Vinie Burrows

Credits

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Photo by Alix Jeffry
courtesy: Harvard Theatre Collection

Broadway

Wisteria Trees with Helen Hayes, directed by Joshua Logan

Green Pastures revival with William Marshall, Ossie Davis

Jezebel's Husband with Claude Rains, Ben Gazzara

Ponder Heart by Eudora Welty with David Wayne, Will Geer

Skin of Our Teeth with Mary Martin, Helen Hayes, George Abbott

Mrs. Patterson with Eartha Kitt, Avon Long

Mandingo with Franchot Tone, Dennis Hopper, Sue Marshall

 

Off-Broadway

Rose McClendon: Harlem's Gift to Broadway, New Federal Theatre, 1999

Hubba City, Nuyorican Poets Café, 1996

Shango de Ima, Nuyorican Poets Café, 1994

Sister! Sister!, American Place Theatre, 1993

Her Talking Drum, American Place Theatre, 1989

Regional Theatre

Having Our Say, 1997, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley CA

Having Our Say, 1997, Alley Theatre, Houston TX

 

Television

Vinie Burrows
Hallmark Hall Of Fame

CBS Presents

The Today Show

As The World Turns

Radio

For three years, Vinie hosted a weekly, live, two-hour show, More Than Half The World, on the Pacifica Station WBAI (99.5 FM) in New York City. Guests ranged from street vendors, abused wives, diplomats, writers, actors, politicians, grass-roots housing activists....

Honors

2000 Fletcher Award: Black Theatre Network

2000 Jane Addams Peace Award: Cleveland Chapter WILPF

1999 Best Solo Performance: a "Vivian;" award (formerly "AUDELCO")

1997 Silver Gavel Award American Bar Association: video narration

1996 Emmy Nomination: video narration

1995 Living Legend Award: The Black Theatre Festival

1994 AUDELCO Award: Best Actress of the Year

1989 Paul Robeson Award: Actors Equity Associations

International Tours

Holland

Denmark
 
Sweden
 
Germany
 
Japan
 
Russia

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