CURRENTS
Film
Post Production
Weep Not
co written by Cheray O'Neal and director Lenore Thomas
CAST
Cheray O'Neal (Journey This)
Beverly Todd (911, Crash, Lean On Me)
Rico E. Anderson (Are You Sleeping, SWAT)
Ann Russo (Captain America)
Missy Yager (Eighth Grade, Manchester by the Sea)
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ABOUT
Cheray O’Neal is an actor and an award-winning writer-poet. She can be seen in the highly acclaimed film 'H4', produced by Harry Lennix and the Mark Pellington directed documentary 'Honesty'. She’s a proud member of The LAByrinth Theater Company, and is creator/co-writer of a 17 episode web-series titled 'HOTmEsS' with director Kimberly Greene Williams currently in pre-production.
She’s authored and published two books, 'A taste of sour honey' and 'Love of the Lick'; won Best trade feature in the USA for her piece 'Home Away From Home': been a judge for the Teen Poetry Slam Get Lit; and guest artist for the NAACP Image Awards Nominee luncheon, in addition to be commissioned to write and perform for their centennial anniversary event.
She’s recorded two EP’s on the Javi Coltrane produced album 'In This Day', and was writer-performer of the title song 'O' for Showtime's hit docudrama 'The O Tapes'.
She's equally proud to include activist in her repertoire having traveled internationally facilitating Born a creative writing poetic theatre fundraising workshop for young girls, which she created. She's also volunteered in Bolivia with Operation Smile and Smile with Me, and taught creative writing/acting in South Africa. Her passion for bridging the gap between our elders and our youth has birthed Senior2Senior.net; a trans-generational companionship adventure coming to a high school near you.
Film
RESUME
@Lee Cherry
2010 - present
2010 - present
FIXER UPPER FAITH KATHLEEN QUINLAN
SICK FUCK WAITRESS ROB HAFFEY
WEEP NOT JOURNEY LENORE THOMAS DOUGLAS
THIS LAND MRS. WASHINGTON MICHAEL ALOYAN
ANGEL MARSI PHIL EULING
ALMOST 30 ORIANNA MATTHEW A CHERRY
HONESTY MOURNER MARK PELLINGTON
H4 MESSENGER PAUL QUINN
THE ZODIAC SHOW LEAD/POET CARMIT BACHAR/LEE CHERRY
FREE CHAYZIE ANDREW AVERY
GIRLTALK LEAD/TRACEY STACEY L HOLMAN
AFTERMATH LEAD/KAREN JAISON GREENE
RAW AS YOU WANNA BE LEAD/CASSIE BURT LEFLORE
CARLITO'S WAY FEATURED EXTRA BRIAN DE PALMA
MURDER MAGIC SARA WENDELL WILLIAMS
Theater
JOURNEY THIS SOLO SHOW THE LOUNGE THEATRE
NAACP IMAGE AWARDS POET BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL
THE SILENCE IS BROKEN MAMAZUN THE SABAN THEATER
AMERICAN DREAMS LATASHA HARLINS THE PUBLIC THEATER, NYC
CROSSIN OVAH MAX SAMUEL BECKETT THEATER, NYC
QUEEN LATINA SHADY CHAYZIE HERE THEATER
BLACK GIRL NETTA NEW FEDERAL THEATER
THE RESTING PLACE KATRINA 29TH STREET REPERTORY
EVERYBODY'S SECRET YOLANDA C.A.T. AT NYU
Commercials
WALMART CUSTOMER SAATCHI & SAATCHI
DIRECT TV STORE CLERK TOM KUNTZ
CAPTAIN D'S WIFE
BANK OF AMERICA WOODSTOCK LADY ANDREW DOUGLAS
FORD FLEX HERO ANDREW DOUGLAS
TACO BELL WOMAN DRAFTFCB
HYUNDAI HERO WES ANDERSON
SEARS MOM TENNEY FAIRCHILD
CELLULAR ONE ASSOCIATE GSD&M
Training & Workshops
THE ACTORS STUDIO ARTHUR PENN FRANK CORSARO
AFI CONSERVATORY WILL WALLACE
MEISNER TECHNIQUE KATHRYN GATELY
ON CAMERA JUDY HENDERSON/JOAN DINCESSO
SCENE STUDY MICHAEL SHURTLEFF
QUICK STUDY, IMPROVISATION, SPOKEN WORD ARTIST, SPANSH CONVERSATIONAL, PERSONAL TRAINER, BASKETBALL, POOL PLAYER, ROLLERBLAER/SKATER, SPRINTER, BIKRAM YOGA PRACTIONER
*MEMBER OF THE LABYRINTH THEATER COMPANY OF NYC