L. Scott Caldwell Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Tony Award for her role in Broadway's "Come & Gone" in 1988
• Earned her bachelor's degree in Theater Arts and Communications from Loyola University in Chicago
• Worked as an operator at Illinois Bell before completing her bachelor's degree
• Quote: "Remember three things in this profession - dream, have faith and practice your craft․"
• Was accepted into the Negro Ensemble Company in her early acting days, and went on to perform in a wide variety of plays
• The first time she saw professional black actors on stage was on a high school field trip to a production of "A Day of Absence" featuring Negro Ensemble Company co-founder Douglas Turner Ward
• Stated that she appeared in the first play her mother ever saw