Artist Bio

(Bio as of November 2023)

Detra Payne (Old Josephine/Chestnut Seller/Philomena/US as cast) makes her Chicago and Goodman debut. Other regional credits include; Slide By(Wyly Studio Theatre); Babette’s Feast, She-Wolf (Amphibian Stage Productions); The Mountaintop (Circuit Playhouse); The Bluest Eye, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Hattiloo Theatre); Prophet (PS 122); It’s Giuliani Time (Vital Theatre); Baby Talk (The Sargent Theatre); Crime Scene, Fast and Loose (Sacred Fools Theatre); TV credits include, The Big Leap; 24 (Fox) Price of Fame (Reelz); Moesha (UPN). @iamlanysugar