Acting Résumé

April Yvette Thompson

Television & Film

Bull
Guest Star
CBS · Dennis Smith

The Exonerated
Principal
Court TV · Bob Balaban

Gotham
Guest Star
FOX · Paul A. Edwards

Blue Bloods
Guest Star
CBS · David Barrett

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Guest Star
NBC · Rick Wallace

Third Watch
Guest Star
NBC · Ed Bernero

The Accidental Husband
Featured
Yari Film Group · Griffin Dunne

Phoebe in Wonderland
Featured
Netflix · Daniel Barnz

Bernard & Doris
Featured
HBO · B. Balaban

Chappelle’s Show
Guest Star
Comedy Central · Rusty Cundieff

Blue Caprice
Supporting
Apple TV · Alex Moors

Babylon Fields
Supporting
NBC · David Cuesta

The Teacher
Principal
Monumental Films · Jeremy Engle

Backwards
Supporting
13th Night Productions · Ben Hickernell

I am Ali
Featured
Sundance · Dream Hampton

Enough
Principal
Invalid Productions · Carlos Millan

Committments
Principal
Comedy Central · Anika Gibbons

Your Stupid
Supporting
Fox Digital · B. Gaynor

Broadway & Off Broadway

Liberty City (premiere)
Solo Performer / Playwright
NYTW / Arsht Center · Jessica Blank

Clybourne Park
Francine / Lena
Walter Kerr · Pam MacKinnon

Vassar Voices (with Meryl Streep)
Various
Lincoln Center

Fit for a Queen
Queen Hatshepsut
Classical Theatre of Harlem · Tamilla Woodard

The Exonerated
Georgia / Sunny
The Culture Project / Edinburgh Fringe · Bob Balaban

The Antigone Project (premiere)
Antigone / Ismene / Narrator
Women’s Project · Liesl Tommy / Annie Dorsen

Light Raise The Roof (premiere)
Bebbie
New York Theatre Workshop · Michael John Garces

Medea
Medea
Classical Theatre of Harlem · Alfred Preisser

Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
CTH · A. Preisser

King Lear
Goneril
CTH · A. Preisser

The Blacks
Queen
CTH · Christopher McElroen

The Rivals
Lucy
The Acting Company · Nicholas Martin

Merry Wives of Windsor
Mistress Ford
Acting Co. · Matt August

Macbeth
Weird Sister
Acting Co. · Anne Justine D’Zmura

Good Bread Alley (workshop)
Celia / Playwright
NYTW / NYSF / Arsht · Jessica Blank

Ancient Greeks / Modern Lives
Persephone / Medea / Constance
The White House / Guggenheim · P. Meineck

SICK? (premiere)
Tasha
Summer Play Festival · Daniella Topol

365 Days / 365 Plays
Various
The Public / NYTW · Liz Diamond

Regional Theatre

A Raisin in the Sun
Ruth
Hartford Stage · Seret Scott

Wine in the Wilderness
Tommy Marie
ACT Seattle · Valerie Curtis-Newton

The Sprott Cycle
Callie Mae
Hartford Stage · Jeremy Cohen

Motherhood Outloud (premiere)
Various
Hartford Stage · Lisa Peterson

Eclipsed (premiere)
Rita
McCarter Theatre · Liesl Tommy

A Christmas Carol
Mother / Belle / Mrs. Fred
Great Lakes Theatre Festival · James Bundy

From the Mississippi Delta
Woman One
Merrimack Theatre / GLTF · Kaia Calhoun

A Raisin in the Sun
Beneatha
Dallas Theatre Center / GLTF · L. Kenneth Richardson

This
Marrell
Seattle Repertory

Broke-ology (premiere)
Sonia
Williamstown

Second Line (premiere)
JoJo
Passage Theatre · S. Scott

The Venus de Milo is Armed (premiere)
Rin
Alabama Shakes · V. Newton

The Crucible
Tituba
Weathervane Theatre

Education & Skills

Education
Vassar College, BA · Rutgers University, MFA

Acting
William Esper · Maggie Flanigan · Beth Wicke · Denny Partridge

Speech
Liz Smith · Kate Wilson · Nancy Mayans · Patricia Norcia-Edwards

Voice
Mai Loughrans · Marcy Lindheimer · Jeffrey Biering · Sandy Campbell
Alto

Movement & Combat
Lloyd Williamson · Ian Leyes · Ted Morrin
Combat: Felix Ivanov

Languages & Dialects
Spanish · Quick Study ASL
Various African, Caribbean, French, Spanish, British

Dance
Rumba · Son · Salsa · Merengue · Calypso · Samba · Quadrille · Minuet · Polka · Waltz

Awards & Nominations

Liberty City
Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel, Broadway.com Audience, and AUDELCO nominations for Best Solo Show
Jeff Award for Best Solo Performance

Wine in the Wilderness
Seattle Footlights Award for Best Performance

Medea & Macbeth
AUDELCO Best Actress nominations

Playwright Residencies
NYTW · NYSF · 651 Arts · Harlem Stage · Daryl Roth Theatre · CTG · Culture Project · The Lark · Arsht Center