As an undergraduate, he studied acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company in London and dance with the Alvin Ailey School in New York City.
The musical, which he co-wrote with Grammy winner Marcus Hummon, incorporates the speeches and writings of abolitionist, orator and polymath Frederick Douglass.
[11] Randolph-Wright directed Born For This: A New Musical, which he co-wrote with Grammy Award winning gospel artist BeBe Winans and Lisa D'Amour.
He directed Daniel Beaty's Through The Night, which opened Off-Broadway at the Union Square Theatre, produced by Daryl Roth, in the fall of 2010.
[21] Randolph-Wright's directing credits include Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize winning play Ruined at Arena Stage, Brian Stokes Mitchell's acclaimed solo show Love/Life at Lincoln Center Theater, They're Playing Our Song (in Portuguese) in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brasil, Daniel Beaty's Emergency at the Geffen Playhouse, Althol Fugard's Blood Knot, featuring music by Tracy Chapman, at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco; the premiere of Cheryl L. West's stage adaptation of the film, Akeelah and the Bee, for the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis and Arena Stage; and the world premiere of Oni Faida Lampley's Tough Titty at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
[22] With music by Nona Hendryx and direction by Sheldon Epps, it starred Phylicia Rashad, Hill Harper, and Michael McElroy.
[23] The play received a subsequent production at Pasadena Playhouse starring Ms. Rashad, Diahann Carroll, and Clifton Davis in September 2002.
[26] The play received its West Coast premiere in September 2009 in a production at Pasadena Playhouse directed by Sheldon Epps and starring Jobeth Williams.
Created by Craig Wright and produced by Warner Bros. Television and Harpo Films, Delilah aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) in 2021.
[30] Additional credits include Will Trent on ABC, The Santa Clauses on Disney+, The Big Leap on Fox, Katy Keene on The CW, Step Up: Highwater on YouTube Red, Lincoln Heights on ABC Family, and South of Nowhere on The N. Randolph-Wright was also the producer and writer of the Showtime series Linc's and a writer/consultant on the Fox series Lush Life.
Randolph-Wright was the co-producer of the Angela Davis Story for Castle Rock Entertainment, and developed the short film Family Tree (Disney).
[35][36] In the summer of 2010, Randolph-Wright received a three-year playwright residency as part of Arena Stage's American Voices New Play Institute, which began in January 2011.
The annual award honors alumni who have made outstanding contributions through their field of work, in service to the university and toward the betterment of humanity.