Mical Rozier Whitaker

Background

Whitaker, Mical Rozier was born on February 10, 1941 in Metter, Georgia, United States. Son of Ellis and Alma Mical Whitaker.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, 1989.

Career

Founder and director East River Players, New York, New York, 1964—1976. Producer Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Story Hour, 1975—1977. Assistant professor Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, 1981—2005, professor emeritus, since 2005.

Consultant Children's television Producations Sesame St., 1969. Artistic director Richard Allen Center Culture and Art, 1978—1982. Writer and director Teleprompter Cable television, New York, New York, 1971.

Founder and coordinator Lincoln Center St. Theatre Festivals, New York, New York, 1979—1981. Chairman performing arts committee Averitt Center Arts, since 2007.

Achievements

• Mical Rozier Whitaker has been listed as a noteworthy theater director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Interests

• Travel, reading, home decorating, theater.

Connections

Married Georgenia Lyons Whitaker, September 1, 1978 (divorced June 0, 1991). 1 child Mical Anthony.

Father:

Ellis Whitaker

Mother:

Alma Mical Whitaker

Spouse:

Georgenia Lyons Whitaker

child:

Mical Anthony Whitaker