THE FORD/HILL Project

ELIZABETH MARVEL has won four Obie Awards for her Off-Broadway work, most notably for the title role in Ivo Van Hove’s 2004 production of Hedda Gabler. Most recently, she starred in the Off-Broadway production of Phillip Roth’s Sabbath’s Theater. Of her numerous Broadway roles, she is best known for her portrayal of Brooke Wyeth in Other Desert Cities, a role which she originated off-Broadway. Marvel recently starred in the Apple TV+ limited series HBO Max limited series “Presumed Innocent”, “Love and Death” at HBO Max and the Hulu limited series, “The Dropout”. Her numerous television credits include Peacock’s “Mrs. Davis”, Hulu’s “Helstrom”, Showtime’s “Homeland”, Netflix’s “House of Cards”. She can most recently be seen in Blitz Bazawule’s adaptation of “The Color Purple” for Warner Bros. Upcoming, she will be seen alongside Viola Davis in the Amazon Prime Video action-thriller film, “G20”. Marvel is a graduate of the Juilliard School.

AMBER IMAN most recently starred as Rafaela in Lempicka on Broadway for which she was nominated for both a TONY award and Drama League award. She made her Broadway debut as Nina Simone in Soul Doctor, earning a Clive Barnes Award nomination. Additional credits include George C. Wolfe’s Shuffle Along and the first National Tour of Hamilton. Recent highlights include Goddess (Berkeley Rep) and Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical (A.C.T.). TV/Film work includes High Maintenance (HBO) and her award-winning short film Steve. Her second short film, Blackberry Winter, wrapped production in April. Amber co-founded Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Black Women on Broadway, earning a Tony Award in 2021 for her BAC work. Listen to “An Evening with Amber Iman” on Audible! @amberiman_ amberiman.com

ERIC BERRYMAN  is a Baltimore born, Brooklyn based actor who is involved in work he believes his great-grandmother would dig. On stage he was last seen Off-Broadway in Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me (Wooster Group). On screen, “Atlanta” (FX) portraying “short lived Disney CEO” Thomas Washington. Other Select Theatrical Credits: The B-Side: “Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons” A Record Album Interpretation (Wooster Group-Drama Desk Nomination); Pulitzer Prize winner Primary Trust (Audelco Award), Toni Stone (Roundabout); Detroit Red (ArtsEmerson-Elliot Norton Award); Private (Mosaic Theater); Scene Partners (Vineyard Theater), Moby Dick, A Musical Reckoning (A.R.T.); Steel Hammer (SITI COMPANY). Recent Film/TV credits: “Godfather of Harlem” (Epix/MGM+), “Ramy” (HULU), “Bonding,” “Marriage Story” (NETFLIX); “Evil” (PARAMOUNT+); “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, “Empathy Inc” (AMAZON); “Motherless Brooklyn.” Training: Carnegie Mellon University.

Chris Henry Coffey has originated roles on & off-Broadway and regionally in numerous world premieres; favorites include Bekah Brunstetter’s “Public Servant” on Theater Row, NYC, Eric Simonson’s “Bronx Bombers” (Circle in the Square and Primary Stages), Quiara Alegría Hudes’s “Water by the Spoonful” (Second Stage), Neil LaBute’s “Happy Hour” (LaMama), Gina Gionfriddo’s “Can You Forgive Her?” (Huntington), both Richard Nelson’s “Frank’s Home”, directed by Robert Falls (Playwrights Horizons, Goodman), and “How Shakespeare Won the West” (Huntington), and with Arthur Miller on his penultimate play, “Resurrection Blues” (Old Globe). Also: Actors Theatre of Louisville (R&J 2020), Alley, Dallas Theater Center, Yale Rep, Williamstown, Dorset, Mint, many others. Selected Film & TV: The Madness (starring Colman Domingo, Netflix 11/28/24), And Just Like That…, Chicago Fire, Mrs. Fletcher, Law & Order (trifecta), Instinct, Good Wife, The Good Nurse, Trust, many others. Social Outreach: Waterwell, Theater of War Productions (facilitator and actor), AITAF. Graduate, Yale School of Drama.