Mon Aug 10, 7:30 pm @ Martha's Vineyard Film Center

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CLEO KING PRESENTS BROADWAY DIVAS

Featuring:

Cleo King

Cleo King was born and raised in St. Louis MO. After college she moved to New York City. From there she landed in Los Angeles California.
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Some of her favorite roles are Grandma/Nana on Mike & Molly, Lemony Snickets a series of Unfortunate Events, she played the banker’s wife
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Some of her favorite tv shows she has been in:  911: Lonestar, NCIS, CSI, Monk, Young Sheldon, Mom, Shameless, Grey’s Anatomy (recurred) dir. by Debbie Allen).  Lost,  It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia,  Fresh Off The Boat, Ugly Betty,  The Cosby Show (dir. by Debbie Allen).  Deadwood,  Living Single, The Wayans Bros, The West Wing (recurring). The Jamie Foxx show to name a few.
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Movies: The Hangover dir. by Todd Phillips, Pineapple Express, Transformers IV, (w/Mark Wahlberg, The Bye Bye Man, Dreamgirls, Justine, Dogville, The Life Of David Gale, National Security, Magnolia (dir. by Paul Thomas Anderson, and Six Degrees Of Separation w/Will Smith.
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You can look for Cleo in the upcoming pickleball movie The Dink on Apple TV w/Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris, Andy Roddick & John McEnroe, it will air July 24, 2026.  She is also recurring on a new Netflix series called Nemesis written by Courtney A. Kemp (creator of Power) along with Tani Marole. (release date 2026).
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Cleo is in the middle of producing her first major feature film that she wrote. The process is totally different from acting, but its a hat she is ready to try on for size.

Kimberly Ann Harris

Currently appearing in Menopause The Musical.
KIMBERLY ANN HARRIS has been a New York City based performer for decades and made her Broadway debut in THE COLOR PURPLE, where she originated the role of Church Lady Doris. Ms. Harris recreated the role for the First National tour as well. Other Credits include: Jeannette in THE FULL MONTY (First National Tour-NAACP Image Award Nominee), European Tours of BUBBLIN’ BROWN SUGAR (Young Irene), SOPHISTICATED LADIES (Phyllis), South American Tour of BLUES IN THE NIGHT (Woman of the World), THE COLOR PURPLE (World Premier-Atlanta), PLAY ON!, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL®, BARNUM, AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and so much more! Selected TV: “Law and Order SVU”, “One Life to Live”, “Third Watch.” Grateful!!!!

Anthony Turner

Anthony Turner, baritone, has performed with Jessye Norman in the PBS special GREAT PERFORMANCES series Aïda’s Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera, Kathleen Battle in Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey, Laurie Anderson in Songs and Stories from Moby Dick, as soloist with Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Omaha, Cincinnati, and Phoenix Symphonies, and performed with conductors Jesus Lopéz-Cobos, David Stern, Leslie Dunner, and Ted Hearne. 

Operatic/musical theatre roles include Tony Esposito (The Most Happy Fella), Clarence Thomas (Clarence and Anita), Harry Easter (Street Scene), Alfio (Cavalleria Rusticana), Dappertutto (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), and Guglielmo (Così fan tutte).  He has sung with the Cincinnati and Cleveland Opera companies, Opera Ebony, and American Opera Projects.  Mr. Turner has appeared at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Opera Theatre di Lucca, Next Wave Festival, Barbican Music Festival, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Mr. Turner currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Voice at Wagner College.

Piano tracks for Anthony Turner arranged and performed by Randolph Noel.

Dr. Shari Randolph

Dr. Shari Randolph is an actor, a published poet and Spoke-word artist living in Los Angeles. She founded the Spoken-word Fest at the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF). Shari is a school teacher and a Postdoc Affiliate at UCLA at the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health.

Virginia Woodruff

VIRGINIA ANN WOODRUFF has performed on Broadway in the original Oprah Winfrey presents THE COLOR PURPLE, VIOLET, LEAP OF FAITH, ALL SHOOK UP and SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ; National Tours include: The Who’s Tommy, Once on This Island, The Wiz. She portrayed the role of Effie in Dreamgirls, as well as in Guys and Dolls, The Full Monty, Rock of Ages, Man of LaMancha, Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner in Beehive – The 60’s Musical, Once Upon A Mattress, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Avenue X, Abyssinia, Mama I Want to Sing, and Signed, Sealed, Delivered – The Music of Stevie Wonder (written and directed by Billy Porter). Her film/tv credits include Harlem Grace, Jump the Broom, Wu-Tang: An American Saga and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver plus off-camera vocals on Legally Blonde II, Preachin’ to the Choir, The Wiz:Live and America’s Got Talent. Ms. Woodruff recorded and toured in London a dance single titled “Survive” and has had opportunities to perform backup-vocals for several recording artists such as Whitney Houston, Michael Bolton, Destiny’s Child and Sam Smith. Virginia had the honor to sing with Michael Jackson’s 30th Anniversary Concert, taped for CBS. She has also written, directed and produced, Not an Ordinary Day-a short film and plays Antoinette: Lost in a Changing World), Seen and Not Heard while penning one of her autobiographical books School of not so hard Knocks. Member: Actor’s Equity Association SAG/AFTRA and DGA.