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An oasis for those who love classic stories. Los Angeles Times

Gerald C. Rivers He/Him

WITH A NOISE WITHIN:

2025-26 Season: Bynum, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.

Previous Seasons: Wining Boy, The Piano Lesson; Stool Pigeon, King Hedley II

Gerald C. Rivers Gerald is a classically trained Shakespearean actorwith a decades-long history at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum. He has worked with the Georgia Shakespeare Festival, The Academy Theatre, Jomandi, The Hippodrome, Tony Plana’s East LA Classic Theatre, Gary Marshall’s Falcon Theatre, and he was recently invited to perform at the International Black Theatre festival in Winston Salem. He is also an incredible Voice Over Artist voicing popular classic video games like M. Bison in Street Fighter, Jax in Mortal Kombat, EXdeath in Final Fantasy and dozens more. He is best known as the Voice of MLK. Gerald is a master West African drummer, who loves working with kids.