Mississippi Charles Bevel, multi-media artist and lecturer began his professional career in 1973. From 1973 through 1983 he performed intermittently as a musician, including a self terminated one year stint as a recording artist on the A&M record label. During that ten year period the most meaningful of those years of Mississippi were spent performing as a duo with another songwriter/performer, Chic Streetman. They also worked as an opening act for such artists as Taj Majal, Richie Havens, Hoyt Axton; Sonny Terry and Brownie Mcghee, Doc Watson, B.B. King, Third World, Albert King, Gil Scott Heron, etc.
Mississippi's first appearance on stage as an actor was with the East Cleveland Community Theatre in Cleveland OH, in 1986. Very soon there after he was concurrently working at KARAMU--also located in Cleveland, and a venue well know in the theatre community as the training round for some of America's finest black actors. While at Karamu, Mississippi performed major roles in several productions including August Wilson's PIANO LESSON (Doaker) and Sam-Art William's HOME (Cephus Miles). His professional theatre debut was with the Denver Center Theatre Company in 1994, where he co-wrote and performed in DCTC's world premiere of "It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues".
Although the majority of his work over the last few years has been in theatre, doing mostly dramatic roles, Mississippi is equally comfortable working as a writer, visual artist, actor or singer-composer. His theatre credits include I AM A MAN (Bluesman) Meadow Brook Theatre, Rochester MI; HOME (Musical Director) Rhynsburger Theatre, Columbia, MO; SPUNK (Guitar Man) Smokebrush Theatre, Colorado Springs, CO; LET ME LIVE (Musical Director) Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL; IT AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES began at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in June of this year.)
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