 Critically acclaimed for her performance in roles as Alberta Hunter "Cookin at the Cookery" (Drama League Recognition Award and Drama Desk nominee); and Billie Holiday "Lady Day" (Bay Area Critics Circle Award).Off-Broadway & Regional "Sheila's Day" at Hartford Stage, Crossroads Theatre, and Market Theatre, Johannesburg SA; "Sammy" Old Globe Theatre (NAACP Theatre Award nominee); revival of "Hallelujah Baby" Arena Stage (Helen Hayes Award); "Our Leading Lady" Manhattan Theatre Club (Audelco Award nominee); "Spunk" (NAACP Theatre Award) collaborated on music; "Porgy & Bess" (Maria) Houston Grand Opera & Japan tour; "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (Ma Rainey) Denver Centre Theatre.Narrator in Ken Burns documentaries and the biographical audio book of Aretha Franklin "Aretha From These Roots".