Johnny Lee Davenport
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Performance History
2010’s
2019 Performances
2018 Performances
2017 Performances
Thurgood, New Repertory Theatre
Oedipus Rex, PICT (Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre)
Bank Job, Gloucester Stage Company
Fences, Mad Cow Theatre in Orlando
Oleanna, New Repertory Theatre
Thurgood on Tour
2016 Performances
Bootycandy, Speakeasy Stage
The African Company Presents Richard III, American Players Theatre
Death of a Salesman, American Players Theatre
Arcadia, American Players Theatre
Akeelah and the Bee, Wheelock Family Theatre
2015 Performances
Walking the Tightrope, Stoneham Theatre
Water by the Spoonful, TheatreSquared
Beowulf, Poets’ Theatre
2015 Staged Readings
2014 Performances
The Whipping Man, New Repertory Theatre
The Unbleached American, Stoneham Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare & Company
Henry IV, Parts I & II, Shakespeare & Company
Richard III, Tennessee Shakespeare Co.
Twelfth Night, Tennessee Shakespeare
2013 Performances
Invisible Man, Huntington Theatre Company
Pericles, Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Richard II, Shakespeare & Company
Driving Miss Daisy, Gloucester Stage Company
Water by the Spoonful, The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Wheelock Family Theatre
2013 Staged Readings
2012 Performances
Romeo and Juliet, Orlando Shakespeare Theater
Cymbeline, Orlando Shakespeare Theater
The Tempest, Tennessee Shakespeare Co.
The Tempest, Shakespeare Walla Walla
“Master Harold” . . . and the boys, Gloucester Stage Company
Invisible Man, Studio Theatre
2012 Staged Readings
2011 Performances
Neighbors, Company One
Sunrise, Spring, and a Midsummer’s Night, Memphis’ IRIS Orchestra and the Tennessee Shakespeare Company
Broke-ology, The Lyric Stage Company of Boston
As You Like It, Shakespeare & Company
Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare & Company
Macbeth, Tennessee Shakespeare Company
2011 Staged Readings
2010 Performances
Hamlet, Orlando Shakespeare Theater
All’s Well That Ends Well, Orlando Shakespeare Theater
The Little Mermaid, Wheelock Family Theatre
Richard III, Shakespeare & Company
The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare & Company
Othello, Tennesse Shakespeare Company
Vengeance Is the Lord’s, Huntington Theatre
2000’s
2009 Performances
A Raisin in the Sun, Trinity Rep
Much Ado About Nothing, Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Hamlet, Shakespeare & Company
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare & Company
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tennessee Shakespeare Company
2008 Performances
Richard III, Trinity Rep
As You Like It, Commonwealth Shakespeare
Hamlet, Shakespeare & Company
2008 Staged Readings
2007 Performances
Othello, Second Age Theatre Company
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Actors’ Shakespeare Project
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Commonwealth Shakespeare
A House With No Walls, New Rep
2006 Performances
Julius Caesar, Orlando Shakespeare Theater
Hamlet, Actors’ Shakespeare Project
2005 Performances
The Merchant of Venice, Milwaukee Shakespeare Company
Flight, ACT Theatre
2004 Performances
King Lear, Yale Repertory Theatre
Antony and Cleopatra, Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival
Sankofa Theater: A Maafa Experience, ACT: A Contemporary Theater
Measure for Measure, Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival
2003 Performances
The Crucible, Syracuse Stage
The Lysistrata Project, BAM
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare & Company
King Lear, Shakespeare & Company
The Oedipus Plays, The Shakespeare Theatre at the Athens Festival
Forest City, Cleveland Play House
2002 Performances
Crumbs from the Table of Joy, TheatreVirginia
Romeo and Juliet, The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Shakespeare & Company
Romeo and Juliet, Virginia Symphony and Shakespeare & Company
Macbeth, Shakespeare & Company
Henry V, Shakespeare & Company
Jitney, Actors Theatre of Louisville and Syracuse Stage
2002 Staged Readings
2001 Performances
The Negro of Peter the Great, Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Julius Caesar, Alabama Shakespeare Festival
