Charles Lamar Grant
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| Charles Lamar Grant | |
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| Born | California |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | UC Santa Barbara |
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Charles Lamar Grant is an American theatre actor and writer.[1][2] He is known for Above the Curve (2016) and Matter (aka Matter 2.0) (2020), a theatre piece and short video inspired by Black Lives Matter, at the Portland Playhouse.[3][4][5][6][7]
Education
Originally from Southern California, he now works in theatre in Portland, Oregon. He has a BFA in Acting from UC Santa Barbara and spent a year as an apprentice with Portland Playhouse. Grant also has a minor in Black Studies and is a huge advocate for proper representation for marginalized communities, on and off stage.[8]
Awards
- 2018 - Drammy Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Portland, OR) for 'A Year With Frog & Toad' as Frog - Oregon Children’s Theatre.
- 2016 - Independent Theater Award for performance (Santa Barbara, CA) for 'The Death of Kings' as Richard II (Orig. Cast) - UCSB Mainstage.
Theatre pieces / short films
- Above the Curve (2016)
- Matter (aka Matter 2.0) (2020)
Stage productions
REGIONAL THEATRE[9]
- Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley as Charles Bingley - Portland Center Stage (Marissa Wolf)
- Redwood as Instructor - Portland Center Stage (Chip Miller)
- Hair as Hud - Staged! (Katie McLoughlin)
- Bootycandy as Sutter - Fuse Theatre Ensemble (James Dixon)
- Jump as Hopkins - Milagro/Confrontation Theatre (La’Tevin Alexander)
- Mamma Mia! as Pepper/Ensemble - Broadway Rose Theatre Co. (Lyn Cramer)
- A Year With Frog & Toad as Frog - Oregon Children’s Theatre (Dani Baldwin) (Drammy Award for Best Actor in a Musical, 2018)
- And in This Corner: Cassius Clay as Eddie - Oregon Children’s Theatre (Stan Foote)
- A Christmas Carol as Christmas Present - Portland Playhouse (Brian Weaver)
- The Tempest as Ariel - Experience Theatre Project (Jen Waters)
- pen/man/ship as Ship Crew - Portland Playhouse (Lucie Tiberghien)
- How I Learned What I Learned as August (U/S, perf.) - Portland Playhouse (Kevin Jones)
UCSB THEATRE[9]
- We Want the Funk as Chuck (Orig. Cast) - UCSB Mainstage (Risa Brainin)
- The Death of Kings as Richard II (Orig. Cast) - UCSB Mainstage (Irwin Appel) (Independent Theater Award, 2016)
- In The Red & Brown Water as Elegba - UCSB Mainstage (Shirley Jo Finney)
- Venus as The Negro Resurrectionist - UCSB Mainstage (Tom Whitaker)
References
- ↑ "CHARLES GRANT". Portland Playhouse. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ↑ "Charles Grant". Artists Repertory Theatre. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ↑ "MATTER".
- ↑ "Charles Grant's Matter at Hand | Oregon ArtsWatch". October 21, 2020.
- ↑ "Portland Playhouse partners with Many Hats Collaboration to produce "MATTER", by Charles Grant". KPTV.com.
- ↑ "Soul (Re)Discovery: Ep. 3 - Authenticity and Representation with Charles Grant on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts.
- ↑ "Many Hats Collaboration".
- ↑ "Charles Grant Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://www.thecharlesgrant.com/uploads/5/6/7/2/56721123/charles_grant_acting_resume.pdf
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