1977
BA Theater, ’77 | Actor
Danita Vance was classically trained in acting at Roosevelt’s Chicago College of Performing Arts. As a student, she wrote the play Skylark, which was performed by Roosevelt students for years after. In the 1980s, she became the first African American woman to appear in Saturday Night Live’s main cast. She is remembered for breaking barriers in theatre, from Chicago to New York to London.
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