May the Circle be Unbroken

LEHMAN BENEBY   DOB - April 30, 1950     DOD - February 17, 2001

EDUCATION                                                      DEGREE                                    

Miami Northwestern Senior                         High School Diploma

Miami Dade College Associate of Arts         Musical Theatre

Bethune Cookman College                             Business Administration

University of Miami                                        Applied Voice

THEATER (Playwright)                                                                                   

May the Circle be Unbroken                         Miami Shores Performing Arts Theatre

                                                                               Billie Holiday Theatre                                   

                                                                               National Black Harlem Theatre

THEATER (Actor) 

Abyssinia                                                            Goodspeed Opera House                                

The Cleveland Play House                             AUDELCO Nominee

When the Nightingale Sings                         The Clarence Brown Theatre     

Your Arms Too Short to Box with God        Broadway/National Tour  

Bubbling Brown Sugar                                    National Tour   

Evening at the Cotton Club                            Off-Broadway

Lost in the Stars                                                 William Pawley Theatre             

OPERA                                                                   CHARACTER 

La Traviata                                                          Barone

Nabucco                                                                Chorus                                      

Messiah                                                                 Chorus                                          

University of Miami                                          Don Giovanni

CRUISE                      

Sitmar Cruise Line                                            Principal Actor/Dancer

CONCERTS                                                          ROLES

Miami Inner City Children's Choir               Founder/Director

Manhattan Gospel Singers: Lima, Peru      Founder/Director

Bahamian Gospel Caravan                             Guest Artist

The Sounds of Exaltation                                 Founder/Director          

Greater Miami Mass Choir                              Co-Founder/Director

LeBene Ensemble                                               Founder/Director

The Voices of Spring                                          Founder/Director          

FILM                                                      DRAMAS                               DANCE TRAINING               

Bonfire of the Vanities                     Don’t Explain                       Ballet

Coming to America                          The Mighty Gents               Jazz

Malcolm X