User:Kenirwin/Paul Oakley Stovall

Paul Oakley Stovall is an actor and playwright. He also served as an "advance associate" for the office of Michelle Obama during her time as First Lady of the United States. He played the role of George Washington in the national tour of the musical Hamilton, and is known for his play Immediate Family, which was directed by Phylicia Rashad.


 * https://www.broadwayworld.com/pittsburgh/article/BWW-Review-HAMILTON-in-Pittsburgh-Is-Everything-You-Hoped-It-Would-Be-20190104
 * https://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20190131/theater-review--hamilton-national-tour-of-electrifying-musical-just-as-strong-as-broadway
 * lots of lexis nexis articles
 * bio from 2002: https://www.goodmantheatre.org/Artists-Archive/creative-partners/actors/Paul-Oakley-Stovall/
 * https://newplayexchange.org/users/12685/paul-oakley-stovall
 * https://michiganavemag.com/paul-oakley-stovall-in-the-qualms-by-bruce-norris
 * https://www.timeout.com/newyork/upstaged-blog/clear-vision-a-q-a-with-paul-oakley-stovall - some Obama stuff here

Playwriting

 * As Much As You Can [one-act], 2005
 * Clear [musical] (composers Stew and Paul Oakley Stovall, lyricist Paul Oakley Stovall, with additional music by Tom Kitt, Irv Johnson and Stephen Goers), 2010
 * Immediate Family, 2012
 * The Hunted (with co-author Evan Linder), 2016
 * Ape
 * The Alley

Acting (selected roles)

 * Joseph in Black Nativity at the Penumbra Theatre Company, Minneapolis, 1991
 * The Notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci, Chicago, Goodman Theatre, 1994 and 2003 Second Stage revival
 * Sha Monk in Journey to the West, Goodman Theatre, 1995
 * "Paul Oakley Stovall is quite appealing as the celestial Sha Monk"
 * Blade to the Heat, Apple Tree Theatre, Chicago, 1997
 * swing in Rent [tour?], 1997
 * Play On! national tour, 1998
 * The Odyssey, Goodman Theatre, 1999
 * The Qualms, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 2014
 * George Washington in Hamilton national tour, 2019
 * George Washington in Hamilton national tour, 2019