Kevin S. McAllister, Director

Kevin S. McAllister was most recently cast in the upcoming revival of Caroline or Change alongside Cassie Levy, Sharon D. Clarke and Broadway legend Chip Zien. He was also recently seen in the hit Broadway musical, Come From Away. When not in NYC, he can be seen often on regional stages around Washington D.C where he is a two time Helen Hayes Award winning actor with 12 nominations under his belt. His favorite roles being The Tin Man in The Wiz, Coalhouse Walker, Jr. in Ragtime, and Tom Collins in Rent. Regional venues include The Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Signature Theatre, and Ford’s Theatre. Mr. McAllister’s opera background has also afforded him the opportunity to perform in Washington National Opera’s revival of Kurt Weill’s Lost In The Stars with Eric Owens. He’s participated in several world premieres and workshops with works written by Pasek and Paul, Jeanine Tesori, Rowe and Dempsey and living legend Bruce Hornsby. As an actor, Kevin is a firm believer in the idea of reimagining roles and has often taken on roles not originally written for African-American actors. Regionally, he has played Daddy Warbucks in Annie, File in 110 In The Shade, Murdoch in Titanic the Musical, Herman Preysing in Grand Hotel and Burrs in The Wild Party. 

When not on the stage, Kevin is the artistic director of ArtsCentric, a performing arts organization in Baltimore dedicated to re-examining traditional roles in the arts. He has served on the production team of various works that have been featured at Ford’s Theatre, Toby’s Dinner Theatre, NextStop Theatre, Olney Theatre and Monumental Theatre Company.  He is also a recurring guest lecturer at Montgomery College, American University, Howard University, University of Maryland and in January 2021 will join the Musical Theatre Department at Catholic University. In November 2020, Kevin was nominated as DC’s Artist of The Decade by Broadway World for his continued commitment to arts advancement in Maryland/DC region.  He was also selected as the Director of the Decade by Broadway World in the Baltimore region.

ArtsCentric, Inc. is an African American performing arts organization; a color-conscious organization committed to reexamining traditional roles in the arts, advancing original stories of specific cultures, and fostering educational advancement to strengthen the community through the power of theatre. ArtsCentric approaches the arts with a color-conscious lens when creating community-oriented and enriched education programs. The organization started with a dream in 2003, when the founders dreamed of creating more performance opportunities for young African-American artists like themselves. What began as a dream slowly morphed into an experiment: a core group of young artists armed with talent and fresh ideas, committed to producing and performing. ArtsCentric forged partnerships and relationships with Baltimore/D.C. area organizations which paved the way for what would become the fiber of ArtsCentric’s mission and model: providing entertainment that is color-conscious, community-oriented, educational and enriching. Today, ArtsCentric emerges as a 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization, producing five productions of traditional, contemporary and original staged-shows per season. In addition to our mainstage productions, ArtsCentric holds two summer institutes for young artists, and offers arts training via ArtsCentric Academy through distance learning and traditional in-person classrooms. Ultimately, ArtsCentric strives to positively impact a broad and diverse audience base, and uphold high standards of quality entertainment, while using the arts to inform, change, and enhance lives, one audience at a time.

For more information about ArtsCentric, visit their website artscentric.org