Yvette Ganier

Yvette Ganier last appeared at The Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre in Pitbulls by Keith Josef Adkins directed by Leah Gardiner for which she received a 2015 Audelco Award nomination for Best Actress. Notably, Yvette starred in the world premiere of Paula Vogel's Don Juan Comes Home From Iraq at the Wilma Theater. Broadway: The Miracle Worker; King Hedley ll. London: Jitney (National Theatre - 2002 Olivier Award). Off-Broadway: includes Breath Boom (2002 OBIE - Playwrights Horizons) and Jitney (Second Stage). Regional: includes Steppenwolf, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Arden, PTC, Interact, Freedom Theatre, The Goodman (originated Black Mary in Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson), Mark Taper, The Intiman, Seattle Rep, Pittsburgh Public (originated Rena in Jitney by August Wilson), Baltimore Centerstage (US premiere of Elmina's Kitchen by Kwame Kwei-Armah.) Film/TV: includes Evolution of a Criminal - Darius Monroe, director; Must Be The Music, Charles Dutton - director; Lifetime's For One Night directed by Ernest Dickerson and ABC's All My Children. Awards: OBIE, LA Ovations Award, Audelco, NAACP Image Award, The Bowden. Yvette also has producing credits on 3 short films and is currently ntly working on producing her first feature film.