As You Like It

AYANNA BRIA BAKARI CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE: Debut. CHICAGO: Insurrection: Holding History (Stage Left Theatre, Jeff Nomination); Suddenly, Last Summer (Raven Theatre); world premiere of Christina Anderson’s How to Catch Creation (Goodman Theatre); Chicago premiere of Too Heavy for Your Pocket (Timeline Theatre Company); The Niceties, Stick Fly (Writers Theatre). REGIONAL: The Originalist (Indiana Repertory Theatre). TELEVISION: Wu-Tang: An American Saga (HULU); The CHI (Showtime); Chicago P.D., Chicago Fire (NBC); Empire (FOX); 61st Street (AMC). FILM: Holiday Heist. EDUCATION: BFA in acting, Theatre School at DePaul University. AWARDS: Black Theatre Alliance Award, The Niceties. Bakari is a governing ensemble member of The Story Theatre.

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