James E. Boyd Jr. is a Cleveland Ohio who has been active in the performing arts from a very young age. James started acting at Karamu House where he performed in such productions as “Gods Trombones”, “Force Continuum”, “Ruined”, and Christmas Is Commin Uptown. James also worked with Micheal Oatman, during Micheal’s early days as Playwright in Residence where James was a Resident Actor for the T.O.P.S. program which toured to many schools in the Cleveland Area. He would later play “Boy Willy” in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” at True North Theatre. James has also been in a number of movies and TV series such as Crime Stoppers, for which he received an Emmy in 2015. He has also been in movies such as Spiderman, Transformers, The Avengers, and Boot Tracks just to name a few. Most recently he was featured in “The Luckiest girl in the World” produced by Handmade Films. James is very excited to be returning to the stage….. Enjoy the show