Shauneille Perry(1929-2022)

Although Shauneille Perry's most visible credits were for her adaptation of the John Henry Redwood play "Old Settler" (see The Old Settler (2001)), Perry is a veteran director of the New York City theatre community and has a long and impressive list of credits, most often produced at New York's New Federal Theatre, that include her direction of: J. e. Franklin's Drama Desk Award-winning play "Black Girl"; "Jamimma" & "African Interlude" both by Marta-Evans Charles; "Prodigal Sister" by J. e. Franklin and Micki Grant and Grant's "Looking Back"; "Trouble in Mind" by the noted and trendsetting Harlem Renaissance playwright Alice Childress; "Keyboard" by Matt Robinson; "Love" by Carolyn Rodgers; "Who Loves the Dancer" by Rob Penny; "In Bed with the Blues: the Adventures of Fishy Waters by Guy Davis; Vincent Smith's "Williams and Walker"; "Showdown" by Don Evans; and "The Balm Yard" by Don Kinch which featured actress Roxie Roker. Perry also penned and directed "In Dahomey" during New Federal Theatre's 1998-99 season. Perry remains one of the most prolific and versatile talents in American theatre.