Morgan Heyward

Morgan Elizabeth Heyward is an Albany area actress and theater creative. After graduating from Russell Sage College with a BA Heyward set out to create opportunities for black actors in the Albany area by starting , Illuminate, A theater Cabaret series. With the support of the community Illuminate Theatre has become a full fledged production company. Heyward has also made made several capital region appearances as an actress, including"For colored Girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf" at the Albany Barn , "Milk like sugar" with Callaloo and most recently "The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington" with Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY, Inc. Heyward returned to Russell Sage this past fall where she co-produced and starred in her first original one act play, Dear Lil’. She is excited for Dear Lil’ to have life on a new stage with the Obsidian theatre Festival and looks forward to possibility of future productions on stages all over the country.