Artist

La Shawn Banks originally hails from Buffalo, New York, and received his BFA in Musical Theatre from SUNY Fredonia. He is thrilled to return to Steppenwolf, where he was last seen in the national premiere of The Wheel.  Favorite productions include: Oedipus, The Book of Will, Twelfth Night, The Island, A Streetcar Named Desire, Edward Albee’s Seascape, The Taming of the Shrew, The Critic, Of Mice and Men, Troilus and Cressida and Richard III (APT), The Scene, Isaac’s Eye, Travels With My Aunt, The Turn of the Screw and The Liar (Writers Theatre) Sweat (Mark Taper Forum), Around the World in 80 Days (Indiana Rep), Short Shakespeare! Twelfth Night, Short Shakespeare! Macbeth and Edward II (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), A Year With Frog & Toad (Chicago Children’s Theatre) and Le Switch (About Face). He currently lives in Los Angeles. TV and Film credits include Chicago PD, Chicago Justice, The Exorcist, Shameless, Snowfall and Veep. “Thank you my Creator, with whom anything is possible.”