Chiké Johnson most recently appeared as Dr. Gibbs in Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s production of Our Town. Chicago credits include: Meet Vera Stark (Goodman Theatre), Sizwe Banzi is Dead (Court Theatre), and The Crucible, The Unmentionables, and Huck Finn (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Regional credits include: A Raisin in The Sun (Co-Produced by Indiana Repertory Theatre and Syracuse Stage); Cyrano De Bergerac, Three Sisters, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (American Players Theatre); Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Co-Produced by American Players Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, and Geva Theatre Center); Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol and Duke of Cornwall in King Lear (Milwaukee Repertory Theater); Crooks in Of Mice and Men (Co-Produced with Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Arizona Theatre Company); a revival of The Unmentionables (Yale Repertory Theatre); Lincoln in Topdog/Underdog (Renaissance Theaterworks); Cephus Miles in Home (In Tandem Theatre); Willie in Master Harold and the Boys (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre); and Martin Luther King, Jr. in Smoldering Fires (First Stage). Off-Broadway credits include: Lost in the Stars (New York City Center’s Encores!) and Ruined (Co-Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club and Goodman Theatre). Broadway: A Time to Kill and Wit (Manhattan Theatre Club).
Bio as of 2018