Leontyne Mbele Mbong
Leontyne Mbele-Mbong*:
Leontyne Mbele-Mbong is delighted to be playing Marie, having previously played Hertha at TheatreSquared, Fayetteville, AK. She was most recently seen in As You Like It at CalShakes, where she also appeared in Lear (BATCC Award); in The Untime at Marin Shakes; and in Pipeline with African-American Shakespeare Company, where she has also appeared as Lady M in Macbeth; the title role in Medea (TBA Award), and Cleopatra in Antony & Cleopatra (TBA Award Finalist). Other favorites: Fefu and her Friends at A.C.T.; Cyrano, Hurricane Diane, Bull in a China Shop, Temple, and Breakfast with Mugabe (Aurora Theatre); Watch on the Rhine (Berkeley Rep/Guthrie Theatre). Proud founding member of the Actors’ Reading Collective, and Associate Artist at Marin Shakespeare Company. www.leontynembele-mbong.com