Davron S. Monroe

DAVRON S. MONROE* returns to SpeakEasy having previously appeared in Songs for a New World and The View UpStairs (Willie).  In 2019, he was honored with an Elliot Norton Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Roland Hayes in Breath & Imagination (Lyric Stage/Front Porch Arts Collective). Other theatre credits include Murder on the Orient Express; The Wiz; Camelot; Company; My Fair Lady; City of Angels; Sweeney Todd; One Man, Two Guvnors; The Mikado; Avenue Q; and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Lyric Stage); Passing Strange; Caroline, or Change; Godspell (Moonbox Productions); The Little Mermaid, Ragtime (Company Theatre); Man of La Mancha (New Rep); Hairspray (Reagle Music Theatre); Dreamgirls, Jesus Christ Superstar, Children of Eden, and Smokey Joe’s Café. Davron has also appeared with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra (Lost in the Stars — a celebration of the 50^th Anniversary of the I Have a Dream speech, and The Chariot Jubilee), Coro Allegro, Convergence Ensemble, Brevard Music Center, Disney Entertainment’s Voices of Liberty, South Florida Symphony, Houston Ebony Opera Guild, and the New England Spiritual Ensemble, among others. He was also a finalist in the Orlando Opera’s Heinz Rehfuss Singing Actor Awards, and was the first recipient of the Bob Jolly Award for up-and-coming local actors. (he/him)

Shows

Once on This Island

Mar 11 – Apr 16, 2022

Book & Lyrics by

Lynn Ahrens

Music by

Stephen Flaherty

Based upon the Novel My Love, My Love by

Rosa Guy

Directed by

Pascale Florestal

Music Direction by

David Freeman Coleman

Choreography by

Jazelynn Goudy

Winner of the 2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical! We are thrilled to present a rousing new production of one of the most beloved musicals in SpeakEasy and Broadway history: Once on This Island. Powered by a pulsating Calypso …

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