Ruby in August Wilson’s King Hedley II
Deidrie Henry is beyond thrilled to be back in Ashland, her “happy place,” and to tread the boards with this incredible cast and director. Regional: Covenant, Everybody (Alliance Theatre), To the Yellow House (LaJolla Playhouse), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Portland Center Stage), It Can’t Happen Here (Berkeley Rep), A Streetcar Named Desire (Portland Center Stage), American Night (Yale Repertory), A Raisin in the Sun (Mark Taper, Kirk Douglas Theatre), Parade (Mark Taper, Center Theatre Group), Ballad of Emmett Till (Goodman), Yellowman (Berkeley Rep), As You Like It, Three Sisters, Wit, Hamlet, Seven Guitars, Much Ado About Nothing (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Blues for an Alabama Sky (Alliance Theatre, Hartford Stage, Arena Stage, Huntington). Film/TV: Cross, The Handmaid’s Tale, Game of Silence, BOSCH, to name just a few. It’s great to be back home.