GREGTA OGLESBY returns to Court Theatre, having previously starred as Ma Rainey in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Select credits include: Handprints, Summer in the Shadows, Nellie (Handprints); Thunder Knocking on the Door, Emilia, King Lear (Ten Thousand Things); The Wiz, The Piano Lesson, Amen Corner (Penumbra); A Christmas Carol, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and Caroline, or Change (Guthrie); Last Stop on Market Street, Beggar’s Strike, Five Fingers of Funk (Children’s Theatre). Awards: Joseph Jefferson Award, Black Theater Alliance Award, Ivey Award, McKnight Theater Artist Fellowship (2009, 2022).
Bio as of 8/2025