Shona Tucker
Shona in her dressing room for To Kill a Mockingbird
Tucker in her dressing room for To Kill a Mockingbird
Born
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
EducationNorthwestern University (BS)
New York University (MFA)

Shona Tucker is an American actress and director. Beginning in the 1990s, she had roles in several television shows including Law & Order and New York Undercover. She has appeared in regional theater, including at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Off-Broadway at The Public Theater and elsewhere, in films such as 2016's King Cobra, and on Broadway in original cast of 2018's To Kill a Mockingbird with Jeff Daniels, and Death of a Salesman with Wendell Pierce. She is the Mary Riepma Ross professor in Drama at Vassar College, and has been teaching there since 2008.

Life and career

Tucker was born in Louisville Kentucky, where she began acting at the Louisville Youth Performing Arts School. While still in high school, she began her long relationship with Actors Theatre of Louisville as assistant to Paul Owen, the resident scenic designer as an intern on The Louisville Zoo 2. She has returned to perform at Actors Theatre in five different plays.

A Fulbright Scholar, a Schomburg Fellow, and an Audelco Award winner,[1] she earned a BS from Northwestern University and MFA in Acting at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.[2] She has served as Professor of Drama at Vassar College from 2008 to the present.[3]

She was a company member at Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 2005 to 2008, acting in such plays as Fences,[4][5] A Midsummer Night's Dream,[6] Gem of the Ocean,[7] and Bus Stop.[8]

Her Off-Broadway theatre credits include productions at New York Theatre Workshop, Lincoln Center Theater Directors' Lab, The Public Theater, Circle in the Square Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, and La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.

She played the role of Rita in the world premiere of the award-winning play Eclipsed at Yale Repertory Theatre.[9] She also created the roles of Sherry and Dr. Toros in Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog's Mary Jane, also at Yale Repertory Theatre.[10][11] She created the roles of Angela and Angie in the world premiere of Tough Titty at Williamstown Theatre Festival.[12]

Her feature film credits include: The Hating Game, James Franco's King Cobra (2016), Keane (2004), Preaching to the Choir (2005) and Boys on the Side (1995) with Whoopi Goldberg and Mary-Louise Parker.

Tucker has played roles in a number of television series including New York Undercover (recurring), Queens Supreme, Law & Order, and Third Watch. She has also acted in several TV movies and shorts.

Works

Stage

Broadway

TitleRoleVenueNotes
To Kill A Mockingbird[13]Ensemble, U/S CalpurniaShubert TheaterOriginal Broadway Cast
Death of a Salesman[14]U/S Linda Loman, Jazz singer, Miss ForsytheHudson TheatreOriginal Broadway Cast

Off-Broadway

TitleRoleVenueNotes
Twelfth Night[15][16]FesteJoseph Papp Public Theatre
The African Company Presents Richard III][17]SarahJoseph Papp Public TheatreAudelco Award
From the Mississippi DeltaPheliaCircle in the Square Theatre
Light Shining in BuckinghamshireHoskinsNew York Theatre Workshop
Marvin's Room[18]Dr. CharlottePlaywrights Horizons
The Investigation of the Murder in El Salvador [19]Singing MaidNew York Theatre Workshop
Imperceptible Mutabilities [20]BuffyManhattan Theatre Club

Regional Theater

TitleRoleVenueNotes
Mary Jane[21]Sherry/Dr. TorosYale Repertory TheatreOriginal Cast
Eclipsed[22]RitaYale Repertory TheatreWorld Premiere
Love and Information[23]Many RolesAmerican Conservatory Theater
Blithe Spirit[24]RuthAmerican Conservatory Theater
Tartuffe[25]ElmireAmerican Conservatory Theater
Insurrection[26]Mama Mo'telAmerican Conservatory Theater
Fences[27]RoseOregon Shakespeare Festival
Bus Stop[28]GraceOregon Shakespeare Festival
Romeo and JulietLady CapuletOregon Shakespeare Festival
Gem of the OceanBlack MaryOregon Shakespeare Festival
Tough TittyAngelaWilliamstown Theatre Festival

