Profile for Ross Hewitt

Ross Hewitt was a member of the Ujima Theatre Collective for 6 years where he acted and produced theater that highlighted multiracial themes. With them, he was the Bishop in Genet’s The Blacks; A Clown Show, Captain Taylor in A Soldier’s Play, and Prosecutor/Storekeeper in Everybody’s Ruby and was the Assistant Director for Zooman and the Sign. They also produced Ross’ original play, When October Goes. Ross also contributed to Ujima with stage managing, house managing, ticket sales, advertising direction, grant writing, props design, light hanging, and set construction and decorating.

Ross directed the comedy Trophy Wife for the New Phoenix Theatre. He has appeared as Sir Hugh Evans in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Ligarius in Julius Caesar for Shakespeare in Delaware Park and as Bollingbroke in Richard II as part of the American Globe Theatre’s History Reading Series. Ross has also played the King for Shakespeare Saturdays staged readings of Troilus and Cressida, Titus Andronicus, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, and Cymbeline.