Seven Guitars Cast

Solomon Langley is from Smithfield, Virginia and is grateful to be a part of this cast. Regional: Julius Caesar, The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival), The Amen Corner (KC Melting Pot Theater), Choir Boy (Zeider’s American Dream Theater), A Soldier’s Play (The Virginia Arts Festival), The Wiz, The Tempest and A Christmas Carol (Virginia Stage Company). Educational: Big Love, Topdog/Underdog, Fixing King John, TMFWTH, Thinner Than Water, Cymbeline (UMKC Conservatory), Once on This Island, Ruined, and Fences (NSU Theatre Company). Education: MFA in Acting and Directing at UMKC Conservatory and BA in Drama and Theatre, Norfolk State University.

Lewis Morrow is an actor/playwright from Kansas City, KS who also serves as the Director of New Play Development at KC Melting Pot. He has been on stage here at KCMPT in shows such as 2121, Sunset Baby, Radio Golf, King Hedley II, Baybra’s Tulips, Begetters, Mother/son, The Piano Lesson, Is God Is, and most recently Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Additionally, KC Melting Pot gave Lewis his directorial debut with The Session by Harvey Williams. Morrow’s plays have been produced or developed in North Carolina, Michigan, Las Vegas, Texas, and shows in 2022 in Indiana and Kentucky. He has published a book titled “Black Matters: Lewis Morrow Plays” which features his trilogy of plays centered around family.

SyKnese Fields is an actress from Kansas City, Kansas. She has appeared in Is God Is, Stew, Two Trains Running (KC Melting Pot Theatre), Akeelah & The Bee (The Coterie Theatre), Chicken & Biscuits (The Black Rep KC), and many commercials. SyKnese has earned three regional Emmy Awards for her work in broadcast journalism. She obtained a BA from Wichita State University.

Lynn King is a native of Kansas City Kansas and has been performing for Kansas City Audiences for over 30 years.  She received her MFA in Acting from the University of Missouri, Kansas City and has regional and national credits in theatre, commercials, and film.  Lynn is one of the original members of the KC Melting Pot Collective, appearing in their first-ever production of Old School Ghetto Gospel, in 2013. Lynn was last seen in TROUBLE IN MIND at KC Actor's Theatre along with WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Here at KCMPT. She also stays busy working in other capacities with KCMPT. KCMPT provided Lynn with her directorial debut in 2019 and she was privileged to be one of the all-female directors in the 2021-23. Sincere thanks to Linda, Harvey, Nicole, and Melonnie for their support. Special thanks to Dennis for our partnership on and offstage.

Dennis Jackson is a Kansas City native. He has learned the craft of live theater by working with some of the best actors and directors in K.C. He most recently appeared in “Thoughts of a Colored Man.” He has appeared in local productions of “Like Six O’Clock,” “Dying To Party,” “Piano Lesson,” “Two Trains Running”, “King Hedly”, “Barbecue,” and “A Raisin In The Sun” just to name a few. Dennis is also passionate about sound design, having often supported the very productions, in which he appears. He has also designed sound for “Skeleton Crew,” “Is God Is,” “Fairview,” “Black Man, Mo.”, “The Amen Corner”, “The Session”, and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Thanks to director Melonnie Walker for the opportunity to craft the sound design for this production. Special thanks to Harvey and Linda Williams.

Hailing from DMV, Craig attained his B.A. in Drama & Theatre at NSU, and his M.F.A. in Acting & Directing at UMKC Conservatory. I’m an artist who loves to create in many forms. He sees acting as a form of self expression & exploration while collaborating with others to tell a story that can reach someone in their own way. The work that he loves tends to be both new works and classics because he enjoys the nuance on a known piece of work as much as a breath of fresh air with a new piece. Credits: (Regional) “Julius Caesar” with Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, “Cyrano De Bergerac” & “The Royale” with KC Repertory Theatre, “The Amen Corner” with KC Melting Pot, “Like Six O’Clock” with Just Off Broadway Theatre, “A Soldier’s Play” with The Virginia Arts Festival, “The Tempest” with The Virginia Stage Company. (Educational) “Big Love”, “Topdog Underdog”, “Fixing King John”, and “The Motherfucker with the Hat” with the UMKC Conservatory. “Gem of The Ocean”, and “Once on this Island” with the NSU Theatre Company.

Amber Redmond originates from St. Joseph MO, but has called KC home for the past decade. She is a graduate of Missouri Western State University with a B.A.A. in Performance & Cinematic Arts. Amber has been drawn to the arts since a very young age. Her first performances involved forcing her Grandparents to watch her act out the entirety of Walt Disney’s The Little Mermaid (as every character- of course). She has appeared in shows such as Doubt (RRT), Begetters, Secrets & Lies, The Piano Lesson, Fairview, Is God Is The Amen Corner, and The Session (KCMPT). Amber is extremely proud to be working with KC Melting Pot Theatre and would like to thank her family and partner for their constant support and encouragement.

Tiffany L. Harper is very excited that her debut KCMPT appearance is in August Wilson’s Seven Guitars. She is a Kansas City, KS. native. She received her Theater degree from Rockhurst University in 2009 and has appeared in several regional theater productions including Alex Wyse and Ben Fankhauser’s Musical / A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet (Black Repertory Theatre), Brenda Russell’s Musical / The Color Purple (MET KC Theatre), Regina Taylor’s Musical / Crowns (Unicorn Theatre), and John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt (Kansas City Repertory Theatre). Although the theater stage is where her heart is, her recent commercial credits include Shelter Insurance, Capitol Federal Bank, and Sprint. Tiffany wants to thank her husband Mark and family for always supporting her passions.