AMDA Alumnus Kyle Scatliffe to Speak at AMDA’s 2017 Spring Commencement

May 25, 2017 - Alumni, Announcements

As the spring term draws to a close, AMDA would like to congratulate our soon-to-be graduates entering the professional world! To honor our students’ accomplishments and time at AMDA, we are pleased to announce the keynote speaker for AMDA NY’s Spring Graduation Ceremonies:

Kyle Scatliffe, a proud graduate of AMDA, made his Broadway debut as Enjolras in the Tony Award-nominated revival of Les Misérables. Kyle’s stellar performance was reprised and featured in the CBS broadcast of the 2014 Tony Awards. Kyle’s next Broadway role was Harpo in the Tony Award-winning revival of The Color Purple. Before arriving on Broadway, Kyle portrayed Haywood Patterson in the premiere of The Scottsboro Boys in London’s West End, earning a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. 

Shortly after graduating from AMDA, Kyle was chosen to participate in Town Hall’s Broadway Rising Stars, a highly selective national showcase that introduces audiences to young performing artists. Earlier this
month, Kyle portrayed the title role in an industry reading of Reginald: From Baltimore to Billionaire, based on the life story of the first African American billionaire, Reginald F. Lewis. Additional theatre credits include Jim in Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at the New York City Center, Coalhouse in Ragtime, Jud Fry in Oklahoma!, and Marley in A Christmas Carol: The Concert with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, which was broadcast on PBS. Kyle has twice appeared in Broadway Unplugged, the critically-acclaimed annual Town Hall concert. 

Kyle’s TV credits include the roles of Aaron Whittles in NBC’s “Chicago P.D.” and Grant in “Bull” on CBS. 

This August, Kyle will appear as Silvius in As You Like It, a co-production of the Off-Broadway Classic Stage Company and Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, NY. Kyle will also join BroadwayCon in January 2018.