HBCU Sings: Diva Edition! Feat. Cecily Dionne Davis & more
April 26, 2024
If you enjoyed HBCUs in Love at 54 Below, then don’t miss HBCU Sings: Diva Edition! Directed and produced by Howard University students and alum, HBCU Sings: Diva Edition pays tribute to the legendary divas of RnB, Pop, Soul, and the musical theatre cannon. This concert features Historically Black College and University alum as they honor the fabulous women who dare to leave their mark on stages, in the booth, and on screen. Come celebrate their legacies and enjoy a night of music, adoration, and, HBCU pride. Co-produced by Cecily Dionne Davis (Fiona in Shrek national tour, Black Girls Do Theater), Amiah McGinty (Directing Fellow for Hell’s Kitchen Broadway, Black Girls Do Theater), Kaihla Powell (Company/General Management Fellow with Black Theatre Coalition, D.I.V.A. Inc.), Da’Quan Cooney and Skylar Wilson (Howard University’s Mister and Miss Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts).
Featuring:
Leslie-Payton Alston (HBCUs In Love and The Ashman and Menken Tribute at 54 Below)
D’Monte B. (Fela! and Long Way Down at Olney Theatre)
Aja Nile Brimm (HBCUs In Love at 54 Below)
Camille Capers (Regional: The Color Purple, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast)
Andrew Montgomery Coleman (Little Shop of Horrors at North Shore Music Theatre, Rent at Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
Da’Quan Cooney
Carina Crumbly (The Light In The Piazza at Jennie T. Anderson Theatre, Little Shop of Horrors at Newnan Theatre Company)
Morgan Crumbly (National Black Arts Festival: The Living Word)
Cecily Dionne Davis (Shrek the Musical national tour)
Ricky DeVon Hall (Incendiary at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company)
Amaiya Holley (Marie & Rosetta at Cygnet Theater)
Victoria Hunter (HBCUs In Love at 54 Below)
Amiah McGinty
Kaihla Powell
Lauren M. Smith (Death and the King’s Horseman at Shakespeare Theatre Company)
Sydney Terry
Phyllise Jade Tolliver
Skylar Wilson
Please note that all artists and acts are subject to change at any time.