Film

YearFilmRole
2016King CobraDetective Banks
2009Walk the Fish(Short)Woman on the Bus
2005Preaching to the ChoirClaretha
2004KeaneVoice
1998TrinityMedical Examiner
1995Boys on the SideHotel Clerk

Television

YearShowRoleEpisode(s)
2011Lights OutMary Reade"The Comeback"
2003Queens SupremeVoice"One Angry Man"
1999Third WatchDetox Counselor"Anywhere But Here"
1994New York UndercoverDet. Presley"Tasha", "Garbage"
1990-1993Law & OrderDolores Ruffin (1993), Records Clerk (1990)"Born Bad" (Dolores Ruffin), "Prescription for Death" (Records Clerk)

References

  1. ↑ "Yara Arts Group's "Fire Water Night" at La MaMa". BRAMA.
  2. ↑ "Drama professor Shona Tucker found roots in television". The Miscellany News. 13 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Shona Tucker - Drama Department". Vassar College.
  4. ↑ Varble, Bill. "Review: August Wilson's 'Fences' is poetic, powerful". Mail Tribune.
  5. ↑ "Shakespeare Fest: The plays". OregonLive.com. 22 February 2008.
  6. ↑ "Beyond 'Othello': African American actors at Oregon Shakespeare Festival". The Oregonian. 20 February 2010.
  7. ↑ Varble, Bill. "Wilson's 'Gem' is a diamond in the rough". Mail Tribune.
  8. ↑ "'Bus Stop' a journey worth taking with Oregon Shakespeare Festival". East Bay Times. 1 June 2006.
  9. ↑ Isherwood, Charles (2 November 2009). "Theater Review - 'Eclipsed' - Prisoners of War and Sex At Yale Rep". The New York Times.
  10. ↑ ARNOTT, CHRISTOPHER. "Yale Rep's 'Mary Jane' A Medical Drama With Tears, Hope". Courant.
  11. ↑ Teachout, Terry (11 May 2017). "'Mary Jane' Review: An Ordinary Heroine". Wall Street Journal.
  12. ↑ RIZZO, FRANK (9 June 2005). "SMART, 'LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN' AT WILLIAMSTOWN". Hartford Courant.
  13. ↑ Green, Jesse (13 December 2018). "Review: A Broadway 'Mockingbird,' Elegiac and Effective". The New York Times.
  14. ↑ Wild, Stephi (15 September 2022). "DEATH OF A SALESMAN Sets Rush Ticket Policy; Complete Cast Announced". Broadway World.
  15. ↑ O'Connor, Patrick (2016). A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance since 1991 (3 ed.). New York City: Springer Publishing Co. p. 1894.
  16. ↑ O'Connor, Patrick (2016). A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance since 1991 (3 ed.). New York City: Springer Publishing Co. p. 1894.
  17. ↑ Brantley, Ben (19 May 1994). "Review/Theater; Giving Shakespeare a Racial Twist". The New York Times.
  18. ↑ "Shona Tucker Theatre Credits". Broadway World.
  19. ↑ "NYTW / The Investigation of the Murder in El Salvador". NYTW.
  20. ↑ Gussow, Mel (20 September 1989). "Review/Theater; Identity Loss in 'Imperceptible Mutabilities'". The New York Times.
  21. ↑ Teachout, Terry (11 May 2017). "'Mary Jane' Review: An Ordinary Heroine". The Wall Street Journal.
  22. ↑ BWW News Desk. "Yale Repertory Theatre's ECLIPSED Continues Through 11/14". Broadway World.
  23. ↑ "Love and Information - the STAGE REVIEW". the STAGE REVIEW.
  24. ↑ "Blithe Spirit at American Conservatory Theater Geary Theater 2001-2002". www.abouttheartists.com.
  25. ↑ Harvey, Dennis (28 June 1999). "Tartuffe". Variety.
  26. ↑ O'Hara, Robert (1991). Insurrection: Holding History (1 ed.). New York City: Theatre Communications Group. p. 8.
  27. ↑ Varble, Bill. "Review: August Wilson's 'Fences' is poetic, powerful". Mail Tribune.
  28. ↑ Filichia, Peter. "Stop, Look, and Listen". TheaterMania.com.
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