Randolph-Macon College’s Watkins Lecture Series will host accomplished actor and singer/songwriter Bryan Terrell Clark, who will present “Finding your Purpose: From Baltimore to Broadway’s Hamilton” on Monday, February 28, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in Blackwell Auditorium, located in the Randolph-Macon College Center for the Performing Arts.

Clark has performed in hugely successful Broadway shows and a wide range of popular television programming for various networks. In 2019, Clark reprised his role as George Washington in the record-breaking Broadway hit Hamilton. He made his Broadway debut playing the iconic role of Marvin Gaye in Motown: The Musical, which received a 2014 Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album. Clark also starred opposite Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett in the acclaimed drama Fences at the Pasadena Playhouse. Most recently, Clark was a part of Thoughts of a Colored Man at Broadway’s Golden Theater.

Clark is also well-known on the small screen, having appeared in Ava DuVernay’s highly acclaimed Netflix mini series When They See Us, as well as Cherish the Day and Queen Sugar on the OWN network. He will appear in Shonda Rhymes’ Inventing Anna premiering this month on Netflix and Disney+’s “Sneakerella” in 2022. Among his other numerous television appearances include CBS’s NCIS: New Orleans, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest, Unforgettable, CSI: NY, and The Unit. He has also had roles on NBC’s The Mysteries of Laura, Fox’s Empire, USA Network’s Royal Pains, as well as BET’s The New Edition Story and Tyler Perry’s House of Payne.

As a singer, songwriter, and producer, he was co-writer on Mary J. Blige’s “Irreversible” on the album My Life II and has performed with such artists as Maxwell, Brandy, Ne-Yo, Anita Baker, Michael Bublé, and many others. 

Clark’s production company, Artists Park Productions, has a creative collaboration with INE Entertainment, a leading independent production company on a series of digital and television projects.

Clark is the co-founder of inDEFINED, an initiative that inspires and teaches young people to use their voices to erase constrictive labels in our society. He is also the recipient of the 2018 Voice for Social Justice Award from Rutgers University, the 2019 Gallery of Success Award from Temple University, and HELP USA’s 2019 “Help Hero Award” for volunteerism and his ongoing commitment to social change and activism.  

Bryan Terrell Clark graduated from the Yale School of Drama and Temple University. He is a native of Baltimore, MD and currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. 

RMC’s Watkins Lecture Series

The Watkins Lecture Series was established in 1999 by Marion Watkins Herget and Dr. George D. Watkins ’44, and is named in honor of their parents, who owned and operated the Herald-Progress newspaper. The series brings together the Town of Ashland and Randolph-Macon communities—two entities important to the Watkins family.

The Watkins’ gift has provided lecture attendees the opportunity to hear from a host of notable speakers, including Bill Bryson, Soledad O’Brien, Ari Shapiro, Nina Totenberg, James Carville, Julian Bond, and Rubin “Hurricane” Carter.