Iyona Blake is a DC based actor, singer and recitalist, educator, a sought after private vocal coach, and playwright. Iyona Blake is the 2017 Helen Hayes Award Winner for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical for her role as Caroline Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change. Iyona has recently been seen in Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts), Crowns (Velma), The Sound of Music (The Mother Abbess), Spunk (Blues Speak Woman), Ain't Misbehavin' (Armelia McQueen), Scottsboro Boys (The Lady, understudy/performed), Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Lady Day), Titanic (Caroline Neville), Jelly’s Last Jam (Gran Mimi). The Wizard of Oz (Glinda), Blues in the Night (The Lady), Once on This Island (Asaka), Thunder Knocking on the Door (Good Sister), to name a few.  Iyona has written plays for children and adults, including Girls of Madison Street, a story about a journey to love, sisterhood and reconciliation. Iyona aims to bring mental health awareness and hope with her latest play, Diagnosed.  

Iyona toured China and Korea, Asia performing solo and ensemble music. Iyona performed internationally by joining an impressive ensemble of nine professional singers on a cultural envoy to Cairo, Egypt, amongst 12 other countries representing the United States in an international festival of sacred music and chanting, to name a few.

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