KCRep: The Gospel at Colonus. Broadway: The Broadway National Tour of The Piano Lesson. Off Broadway:Jelly Belly(title role, New Federal Theatre). Chicago:The Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Court Theatre, Chicago Centerfor the Performing Arts, Writers Theatre and Second City. Regional:Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, Portland Stage (Portland ME), St Louis Black Repertory Company, Peninsula Players (Fish Creek WI), Indiana Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Milwaukee Rep, Clarence Brown Theatre in Knoxville TN. Awards:Nine Times Woody King Jr. award winner, Black Theatre Allianceaward and a JEFF Award for Lead actor in a dramatic role(Fences). Education:BAfrom Columbia College in Chicago. Film & TV:Kansas City(Robert Altman), Mo' Money,Slice(with Chance the Rapper);“Chicago PD”, “Chicago Fire”and “Shameless”.AEA Member.

KCRep: A Raisin in the Sun. Broadway: Marian Anderson Story (title role), A Raisin in the Sun (standby for Phylicia Rashad), American Songbook (A Night with Jeanine Tesori). Regional: The Crucible, Sunshine Boys, Burial at Thebes, Caroline or Change, Crowns, Appatomax (The Guthrie Theatre); Piano Lesson, Ballad of Emit Till, andBlack Nativity (Penumbra Theatre Company);Caroline or Change (Syracuse Stage); Hamlet, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Winter’s Tale (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); Dreams of Sarah Breedlove (Alabama Shakespeare); Gem of the
Ocean, The Amen Corner (The Goodman Theatre); Goodbye Stranger (Steppenwolf); A Raisin in the Sun (Timeline Theatre); Shakin’ the Mess Out of Misery, Do Lord Remember Me (Chicago Theatre Company); 1940s Radio Hour (Dreamstreet Theatre). TV & Film: Into Temptation, Conversations with God, Time Served, Four Way Stop; “Chicago PD”, “Betrayal”, among others. Awards: 2009 McKnight Theatre Artist Fellowship, 2009 Ivey Award (Best Actress in Musical), Joseph Jefferson Award (Best Actress in a Play), Black Theatre Alliance Award (Best Actress in a Play and Best Actress in a Musical). Education: BS, Rust College. Ms. Oglesby has recently published a book entitled "Mama N Nem: Handprints on My Life" (Kirkhouse).AEA Member.

Recent credits: Columbus (EAST TEXAS HOT LINKS) WRITERS THEATRE Chorus one (AGEMEMNON) Court Theatre, Solly Two Kings (GEM OF THE OCEAN) COURT THEATRE, Estrogon(WAITING FOR GODOT) The Court Theatre, Understudy(PULLMAN PORTER BLUES) Goodman Theatre, Simon(THE WHIPPING MAN) Cardinal Stage, Becker(JITNEY) West Coast Black Theatre, Fielding(JITNEY) The Court Theatre, Toledo (MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM) Univ of Wisc Madison, Delbert Tibbs in (THE EXONERATED) AT The Next Act Theatre,Toledo (Ma Raineys Black Bottom) Actor’s Theatre of Louisville and Milwaukee Rep TheatreTravis (THE ETIQUETTE OF VIGILANCE) at Steppenwolf Theatre, Holloway (TWO TRAINS RUNNING) at Geva Theatre Ctr, Sam (MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS) at Timeline Theatre , Toledo (MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM), Wining Boy (PIANO LESSON) at the Court Theatre, Solly Two Kings in August Wilson’s (GEM OF THE OCEAN) at Ensemble theatre of Cincinnati, Old Joe in (RADIO GOLF) at The Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Old Joe(RADIO GOLF) Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati. Chicago credits include: Charliie in BOURBON AT THE BORDER (Eclipse Theatre) Becker in JITNEY (Pegasus Players) CHARLES in PANTHER BURN (MMPAACT) Memphis Lee in TWO TRAINS RUNNING (Pegasus Players) where he was awarded a Jeff Citation as best actor. He was also a co-founder of ONYX THEATRE ENSEMBLE. He has also worked at the Goodman Theatre and Victory Gardens Theatre.

RY is thrilled to make his Kansas City Rep debut! He was last seen here in Kansas City, starring in Motown The Musical asBerry Gordy.Broadway credits include Motown the Musical, Hairspray, Tarzan, Cry-Baby andSister Act. Other credits include The Goodman Theater's revival of August Wilson's Two Trains Running. He has toured nationally with Dreamgirls, Sister Act, as well as his one-man show The Eve ofJackie Wilson. Chester has received many awards, including the Jeff Award and a NAACP Theatre Award, and has been presented the key to the city of his hometown of Gary, Indiana and in East Chicago. He has also been chosen as an Honorary State Representative of Indiana and has received a Honorary Doctorate from his alma mater Columbia College inChicago. Exodus3:14. He is currently producing several projects, add him on social media @ChesterGregory andchestergregory.com

KCRep:A Raisin in the Sun, A Christmas Carol,Carter’s Way, The Gospel at Colonus, To Kill aMockingbird, Comedy ofErrors, Antigone. Regional: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Steppenwolf Theatre); Radio Golf (Studio Theatre DC). Local: Hamlet, Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, A Lesson from Aloes (Kansas City Actors Theatre); The Mountaintop,How To Steal A Picasso, Water by the Spoonful, The Clean House, Ruined, How I Learned to Drive, Permanent Collection, Quills (Unicorn Theatre); Our Town, The Miracle Worker, My Children My Africa, The Giver, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Valley Song (The Coterie); Amadeus (Spinning Tree Theatre); As You Like It, Love’s Labour’s Lost, King Lear, Measure for Measure (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival). TV & Film:“Chicago Med”(NBC), “Detroiters”(Comedy Central), Gone in the Night (CBS), A Deadly Vision (ABC), The Only Witness (Lifetime), All Roads Lead Home (Showtime), Truman (HBO), All Creatures Here Below, In the Wake of Ire, 12 Days ofGiving, Goodland, The Profit, If Night Comes, Jayhawkers, Destination: Planet Negro, James Ellroy’s Stay Clean, The Only Good Indian, Last Ounce of Courage, Suspension.Upcoming: A Christmas Carol, The Curious Incident ofThe Dog inThe Nighttime. AEA Member.

KCRep:Man in Love,A Raisin in the Sun, A Christmas Carol (2010).Local:An Octoroon, The Motherf*cker with the Hat, Ruined, The Salvation of Iggy Scrooge(Unicorn Theatre);The Wrestling Season, The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza(The Coterie);Richard III, Macbeth, Twelfth Night(Heart of America Shakespeare Festival);The African Company Presents Richard III (Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City). Education:MFA in Acting & Directing from UMKC. AEA Member. RufusBurns.com

KCRep: debut. Local: Jack and the Beanstalk, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever(Theatre for Young America); KCRep 2017 Summer Youth Theatre Ensemble; various acting camp performances with Theatre for Young America, The Coterie, and Musical Theater Heritage. Criston is in the 7thgrade at The Pembroke Hill School, and enjoys swimming, playing tennis, shopping with her grandmothers, spending time with herfriends and traveling with her family.

KCRep: debut. Local: Frozen in Time (Drama Time); Jungle Book Kids (The Barstow School); Go Fish and ARF (Starlight Theatre’s Education Program). Kyleigh is a student at St. Peter’s School and has trained with Drama Time, Culture House, and Ice Studios School of Dance.