Member Profiles
James Vincent Meredith
Biography
James Vincent Meredith received critical acclaim as John Proctor in The Crucible, his first role as an ensemble member. At Steppenwolf he has also appeared in Clybourne Park, The Hot L Baltimore, The Bluest Eye (also Off-Broadway at the New Victory Theater), The Pain and the Itch, Carter's Way and Superior Donuts. Other Chicagoland appearances include Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting at Lookingglass Theatre and Much Ado About Nothing at Chicago Shakespeare Theater,as well as work at About Face Theatre, Writer's Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook and Piven Theatre Workshop, where he is a member of the company ensemble.
Watch & Listen
Credits & Awards
Theatre
The Book of Mormon (National Tour) King Lear, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, American Voices, Our Country’s Good (Piven Theatre Workshop); Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, King John, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare); The Duchess of Malfi and Othello (Writers’ Theatre); A Raisin in the Sun(Goodman Theatre); Othello and “Master Harold”...and the boys (Journeymen Theatre); Flyin' West (Illinois Theatre Center); The King and I (Drury Lane Oakbrook); Othello (Michigan Shakespeare Festival); The Hobbit (First Stage)Television
ER; Prison Break; Chicago Code; Law and Order SVU; Detroit 187; Betrayal; BossAwards
Black Theater Alliance Sidney Poitier Award (The Crucible)Past Productions
- Action
- Balm in Gilead (Remount at the Apollo Theater Center)
- Between Riverside and Crazy
- Carter's Way
- Citizens of the World
- Clybourne Park
- Ski Dubai
- Superior Donuts
- Take Me Out
- The 5th Annual First Look Repertory of New Work
- The Bluest Eye
- The Crucible
- The Hot L Baltimore
- The March
- The Pain and the Itch
- The Tempest