ATC debut. OFF-BROADWAY: Trevor: The Musical (Stage 42). REGIONAL: Shug Avery in The Color Purple (Goodman Theatre, most recent), Oedipus Trilogy—Oedipus Rex (Court Theatre), Gospel at Colonus (Court Theatre, Getty Villa), Antigone (Court Theatre), Nina Simone: Four Women (Indiana Repertory Theatre), Jersey Boys (ACT of CT), Memphis (Porchlight Music Theatre), Lena Horne and Josephine Baker (Black Ensemble Theater), and productions at Drury Lane, Paramount, and Congo Square. TV: Recurring on The Chi (Showtime) and Empire (FOX). AWARDS: Black Theater Alliance Award and the Black Excellence Award recipient, and four-time Jeff Award nominee. EDUCATION: Depaul University. MUSIC: Recently featured on the latest album by Grammy Award–winning house group Ten City. Psalm 23. IG/TikTok: @MonAerie