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C. Kelly Wright is an actress, singer, and dancer. She has performed in Broadway theatres in musicals in New York, Off-Broadway Productions, television and films in the United States of America and International. She is known for the development of new works in theater. She appeared in the world premieres of A Little Princess and Memphis. She has worked with new works from Marcus Gardley, Katori Hall, Imani Harrington, Mike Jones, Victor Lodato, Nina Mercer, Robert O'Hara, and Venus Opal Reese. . She was an AUDELCO Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress. In film she is known for her performance in Black Nativity, Angel Wishes: Journey of a Spiritual Healer, and Everyday Black Man.

Early life
C. Kelly Wright studied Psychology at West Virginia State University.

Career
C. Kelly Wright is an actress in theatre and film. She is a member of Actors' Equity Association (AEA), and Screen Actors Guild,(SAG).

Theater

 * 2016 - Hurricane House - A Play by Wendell E. Carter


 * 2014 - Party People, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, UNIVERSES' Party People, a multimedia production of the legacy of the Black Panther Party and Young Lords.


 * 2013 - The Scottsboro Boys (musical), Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles (The Lady), The play is based on the trial of the Scottsboro Boys


 * 2012 - The Scottsbory Boys (musical), American Conservatory Theater, The Old Globe, San Diego, Ca.


 * 2010 - Red Clay (stage reading) at New World Stages, part of National Alliance for Musical Theatre 22nd Annual Festival of New Musicals


 * The Off- Broadway revival of The Great MacDaddy (Negro Ensemble Co.), written by Paul Carter Harrison


 * 2010 - Langston in Harlem, a musical about the life of poet and writer Langston Hughes. A well known Harlem Renaissance artist and civil rights activist. A coming of age musical set in Harlem. The musical has many music genres; Jazz, Gospel, Rhythm and Blues, Swing, and dance and spoken word. The musical is set in Harlem which is known as the African-American cultural capital.


 * 2010 - IPH - African-American Shakespeare Company


 * Black Pearl Sings!


 * 2008 - Caroline, or Change, a musical, withe the book and lyrics written by Tony Kushner and score by Jeanine Tesori.


 * Radio Golf written by August Wilson


 * It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues


 * A Civil War Christmas and Crowns, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel


 * Bat Boy, Off-Broadway musical, written and produced by Laurence O'Keefe, Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming. (It won the Outer Critics Circle award for Best Off-Broadway Musical of 2001). The New York Times said "It's remarkable what intelligent wit can accomplish, even within an outlandish frame."


 * As Thousands Cheer, Revival of Berlin's musical, By Daedalus Howell


 * 2004 - Memphis, at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA

Films
2016 - Dark Seed, (Mrs. Montgomery)

2013 - Black Nativity (film), (Desperate Pawnshop Woman)

2010 - Everyday Black Man, (Gloria)

2009 - Angel Wishes: Journey of a Spiritual Healer, (Adult Lana) Based on a true story of the life of Lana Bettencourt.

Awards & Nominations

 * 2012 - Critic's Circle Award - The Scottsboro Boys, awarded best featured female in a musical
 * Barrymore Best Actress nomination for Pearl Johnson in Black Pearl Sings!
 * AUDELCO Award nomination Best Supporting Actress for her role as Madam in Langston in Harlem
 * 2012 Best featured female in a musical, Bay Area Theatre Critics Award
 * 2008 Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Double Nominee

Affiliations

 * Actors Theatre of Louisville
 * AEA Actors' Equity Association
 * SAG Screen Actors Guild
 * Arts at Theatre Works Silicon Valley
 * Performing Arts at Actor
 * TheatreWorks TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley), Theatreworks USA
 * UNIVERSES Universes (theatre ensemble)
 * Negro Ensemble Company (NEC)