Beverly Cosham
…Timeless
As a singer Beverly
Cosham has performed her cabaret act at nightspots
from Los Angeles to New York via San Antonio, TX and
New Haven, CT, as well as Blues Alley, the Kennedy
Center, the National Theater, the Omni Shoreham, the
Henley Park Hotel, The World Bank, the Lyceum, and
the Lisner Auditorium in Washington, DC. She has twice
been guest artist with the Navy Commodores and recorded
with them. Beverly has appeared with such jazz luminaries
as Clark Terry, Mose Allison, and the Heath Brothers.
Beverly has three recordings -- Beverly Sings
Blue, At Last, and Beverly Cosham
Sings Yip Harburg.
“Cosham is a rare find, even a
phenomenon. Possessed with a voice that is probably
one of the best natural instruments that we have heard,
Beverly Cosham is thrilling. She brings so much meaning
to a lyric” – Leigh Spear, Talk of
L.A
As an actress Beverly
Cosham has appeared in numerous productions on most
of the stages in the Washington DC area including:
“Rebel Armies Deep Into Chad” (Round House)
(a Helen Hayes nomination); “A, My Name is Alice”,
“A, My Name Will Always Be Alice”, and
“In Good Company” (Horizons);”The
Fifth Season” (Olney Theatre); “The Tempest”
(Shakespeare Theatre); “Do Not Go Gentle”
and “My Lord, What a Morning” (Kennedy
Center TYA); Federal Theater Projects (GMU Theatre
of the First Amendment); “The American Plan”
and “The Old Settler” (Studio Theatre);
“The Last Orbit of Billy Mars” (Woolly
Mammoth); “Leaving the Summerland” (Tribute
Productions at Theatre J); “Inns and Outs”
(Source Theatre); “Harlem Rose” (MetroStage);
“A Monday Night With Bess and Tess” (African
Continuum Theatre Co); and “Once On This Island”
(Round House). Ms. Cosham recently appeared at Round
House as Miss Emma in the critically-acclaimed “A
Lesson Before Dying”.
Ms. Cosham has a Master Class, Acting
Up A Song, which she has taught at the Actors’
Center, the Kennedy Center, and Catholic University.
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