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A Musical Evening With Harry Lennix
The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago
915 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
United States
On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, The HistoryMakers hosted A Musical Evening With Harry Lennix, a live program featuring singing, performance and storytelling from native Chicagoan and actor Harry Lennix and singer Terisa Griffin. Dr. Anita Blanchard severed as the Mistress of Ceremonies for the event. The show included musical performances by Musical Director Terisa Griffin, Dee Alexander, Felicia Fields and Lynne Jordan as well as performances by local high school students and excerpts from The HistoryMakers Digital Archive.
Harry Lennix
Harry Lennix is an accomplished film, television, and stage actor, who currently stars as Harold Cooper, Assistant Director of Counterterrorism for the FBI on the hit NBC series The Blacklist. He will next be seen as a guest star on the series spinoff, The Blacklist: Redemption. Moviegoers worldwide saw him in the Warner Brothers blockbuster Man of Steel as General Swanwick, a role he reprised in the sequel, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Lennix received widespread critical acclaim and a Golden Satellite Award as Aaron in Julie Taymor’s Titus with Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange. Other film credits include State of Play, Across the Universe, the Oscar-winning Ray, Barbershop 2, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions and Love and Basketball. His television credits include recurring roles on Fox’s Dollhouse, HBO’s Little Britain, NBC’s ER, The CW’s Emily Owens, M.D., Diagnosis Murder and the critically acclaimed 24 as Walid Al-Rezani.
Sponsors
Official Airline Sponsor
Musical Director
- Terisa Griffin
Performers
- Dee Alexander
- Felicia Fields
- Terisa Griffin
- Lynne Jordan
Youth Performers
- Aminah Glenn
- Tarik Hall
- Zaire Martin
- Sydney Shearer
- Jonathan Tribble
- Liyala Wesonga
- Zuri Yearwood
Acting Instructors
- Patrese McClain
- Jon Nemeth
Executive Producer
- Julieanna Richardson
Co-Producer
- Bill Michel
Line Producer
- Zhu Sun
Writer
- Julieanna Richardson
Director
- Ari Golan
Technical Director/EIC
- Terry Shaughnessy
Playback Operator
- Kevin Olson
Production Managers
- Erin Brenner
- Frank Gilbert
Narrator
- Kenny Davenport
Editors
- Darren Lilke
- Paul Mackey
Lead Stage Manager
- Carol Woolfolk
Stage Manager
- Dayna Calderon
Camera Operators
- Raquel Brown
- Aigar Dombrovskis
- Roman Pylypczak
- Edwin Ramirez
Jib Arm Operator
- Clark Gray
Behind The Scenes Camera
- Matthew Hickey
Lighting Designer
- Helmut Luchs
Lighting Technician
- Victoria Grose
Video Operator
- Ua Wilkerson
Audio Engineering
- Max Evert
- Charles Glanders
- Hunter Korgel
Piano Tuner
- Ken Orgel
Makeup
- Mac Cosmetics
Reception
- Jewell Events Catering
Volunteer Coordinator
- Phyllis Ray
Photography
- Antonio Dickey
Printing
- Clyde Printing Co.
Graphic Design
- Ronia Holmes
- K. Megan Kerns Carter
Special Thanks
- Andrew Freedman
- Terisa Griffin
- George Jewell
- Kenwood Academy
- Bill Michel
- Patrese McClain
- Jon Nemeth
- Phyllis Ray
- Carol Woolfolk