{"id":4510,"date":"2018-02-22T09:39:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T09:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/alumni\/?p=4510"},"modified":"2018-02-22T09:39:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T09:39:19","slug":"lawrence-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/alumni\/2018\/02\/22\/lawrence-evans\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence Evans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4511\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/alumni\/files\/2018\/02\/Lawerence.jpg\" title=\"\" width=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/alumni\/files\/2018\/02\/Lawerence.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/alumni\/files\/2018\/02\/Lawerence-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLawrence Evans is a New York based actor and casting consultant. He currently serves as Celebrity Coordinator for the National Black Theatre Festival.&nbsp; Regional theatre credits include: Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Nativity, Fences (Triad Stage), Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Martha&rsquo;s Vineyard Playhouse), The Exonerated, One Man, Two Guvnors, Ruined (Florida Studio Theatre), Clybourne Park, A Soldier&rsquo;s Play, (Arkansas Repertory Theatre) Rip.Tied (freeFall Theatre), Take Me Out (Caldwell Theatre Company), Charlotte Repertory Theatre, North Carolina Black Repertory Company, Short North Stage. New York theatre credits: Black Stars of the Great White Way (Carnegie Hall), In a Clean House, Willie, Flat Street Sa&rsquo;Day Nite, Monsieur Baptiste, the Con Man. National tours: And Still I Rise, (written and directed by Maya Angelou), The Sweet Spot with Clifton Davis and Ja&rsquo;Net DuBois, Camp Logan. Television:&nbsp; &ldquo;All My Children,&rdquo; &ldquo;Another World,&rdquo; &ldquo;Ryan&rsquo;s Hope,&rdquo; &ldquo;As the World Turns,&rdquo; &ldquo;One Life to Live,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Good Wife,&rdquo; &ldquo;Law &amp; Order.&rdquo; Film: &ldquo;State Property II,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Devil Wears Prada.&rdquo;&nbsp; He studied theatre at Jackson State University and the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>\t<strong>CASTING CREDITS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tNew Federal Theatre: In White America, The Most Dangerous Man in America (W.E.B. DuBois), Accept &quot;Except&quot; LGBT NY, The Fabulous Miss Marie, In the Wine Time, Plenty of Time, Sowa&#039;s Red Gravy, Court-Martial at Fort Devens, Puberty Rites, Cool Blues, Knock Me a Kiss, Kernel of Sanity,The Toilet, &quot;Salaam, Huey Newton, Salaam,&quot;&nbsp; Amarie, real black men don&#039;t sit crosslegged on the floor, The Taking of Miss Janie, Gutta Beautiful, Josh: The Black Babe Ruth, Satchel: A Requiem for Racism, Sweet Mama Stringbean; National Black Touring Circuit: Waitin&#039; 2 End Hell; Billie Holiday Theatre: Maid&#039;s Door, Fati&#039;s Last Dance, The Waiting Room, The Right Reverend Dupree in Exile, What Would Jesus Do?, Losing the Light, Birthright; TheatreWorks Colorado Springs: Seven Guitars; Negro Ensemble Company: Martin: A New American Musical, Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things, With Aaron&#039;s Arms Around Me; Black Spectrum Theatre Company: Single Black Female; August Strindberg Repertory Theatre: Easter, Playing With Fire;&nbsp; Juneteenth Legacy Theatre: Diana Sands, Billy, Lena and the Duke, Juneteenth Blues Cabaret, August Wilson&#039;s Women.<\/p>\n<p>\t<strong>AFFILIATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tAUDELCO Nominating Committee<br \/>\n\tActors&rsquo; Equity Association<br \/>\n\tAmerican Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)<br \/>\n\tCanaan Baptist Church of Christ, Harlem, NY<br \/>\n\tMetro New York Chapter\/JSU National Alumni Association<br \/>\n\tNational Black Theatre Festival<br \/>\n\tPhi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc<br \/>\n\tScreen Actors Guild (SAG)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawrence Evans is a New York based actor and casting consultant. 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