Phylicia Rashad
as Maxine Faulk
portrayed Clair Huxtable on “The Cosby Show”. Other TV credits include NBC’s “This Is Us” (Two Emmy nom.), Fox’s “Empire,” and the OWN Network’s “David Makes Man”. On stage, she has performed in Jelly's Last Jam, Into the Woods, Dreamgirls and The Wiz. August Osage County, Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, August Wilson’s Gem Of The Ocean, (Tony Award nom.), and A Raisin In The Sun (Drama Desk and Tony Award). Film credits: Creed and Creed II, Just Wright, Tyler Perry's Good Deeds, For Colored Girls …and, A Fall From Grace. Upcoming: Pixar’s Soul, and Jingle Jangle. An award-winning director, she debuted at Seattle Rep with Gem of the Ocean and has directed at the Signature Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Goodman Theatre, and the Kennedy Center. She will direct Charles Randolph Wright’s Blue in 2021. Many awards and honors including eleven honorary doctorates and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2016.