Phylicia Rashad
(ALTO)

Credits: Theater: Broadway: A Raisin In The Sun (Lena Younger), Blue, Jelly’s Last jam, Into The Woods, Dreamgirls, The Wiz, Ain’t Supposed To Die A Natural Death;
Off-Broadway: The Story, Everybody’s Ruby, Puppet Play, Zooman and the Sign, Sons and Fathers of Sons, In An Upstate Motel, Weep Not For Me, The Great McDaddy, The Duplex, Sirens;
Regional: Gem of The Ocean (Aunt Esther), Medea, Blues For An Alabama Sky;
Film: Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored, Free of Eden, Loving Jezebel, The Visit;
Films For Television: The Old Settler, David’s Mother, False Witness, Jailbirds, Polly, Polly-Comin’ Home;
Television: The Cosby Show (Claire Huxtable), Cosby (Ruth Lucas) 

Message or what being a member of BIV means to me:
I have been a member of BIV for 3 years. For me, the joy of gospel music is the feelings…the words embody and express feelings that are deep, powerful and transforming.