1980s — in the television situation-comedy series Soap and its spin-off series Benson Margaret Ford-Taylor, (born January 6) - film, television, stage, writer, director, two-time Emmy nominee Dick Latessa (born 1929) — a film, stage and television actor who won the 2003 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for his role in Hairspray Ron O'Neal (1937–2004) — an actor, film director and screenwriter who appeared in many blaxploitation films in the 1970s Al Kirk, Broadway and Film Actor "Shaft" "Golden Boy" with Sammy Davis Jr. Dave Connell, Broadway and Film Actor "Great White Hope" Five Films also Arena Stage Resident Actor Vaness Bell-Calloway, born in 1956. Vanessa performed in Karamu's theater and modern dance departments. She earned a spot in the chorus of the Broadway musical, Dream GirlsReyno Crayton (born 8/26/52) performed in numerous Karamu House productions. Additionally, he played Lou Edwards in The Negro Ensemble Production of "The First Breeze of Summer," opening June 1975. In 1975, he won the Clarence Derwent Award and the 1975 OBIE Award, Performance as Lou Edwards in (The First Breeze of Summer). Visual Artists' Charles L. Sallée Jr. (1913-2006) - WPA printmaker, painter and muralist who also worked as an interior designer. William E. Smith (1913-1997) - WPA printmaker, painter and sign designer who was also an art instructor. References External links www.karamuhouse.org Official website of Karamu House , Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland History/Karamu , African American Registry , Karamu House By Sandy Mitchell, About.com Guide , Case Western Reserve Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Andrew M. Fearnley, "Writing the History of Karamu House" Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Karamu House collection from the Billops-Hatch Archives, 1925-2007 African-American cultural history African-American theatre companies Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Organizations established in 1915 Regional theatre in the United States Theatres in Cleveland African-American history in Cleveland National Register of Historic Places in Cleveland, Ohio Fairfax, Cleveland 1915 establishments in Ohio Streamline Moderne architecture in the United States