ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

DeMone Seraphin 

DeMone Seraphin is an actor, director, artistic director & educator. As an actor, DeMone has appeared on Broadway, Off Broadway, Regionally and Internationally as a principal & featured performer in such shows as RAGTIME, MISS SAIGON, RENT, J.C. SUPERSTAR, MEMPHIS, SIDESHOW (Jeff Award for Best Supporting Actor In A Musical), AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’, THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, UNCLE VANYA, OTHELLO, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, BIG RIVER, CROWNS, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, LOUDER THAN WORDS The Music and Lyrics of Jonathan Larson and SWEET CHARITY. On screen, he has appeared in PERSON OF INTEREST, LAW AND ORDER SVU, THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER AND PETE, HUSH, THE SUBJECT, THE MAGIC DOOR, and BAD STREET.

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As a director, DeMone’s work has been seen Off Broadway, Internationally, and Regionally. Most recent credits include the world premiere of Jimmy Roberts musical WELCOME TO THE BIG DIPPER Off Broadway at The York Theatre, FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE at The Fulton Theatre, the Regional Premiere of CHICKEN AND BISCUITS at Virginia Rep Theatre, TOPDOG UNDERDOG (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Direction of a Play), THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS, and HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED at Avant Bard Theatre where he served as a Lead Producing Partner. Other directing credits include; the German premiere of August Wilson’s JITNEY, ONCE UPONZI TIME: AN AMERICAN SCHEME at The McCarter Theatre in association with Princeton’s Triangle Club, the Off Broadway Revivals of DUTCHMAN and SPLIT SECOND, and the world premiere of THE KING: THE FINAL HOURS AN ELVIS PRESLEY MUSICAL. As an educator, DeMone has been a guest lecturer, artist in residence & a visiting professor/director at such prestigious institutions as HARVARD UNIVERSITY, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, RYDER UNIVERSITY, NYU, STEINHARDT, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, and the UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. DeMone is also a member of the Tony Award winning BROADWAY INSPIRATIONAL VOICES.