Lawrence Evans is a New York based actor and casting consultant. He currently serves as Celebrity Coordinator for the National Black Theatre Festival. Regional theatre credits include: Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Nativity, Fences (Triad Stage), Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse), The Exonerated, One Man, Two Guvnors, Ruined (Florida Studio Theatre), Clybourne Park, A Soldier’s Play, (Arkansas Repertory Theatre) Rip.Tied (freeFall Theatre), Take Me Out (Caldwell Theatre Company), Charlotte Repertory Theatre, North Carolina Black Repertory Company, Short North Stage. New York theatre credits: Black Stars of the Great White Way (Carnegie Hall), In a Clean House, Willie, Flat Street Sa’Day Nite, Monsieur Baptiste, the Con Man. National tours: And Still I Rise, (written and directed by Maya Angelou), The Sweet Spot with Clifton Davis and Ja’Net DuBois, Camp Logan. Television: “All My Children,” “Another World,” “Ryan’s Hope,” “As the World Turns,” “One Life to Live,” “The Good Wife,” “Law & Order.” Film: “State Property II,” “The Devil Wears Prada.” He studied theatre at Jackson State University and the University of Michigan.
CASTING CREDITS
New Federal Theatre: In White America, The Most Dangerous Man in America (W.E.B. DuBois), Accept "Except" LGBT NY, The Fabulous Miss Marie, In the Wine Time, Plenty of Time, Sowa's Red Gravy, Court-Martial at Fort Devens, Puberty Rites, Cool Blues, Knock Me a Kiss, Kernel of Sanity,The Toilet, "Salaam, Huey Newton, Salaam," Amarie, real black men don't sit crosslegged on the floor, The Taking of Miss Janie, Gutta Beautiful, Josh: The Black Babe Ruth, Satchel: A Requiem for Racism, Sweet Mama Stringbean; National Black Touring Circuit: Waitin' 2 End Hell; Billie Holiday Theatre: Maid's Door, Fati's Last Dance, The Waiting Room, The Right Reverend Dupree in Exile, What Would Jesus Do?, Losing the Light, Birthright; TheatreWorks Colorado Springs: Seven Guitars; Negro Ensemble Company: Martin: A New American Musical, Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things, With Aaron's Arms Around Me; Black Spectrum Theatre Company: Single Black Female; August Strindberg Repertory Theatre: Easter, Playing With Fire; Juneteenth Legacy Theatre: Diana Sands, Billy, Lena and the Duke, Juneteenth Blues Cabaret, August Wilson's Women.
AFFILIATIONS:
AUDELCO Nominating Committee
Actors’ Equity Association
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
Canaan Baptist Church of Christ, Harlem, NY
Metro New York Chapter/JSU National Alumni Association
National Black Theatre Festival
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)