Anastaćia McCleskey

Anastaćia McCleskey

Biography

Award winning actor. Eight Broadway shows, tons of regional, some TV & Films. “I cannot help wondering sometimes what I might have become & might have done if I had lived in a country which had not circumscribed & handicapped me on account of my race, that had allowed me to reach any height I was able to attain.” — Mary Church Terrell.

Credits

Suffs, Boop! The Betty Boop Musical, Waitress, Caroline; or Change

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