George Oliver

George Oliver is a Texas native now living in Brooklyn, New York. George received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from Sam Houston State University in 2005. He has been seen on stage in the roles of Booker T. Washington in Ragtime, Delbert Tibbs in The Exonerated, Jim in Big River, and worked several years as a member of the esteemed performance company of the Texas Renaissance Festival. George is a playwright and director for stage. He has penned the short-play Exodus, translated and edited the French Existentialist Drama La Route, and co-authored two plays (The Race and The Race Card) with Angela Watson-Modeste and DeJamion McDowell. George is currently serving as the Director of the Youth Choir in Harlem's famed Convent Avenue Baptist Church, is an Artist in Residence with GEMKNEM Troupe, Inc., a non-profit theatre company focused around social uplift.