Jefferson Mays Biography

returns to the McCarter stage for the third time this season having appeared in The Importance of Being Earnest and in Doug Wright’s Not Suitable for Children. New York: Quills and Culture of Desire (New York Theatre Workshop), Moe’s Lucky Seven (Playwrights Horizons), Orestes (En Garde Arts), and Bella, Belle of Byelorussia (WPA). He has performed at many of America’s foremost regional theaters including Williamstown Theatre Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Yale Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf, and La Jolla Playhouse. He is the recipient of Obie and Drama-Logue Awards. Film/TV: The Big Brass Ring, Cousin Bette, The Low Life, Some Folks Call It A Sling Blade, Ghost Brigade, Liberty!, and Hudson River Blues.