Iyona Blake
AEA


Hair: Brown  -  Eyes: Brown
Weight: 180 lbs.  -  Height: 5’6”
Vocal Range:

(G3 – E6)

   

THEATER (Selected)

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Mrs. Potts - Olney Theatre, Dir. Marcia Milgrom Dodge

CROWNS - Velma - Creative Cauldron, Dir. Ian Coleman 

DIAGNOSED - Penny Mitchell - Theater Alliance, Dir. Raymond Caldwell

SOUND OF MUSIC - The Mother Abbess - SSMT, Dir. Jacob Brent 

RAGTIME - Sarah’s Friend - SSMT, Dir. Jeremy Blaustein

SPUNK - Blues Speak Woman - Signature Theater, Dir. Tim Douglas

AIN’T MISBEHAVIN - Armelia McQueen - Signature Theater, Dir. Joe Calarco

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS - The Lady (Understudy/Performed)- Signature Theater, Dir. Joe Calarco

LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL - Lady Day - Creative Cauldron, Dir. Matt Connor

THE MISTRESS CYCLE - Lulu White - Creative Cauldron, Dir. Matt Connor

THE WIZARD OF OZ - Glinda/Aunt Emily - Creative Cauldron, Dir. Matt Connor

BLUES IN THE NIGHT - The Lady - Creative Cauldron, Dir. Matt Connor

(2018 Helen Hayes Award Nominee for Outstanding Production - Helen)

TITANIC THE MUSICAL - Caroline Neville - Signature Theater, Dir. Eric Schaffer

(2017 Helen Hayes Award Nominee for Outstanding Musical - Hayes)

JELLY’S LAST JAM -Gran Mimi- Signature Theater, Dir. Matthew Gardiner

(2017 Helen Hayes Award Nominee for Outstanding Musical - Hayes)

CAROLINE, OR CHANGE - Caroline Thibodeaux - Creative Cauldron, Dir. Matt Connor

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND- Asaka - Creative Cauldron Dir. Matt Connor

(2016 Helen Hayes Award Nominee for Outstanding Musical - Helen)

SOUL ON FIRE - Gabriel/Eva Mae - Kennedy Center/Off Broadway Dir. Tyrone Stanley

SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL - Green Girl - Creative Cauldron, Dir. Matt Connor

THUNDER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR - Good Sister - Creative Cauldron, Dir. Stephen G. Smith

CONCERTS/TOURS

NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND CHORALE at the Strathmore Music Center, Victoria Gau, conductor

NYC HARLEM SINGERS China/Korean Tour Arcadia Entertainment

RAMADAN MUSIC FESTIVAL Cairo, Egypt - Tour USA Embassy/State Department

GLEN HANSARD CONCERTS Beacon Theater & 9:30 Club Glen Hansard (to name a few)

“A MIGHTY STREAM” THEARC National Symphony Orchestra

SPECIAL SKILLS/HOBBIES

Valid Driver’s License, Music – Voice & Piano, Swimming, Riding a bicycle, Dialects – Southern, British, Cockney

AWARDS

2019 Helen Hayes Award Winner for Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical (Role: The Lady in The Scottsboro Boys)

2018 Helen Hayes Award Nominee for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical (Role: The Lady in Blues in the Night)

2018 Helen Hayes Award Nominee for Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical (Role: The Lady in Blues in the Night)

2017 Helen Hayes Award Winner for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical (Role: Caroline Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change)

2017 Helen Hayes Award Nominee for Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical (Role: Gran Mimi in Jelly’s Last Jam)