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T.J. Edwards Biography

Birth Name:T.J. Edwards

Profession Actor

Fast Facts

  • Has twice been a Blue Mountain Writers' Center playwriting fellow
  • Won two Helen Hayes awards for Outstanding New Play and was twice a semi-finalist at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Festival
  • Quote: "Someone sitting in that audience has been excited all week, waiting to come to our theatre and see this play - and I'm going to make it as special as they hoped․"
  • Has been a member of the acting companies Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Pearl Theatre Company, and many others
  • Has written a number of plays, including "Boy Friends," "The Hologram" and "Branded․"
  • Best known for his role as Soul Brother in "Black Dynamite" and as D․J․ Hardaway in "Pieces of Eight․"
  • Founding Artistic Director of the Washington Shakespeare Company, which is now called Avant Bard
  • Has appeared in stage performances of "King Lear" and "The Glass Menagerie․"