Roz White

Roz White is celebrating 40 years as an arts professional and educator, with a BFA in Theatre from Howard University and an MEd in Curriculum from Northcentral University. Roz made a box office record-setting turn as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill at Mosaic Theater Company in Washington, DC. She is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where she also served for over a decade as a faculty member, creating a multidisciplinary course “Music Theatre” during her tenure. Roz has performed as a featured vocalist with Yolanda Adams, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and more. She spent two years as Zelma Bullock in the Broadway tour of TINA – The Tina Turner Musical. Other theatre credits include Dreamgirls, Once On This Island, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Seven Guitars, Violet, Bessie’s Blues, Anne and Emmett, The Amen Corner, and her self-penned cabaret Pearl Bailey by Request. She most recently starred as The Lady from the Road in Arizona Theatre Company’s Blues In The Night. In 2024, Roz made her feature film debut as a lead—embodying Sybrina Fulton in the award-winning film Veils – Requiem for Trayvon.