{"title":"Eugene Lee","role":"Sergeant Vernon C. Waters","image":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/roundabout-theatre-company\/image\/upload\/c_fill,g_auto,h_880,w_880\/f_auto\/q_auto\/v1666983273\/Headshots\/2022-2023\/ASP-Tour\/Lee-Eugene?_a=BAAAV6DQ","lede":null,"content":"

EUGENE LEE<\/strong><\/span> (Sergeant Vernon C. Waters<\/em>). In 1972, in college, Lee acted in a command performance of A Raisin in the Sun<\/em> for President Lyndon B. Johnson at his Texas ranch. Fifty years later he\u2019s done television shows and movies, including: \"The Women of Brewster Place,\" \"Good Times,\" \"The White Shadow,\" Wolf<\/em>, an independent film, the Broadway production of American Son<\/em> and the Emmy nominated Netflix film adaptation. He has multiple appearances on stage with the Negro Ensemble, Company including the original cast of A Soldier's Play<\/em>. He\u2019s a \"Wilsonian Warrior\" for his work in plays by August Wilson, including Broadway in Gem of the Ocean <\/em>and How I Learned What I Learned. <\/em>His TV writing credits include: \"Homicide: Life on the Streets,\" \"Walker, Texas Ranger,\" \u201cPort Chicago.\u201d His plays include: East Texas Hot Links, Fear Itself, Somebody Called, Ode to Juneteenth, Killingsworth, <\/em>and <\/span>Lyin<\/em>' Ass.<\/em><\/span> Artist in Residence and Artistic Director of the Black and Latino Playwright's Celebration at Texas State University. Mr. Lee was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters in 2018. <\/span>eugeneleeonline.com<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>","website":"","alt":null}