Jidé Okunola
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Height 5′9″
Eyes Brown
Hair Black
Nationality Nigerian-American
Natural accent New York
Productions at Guildhall
Ikudayisi in Gone Too Far! (dir. Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu)
Officer 2 in Jackal Run (dir. Breach)
Company in Pod (dir. Jamie Bradley & Vicki Igbokwe)
Projects at Guildhall
Aigeus in Medea (dir. Patsy Rodenburg)
Principal Chorus in Agamemnon (dir. Patsy Rodenburg)
Richard III in Richard III (dir. Patsy Rodenburg)
Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire (dir. Chelsea Walker)
Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors (dir. Martin Connor)
John Proctor in The Crucible (dir. Wyn Jones & Annemette Verspeak)
Sir John Brute in Devised Restoration Project (dir. Richard Katz & Noa Wagner)
Chebutykin in The Three Sisters (dir. Wyn Jones)
Kevin in False Flag (dir. Nathaniel Martello White)
Professional Experience
Lead Role in Home (short film, dir. Adewale Olukayode, Palm Springs International Shortfest 2020; and American Black Film Festival 2020)
Cominius in Coriolanus (dir. Bryan Hunt), Great River Shakespeare Festival
Casca u/s in Julius Caesar (dir. James Edmondson) Great River Shakespeare Festival
Other Experience
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Skills
Singing (Bass/Tenor)
Yoruba (Fluent)
Show dance
Stage combat, Acrobatics (Highly competent)
Spotlight
Voice Reels
Voice Reel - Commercial
Voice Reel - Narrative
Guildhall Scholar