Breon Arzell, Detroit native, is an actor, choreographer, writer, and teaching artist. While choreographing for regional and local theaters and universities, acting credits include: Blues for an Alabama Sky (Remy BumppoTheatre), Incendiary & Ain’tNo Mo (Woolly Mammoth Theatre, DC), The Comedy of Errors, DREAM (ChicagoShakespeare Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors, Baskerville (Metropolis PAC), The TotalBent (Haven w/ About Face), A Christmas Carol, Objects in the Mirror (GoodmanTheatre) and more. TOURS: Theater Unspeakable, USA; White Horse Theatre, Germany; ACLE Theatrino, Italy. In the world of television, he is a recurring character on South Side (HBO Max), and choreographed for The 4400 (CW). The recipient of seven Joseph Jefferson Awards and two Black Theatre Alliance Awards, he has also been recognized as one of New City Magazine’s 50 Players of Chicago in 2018, 2020 and 2023. Along with other original works (both theater and screenplays), he is the co-creator and playwright of the revival and resurrection of the historical black musical, In Dahomey. @breonarzell and breonarzell.com