Opening Night!
An Evening with
RENÉE ELISE GOLDSBERRY Friday, September 30, 2022
An Evening with Renée Elise Goldsberry
ABOUT RENÉE Renée Elise Goldsberry is a multi-hyphenate actress and singer who has delivered award winning performances both on Broadway and the screen. She is perhaps best known for her role as Angelica Schuyler in the musical phenomenon Hamilton, which received rave reviews across the board and has become a cultural touchstone for the ages. Renée’s performance earned her a Tony Award, Grammy Award, Drama Desk Award, and Lucille Lortel Award. In July 2021, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for the Disney+ film adaptation.
in Its Walls, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Get Down, and her creation of the beloved character, Evangeline Williamson, on ABC'S One Life To Live, for which she received two Daytime Emmy nominations and two NAACP Image Award nominations.
Renee currently stars on Tina Fey’s new series for Peacock, GIRLS5EVA, which is currently in production for Season 2. Up next, she will be seen in Billy Porter’s “What If” which recently wrapped production. Other highlights from her film and television career include co-starring in A24’s critical darling Waves opposite Sterling K. Brown, the Netflix series Altered Carbon, lending her voice to bring characters to life on the Netflix Animated series Fast & Furious Spy Racers and Centaurworld, Documentary Now!’s cult favorite “Original Cast Album: CoOp”, The Good Wife, The House with a Clock
Renée's appearances on stage include her Outer Critics Circle Award nominated performance opposite Frances McDormand in the play Good People, and the original Broadway version of The Color Purple. She made her Broadway debut as Nala in The Lion King, and her performance as Mimi in Broadway's closing cast of RENT was immortalized in film! Off-broadway, Renée's performance as Sylvia in the Public Theater's production of Two Gentlemen of Verona for their Shakespeare in the Park series garnered her across the board rave reviews.
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Friday, September 30, 2022
Performing Arts Company Joe Amoroso Brendan Blazier Kaitlin Brown Stella Burnside Charlotte Cama Bryella Challandes Daniel Christie Naomi Cohen Kayla Colchamiro Ella Conroy Ryan Hall Grady Hall Liam Houston Avril Kagan Michelle Lee
Maya LeVasseur Noel Marootian Haven McGuinn Mia Muñoz Kevin Oliveira Bella Pacheco-Holman Madelyn Pasuit Zion Pearson Annabelle Plociniak Aisha Rehan Jack Scarsi Arya Shah Oliver Shoaf Naina Slaughter Alexa Yudoff
MPAC’S MISSION Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2022-2023 season is made possible, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the F.M. Kirby Foundation and numerous other foundations, corporations, and individuals.
mpac is grateful to the following donors whose major support helps to sustain the general operating needs of our organization:
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Mayo Performing Arts Center gratefully acknowledges Colly Flowers for their generous donation to our Opening Night:
The Starlight Ball is MPAC’s largest fundraising event, and features an evening of cocktails, dinner, silent and live auction, dancing and entertainment. Proceeds support MPAC's arts education programs.
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