildren to saloon-loving adults who work together on a steel manufacturing line. In a tight-knit community like this one, however, it takes but one fracture in its core for the breaking point of friendship to be seismically tested. Inspired by field research and first-person testimonials collected in Reading, PA, Lynn Nottage’s unflinching, intensely researched, and Pulitzer-winning slice-of-life drama, Sweat, captures the pressure cooker of NAFTA-inflicted trying times—where a lethal combination of layoffs, lockouts, and picket lines sends the Rust Belt way of life into crisis.
Imagination Stage
DICKENS'S DAVY COPPERFIELD
Written and directed by Janet Stanford
Music and lyrics by Tim Guillot
Freely adapted from Charles Dickens’s semiautobiographical novel David Copperfield
In repertory with Anatole: Mouse Magnifique
Best for Ages 6+
February 16-March 31, 2019
Experience the genius of Charles Dickens through the eyes of a young boy! Follow Davy Copperfield on his childhood adventures in 19th C. England. Whether at home with his mother, at boarding school, working in a London bottling factory, or making his epic escape across the English countryside, Davy shows his resilience and determination to find a loving home.
ANATOLE: MOUSE MAGNIFIQUE
In repertory with Dickens's Davy Copperfield
Book & Lyrics by John Maclay and Lee Becker
Music composed by Janes Valcq
Directed by Tom Story
Based on the books Anatole ® and Anatole the Cat ® by Eve Titus
Best for Ages 4+
February 9-March 24, 2019
Meet Anatole- mouse magnifique- the best cheese-taster in all of France! In this whimsical musical adventure, Anatole and his best friend Gaston set out to save the Duval cheese factory, only to discover something much scarier than moldy Brie lurking in the tasting room. Can Anatole outsmart the hungry predator and save the factory? Join Anatole, Gaston, and a chorus of dancing cheeses to find out!
Everyman Theatre
QUEENS GIRL IN THE WORLD
By Caleen Sinnette Jennings | Directed by Paige Hernandez
May 7, 2019 - June 30, 2019
Honest, funny, and dancing with heart, Queens Girl in the World chronicles the misadventures of bright-eyed, brown-skinned Jacqueline Marie Butler, whose sudden transfer from a protective, middle class late-1950s upbringing in Queens to a progressive, predominantly-Jewish private school in Greenwich Village, adds comical confusion to her already quizzical, fish-out-of-water adolescence. Lively and poignant—and punctuated with the irresistible sound of Motown--Queens Girl in the World tags along for a young woman’s journey of self-discovery, at the onset of Civil Rights-era social change.
REPERTORY WORLD PREMIERE! with Queens Girl in Africa
You can take the girl out of Queens, but, as is pitch-perfectly demonstrated in the first installments from Caleen Sinnette Jenning’s vivid, multichapter memoir, the Queens Girl is—delightfully—here to stay. Helen Hayes Award winners Dawn Ursula and Erika Rose both inject shining exuberance into the unforgettable, titular role (as well as dozens more characters) in this fresh, feel-good pair of shows about an everyday hero in our midst.
2016 Helen Hayes Recipient
2015 Helen Hayes Nominee
2014 Helen Hayes Recipient
2011 Helen Hayes Nominee
Official website for Dawn Ursula.
DC based actor and member of Equity and SAG/AFTRA.
She is represented by Capital Talent Agency 202-429-4785
Michelle@capitaltalentagency.com
Fred@capitaltalentagency.com
DC based actor and member of Equity and SAG/AFTRA.
She is represented by Capital Talent Agency 202-429-4785
Michelle@capitaltalentagency.com
Fred@capitaltalentagency.com
