An actress, director, artivist, and arts educator located in Louisville, KY! She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts from Alabama State University and her Master of Fine Arts in Performance from the University of Louisville. LaShondra currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Theatre and Co-Director of the African American Theatre Program in the Department Theatre Arts at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.
Height: 5”5
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eyes Color: Dark Brown
Location: Kentuckiana/ Ohio
About Me
Theatre
Crowns | Mother Shaw | Redline Performing Arts | Tyler Tate
Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy | Actors Theatre of Louisville | Jennifer Pennington
Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy | Dr. Van Helsing | Actors Theatre of Louisville | Jennifer Pennington
Rodger and Hammerstein's Cinderella | Fairy Godmother | The Stephen Foster Story | Bronson Norris
The Color Purple |Sofia | Faith Works Studios | Kristi Papailler
Fences | Rose | Faith Works Studios | Kristi Papailler
Baltimore | Leigh | National Black Theatre Festival | Nefertiti Burton
Trudy,..Travel to Outer Space & Have a Pretty Terrible Time There| Trudy | Williamstown Theatre (Studio)| J Mehr Kaur
Educational Theatre
The Mountaintop | Camae | University of Louisville | Johnny Jones
Fabulation...Ensemble | University of Louisville | Jacqueline Thompson
Eurydice | Little Stone | University of Louisville | Ariande Calvano
Our Country’s Good | Captain Phillip | University of Louisville | Baron Kelly
Baltimore | Leigh | University of Louisville | Nefertiti Burton
Flyin’ West | Miss Leah | Alabama State University | Wendy Coleman
Richard III | Messenger | Alabama State University | Brian Martin
Crowns | Ensemble | Alabama State University | Wendy Coleman
Theatre for Young Audiences
Nate the Great| Annie| StageOne Family Theatre | Corey Harrison
Mrs. Claus Saves the Day| Mrs. Claus | Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati | Eric Byrd
Dorthy in Oz | Wicked Witch | Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati | Rodrick Justice
Suffragettes| Alice Paul/others | Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati | Mary Tensing
American Tales(Workshop) | Ensemble | StageOne Family Theatre | Andrew Harris
Trickster Tales | Yanrinbo | U of L Repertory Theatre Company | Andrew Harris
Magic Tree | Ola/Taiwo | U of L Repertory Theatre Company | Melissa Shepherd
Hairspray Jr. | Ensemble | Alys-Stephens Center | Valerie Lemmons
Education & Training
Education:
M.F.A Performance, University of Louisville
B.A. Theatre Arts, Alabama State University
Acting :
Williamstown Theatre Apprentice, Baron Kelly, Zan Sawyer-Dailey, Anthony Stockard,
Mikaela Feely-Iehmann, Baby Wants Candy Intensive (w/W.T.F.)
Movement:
African Dance (Umfundalai, 2 years), Hip-Hop (2 years) Eclectic Dance Company (1 year),
Grotowski Method(3 years)
Voice:
Dr. Pamela Burns (3 years), Alexander Technique(3 years), Chorale (2 years)
Special Skills
RP British Accent(beginner), Basic Stage Combat