Emperor Jones
Bus Howard is the essence of artistic creation. As an actor, painter, writer, musician, craftsman, carpenter, golfer, husband, father, and grandfather, Bus infuses creativity into all that he does, with modern day renaissance flair.He began his acting career in his native Chicago, Illinois, where as a young child he portrayed the baby Jesus in his church's Nativity play. An accomplished career as a performer has led him into a variety of roles, including the host for the Build a Boat Show on cable's (D.I.Y.) Do-it-yourself Network. Bus was a recurring presence on the HBO The Wire (Season 2 in the role of Ott. He was also the national voice-over for United Negro College Fund's "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste" campaign. Mr. Howard was invited to the White House during the Geroge Bush Sr. Administration, where he performed his one-man reenactment of Frederick Douglass. This and other powerful reenactments, such as Josiah Henson, Malcolm X, Martin L. King, Father Divine, Nat Turner, Thurgood Marshall and Negro League Baseball, are performed by Bus Howard both on a local and national scale. He has served as an Artist-in-residence for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for over 12 years, as well as for the Maryland State Arts Council, leading workshops and teaching drama to school age children. Most recently in September of 2007, Bus portrayed "Dectective Ahmad" in the independent movie Lessons Learned filmed entirely in Baltimore, Md. Mr. Howard also starred as the character "Doub" in August Wilson's 2006 national tour of, delighting audiences in Kansas City, Tucson, and Phoenix. He was guest star on Law and Order-SVU in 2007. As well, he reprised the great Paul Robeson, as the"Emperor Jonesto rave reviews, at the American Century Theatre in Alexandria, Va. Mr. Howard has displayed his craftsman skills as tour technical director of Negro Ensemble Company's Colored People's Time and the Pulitzer Prize winning A Soldier's Play. As a musician, Bus can play African stick drum, djembe drum, balaphon, bongos, guitar and harmonica, in order to bring the music to his performance resume. He is a student of the Blues and an avid golfer.
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Credentials:
MSAC Roster
Teaching Artist Institute
Email: ActorBus@aol.com
Phone:
202-390-2161
4008 30th Street
Mt. Rainier,MD 20712
Training
13 years as Artist-in-residence for The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts-Education Department Community Partnership; Visiting Performer and Artist-in-residence for Maryland State Arts Council; Visiting Perfromer C.A.P. Fairfax Va.; Artist-in-residence- Montgomery County Public Schools; Artist-in-residence-Anne Arundel County ; Visiting Performer-Howard County Public Schools;Two time Chair panalist for Children's Events-Maryland State Arts Council; Artist-in-residence-Prince Georges Arts Council; Three time panalist-Prince Georges Arts Council;
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