Sidney Poitier

AN OSCAR, A BAFTA,  A GOLDEN GLOBE, A KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, A LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, KENNEDY HONORS, HALL OF FAME, HONORARY OSCAR, PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, BAFTA FELLOWSHIP...are just a few of Sidney's staggering accomplishments in the entertainment industry.

I have been privileged enough to call Sidney a friend, and to have had him in my life for a very, very long time.

We are proud and humbled to be working on SIDNEY, a stage play by Charles Randolph-Wright to be directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson.

Charles Randolph-Wright

Charles Randolph-Wright has built a dynamic and diversified career in directing, writing, and producing for theatre, television, and film. He directed the smash hit Motown The Musical (Broadway, the National tour, and London.
In theatre, Charles wrote the play Blue, starring Phylicia Rashad, which broke box office records at Arena Stage. Charles also wrote Cuttin' Up, The Night is a Child and Love In Afghanistan among many other credits.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Ruben Santiago-Hudson is an accomplished actor, playwright and director. He has won a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding director, an Obie Ward for direction and has been nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play and for his work in the Off-Broadway production of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson. Ruben also won a Humanitas Prize and earned Emmy and Writers Guild of America nominations for his work.