Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Curtis Lewis as Walter Lee Younger


About Curtis

Curtis Lewis (Walter Lee Younger) was born and raised in Rock Island, Illinois. He received his Bachelors of Arts degree in Theater Performance at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He has recently completed his first-year professional acting internship at the Saint Louis Black Repertory Theater as a member of their touring company and he was last seen in The Black Rep’s production of Ma Rainey’s “Black Bottom” as Sylvester Brown.

Other credits include:

Jefferson in “A Lesson Before Dying”
Walter Lee Younger in “A Raisin in the Sun” (seen in 2009)
Traveler in “A Trip to Bountiful”
Merchant in “Comedy of Errors”
George Armstrong in “Intimate Apparel”
Tyrell Mayberry in “Good and Plenty”
William in “As You Like It”
Ensemble cast member in “Hairspray”

Multiple roles in both “The Colored Museum” and “Point of Revue”

His directing credits include:

“Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train”
“Beauty Inside and Out” (written by Curtis)

SIUE’s Black Theater Workshops:
“We Wear the Mask”
“The Journey to Freedom”
“The Root”

Actor's Quotes:

He would like to thank God for love, peace, creativity, family & friends! “If you have a dream, you really don’t have to chase it...just know that it’s already yours and it’s destined to happen!”

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