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Brian Reinbold April 5, 2021 60


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Harry Waters Jr.

Harry Waters, Jr.- Director – created the role of Belize in the first production of Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes in 1991. He is most famous for his portrayal of Marvin Berry in Back to the Future (1985) which earned him a Gold record for his rendition of “Earth Angel.” Acting Credits also include numerous television guest starring roles. He attended Princeton University and received his MFA in Directing from University of Wisconsin-Madison. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous venues around the country. Currently, in the Twin Cities, he has appeared at The Guthrie, Penumbra Theater Company, Mixed Blood, Ten Thousand Things Theater, Pangea World Theatre, Park Square, Frank Theatre, and Pillsbury House + Theatre, He is currently Professor and former Chair of the Theater and Dance Department at Macalester College. He has directed productions of RUNAWAYS, PROOF, ANGELS IN AMERICA PART I: Millennium Approaches, THE COLORED MUSEUM., TARTUFFE, CABARET, The LARAMIE PROJECT “PROJECT”, HIP HOP HOPES, IN THE BLOOD, THE CRADLE WILL ROCK, green: an eulogy to summer, URINETOWN, and last fall THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, He collaborated with his son Jordon Waters and Kevin “KAOZ” Moore on AKA: Fathers/Sons, supported by a National Endowment for the Arts grant about fathers and sons talking about sexuality, sexual identity and masculinity.

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