{"title":"Charles Randolph-Wright","role":"Director","image":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/roundabout-theatre-company\/image\/upload\/c_fill,g_auto,h_880,w_880\/f_auto\/q_auto\/v1593181323\/Headshots\/2021-2022-Season\/Charles-Randolph-Wright-headshot?_a=BAAAV6DQ","lede":null,"content":"

Charles Randolph-Wright<\/strong> (Director) has built a dynamic and diversified career in directing, writing, and producing for theatre, television, and film. He directed the smash hit Motown the Musical<\/em> (Broadway, National Tour, and London) and recently was the Producing Director and Executive Producer with Oprah Winfrey on the new television series \u201cDelilah\u201d on OWN. Theatre credits include the Broadway-bound musical Born For This<\/em>, which he co-wrote with gospel icon Bebe Winans; the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined<\/em> and the musical Sophisticated Ladies<\/em>, starring Maurice Hines, at Arena Stage; the 75th anniversary tour of the opera Porgy and Bess<\/em>; Brian Stokes Mitchell in Love\/Life<\/em> at Lincoln Center; Guys and Dolls<\/em> (the 50th anniversary national tour); They\u2019re Playing Our Song<\/em> (in Portuguese in Brasil); Cabaret Verboten<\/em> at the Mark Taper Forum with Bebe Neuwirth and Roger Rees; and The Diva Is Dismissed<\/em>, starring Jenifer Lewis at the Public Theater. Charles wrote the play Blue<\/em>, which premiered at Arena Stage (where Charles is an inaugural resident playwright). Blue<\/em> has had productions throughout the U.S., including the Roundabout and Pasadena Playhouse (which starred Ms. Rashad, Diahann Carroll, and Clifton Davis). Charles also wrote Cuttin\u2019 Up<\/em> (based upon the book by Craig Marberry), The Night is a Child<\/em> (starring JoBeth Williams), Love in Afghanistan<\/em>, and co-wrote the Tony nominated Just Between Friends<\/em> starring Bea Arthur. Television credits include directing the series \u201cGreenleaf,\u201d \u201cKaty Keene,\u201d \u201cStep Up Highwater,\u201d \u201cLincoln Heights,\u201d \u201cSouth of Nowhere,\u201d and \u201cLive at Lincoln Center.\u201d He directed the award-winning film Preaching to the Choir<\/em> and produced and wrote the series \u201cLinc\u2019s\u201d. Charles is an Executive Producer of the film Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back<\/em>, which recently won the Grand Jury Prize at the NY Doc Film Festival. www.Randolph-Wright.com<\/p>","website":"","alt":null}