King John, Alabama Shakespeare Festival
The Oedipus Plays, Shakespeare Theatre
2000 Performances
Othello, Indiana Repertory Theatre
Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare & Company
Romeo and Juliet, Swine Palace and Shakespeare & Company
2000 Staged Readings
1990’s
1999 Performances
Blues for an Alabama Sky, Arizona Theatre Company
Maiden Lane, Ensemble Studio Theater
Pop Goes the 4th!: “With Voices Raised,” Boston Pops
Love’s Labor’s Lost, Shakespeare & Company
Summer, Shakespeare & Company
Blues for an Alabama Sky, Virginia Stage Company
A Christmas Carol, Virginia Stage Company
1998 Performances
Women of Will II: Going Underground or Dying To Tell the Truth, Shakespeare & Company
The Millionairess, Shakespeare & Company
The Lear Project, Shakespeare & Company
Twelfth Night, Elm Shakespeare Company
Blues for an Alabama Sky, Milwaukee Repertory Theater
1997 Performances
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival
Richard III, Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival
Othello, Second Age Theatre Company
1996 Performances
Tina Packer’s: Women of Will, “Part 2: Going Underground or Dying to Tell the Truth,” Shakespeare & Company
Measure for Measure, Shakespeare & Company
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare & Company
Hamlet, Chicago Shakespeare Repertory
1995 Performances
Gertrude Stein: Each One as She May, Goodman Theatre
Nomathemba (Hope), Steppenwolf Theatre and Ladysmith Black Mombazo
Othello, Shakespeare & Company
Everyman (A Moral Play), Steppenwolf Theatre
1994 Performances
I Am a Man, Goodman Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oak Park Festival Theatre
Macbeth, Chicago Shakespeare Repertory & Grant Park Music Festival
Miss Julie, Court Theatre
1993 Performances
The Mystery Cycle: The Creation (Reprised) and The Passion (in Repertory), Court Theatre, Professional Theater at the University of Chicago
Cry, the Beloved Country, Goodman Theatre
Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits, Chicago Shakespeare Repertory & Grant Park Music Festival
Othello, Second Age Theatre at the Irish Life Dublin Theatre Festival
1992 Performances
The Mystery Cycle: The Creation, Court Theatre, Professional Theater at the University of Chicago
Comedians, Court Theatre, the Professional Theatre at the University of Chicago
Dr. Faustus, Oak Park Festival Theatre
1991 Performances
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Goodman Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Goodman Theatre
Hamlet, North Shore Music Theater
Othello, Illinois Shakespeare Festival
Purlie Victorious, Tiffany’s Attic
1990 Performances
Othello, Illinois Theatre Center
That Serious He-Man Ball, Chicago Theatre Company
The Gospel at Colonus, Goodman Theatre
T Bone N Weasel, Victory Gardens Theater
1980’s
1989 Performances
King Lear, The Body Politic Theatre
Cymbeline, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
1988 Performances
Twelfth Night, Young Company, Stratford Shakespeare Company, Ontario
King Lear, Young Company, Stratford Shakespeare Company, Ontario
The Critic, Young Company, Stratford Shakespeare Company, Ontario
Oedipus, Young Company, Stratford Shakespeare Company, Ontario
1987 Performances
Takunda, The Great Chicago Playwrights Exposition
Roof Top Piper, The Great Chicago Playwrights Exposition
Floor Above the Roof, The Great Chicago Playwrights Exposition
Colored Museum, Victory Gardens Theater
1986 Performances
Split Second, Victory Gardens Theater
A Soldier’s Play, Getz Theatre
1986 Staged Reading
1985 Performances
King Lear, Chicago City Theatre Company
“Master Harold” . . . and the boys, Victory Gardens Theater
Sizwe Bansi Is Dead, Chicago Theatre Company
1985 Staged Reading
1984 Performances
The Road, Goodman Theatre
1984 Staged Reading
Movies & TV
CityLine (2012)
Ted (2012)
Locked In (2010)
LateLine Season 2, Episode 2 “Protecting the Source” (1999)
Law & Order Season 9, Episode 2: DWB (1998)
U.S. Marshals (1998)
Chain Reaction (1996)
The Fugitive (1993)
The Package (1989)
The Blues Brothers, Expanded Version (1980)
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The Blues Brothers, Expanded Version (1980)
Character: Jake’s Cellmate
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