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Soara-Joye Ross, previously known asJoy Ross,Joye Ross,Joy E. T. Ross, and also known as Soara-Joyce Ross[1] (because of her name being misspelled) is an American actress and singer.
Ross'Broadway acting credits includeLes Misérables the Revival andDance of the Vampires, where she made her Broadway debut.
Ross starred in theOff-Broadway productions ofSingle Black Female at thePlaywrights Horizons theater and then The Duke on 42nd Street theater. She performed inDessa Rose at theLincoln Center, where she was the second cover forLa Chanze when she wasn't playing the role of Annabel. Ross also didJerry Springer: The Opera atCarnegie Hall, and was in "The Tin Pan Alley Rag" at theLaura Pels Theatre with TheRoundabout Theatre Company as a cover for the roles ofTreemonisha and Monisha, where she performed the role Monisha.
Ross has performed overseas as asoloist in the popular European showPalazzo Colombino,[2] done a tour ofAin't Misbehavin' playing the role of "Charlayne" andSmokey Joe's Café, where she was a swing for the roles "B.J.", "Patti" and "Brenda", and a U.S. tour ofSmokey Joe's Cafe withGladys Knight. Ms. Ross played the role of "Mama Lila" in the 2009New York Musical Theatre Festival where she worked withDonna McKechnie[3] and won the "Best of Fest" Outstanding Individual Performance Award in the show written byAllan Harris entitledCross That River.[4][5]
Regionally she has been inAida (Aida) at TheArvada Center for the Arts and Humanities,[6] where she was nominated By the Colorado Guild: Outstanding Performance by and Actress in a musical,Tick Tick Boom (Susan) at theAlliance Theater,From theMississippi Delta,Ragtime (Sarah) atGateway Playhouse andWeston Playhouse Theatre Company,Ain't Misbehavin' (Armelia) at TheHuntington Theatre Company andOnce On This Island (Asaka/Andrea) atSacramento Music Circus and The Bay Street Theatre/Mill Mountain Theater.
Ross has done numerous readings and workshops and also appeared in the feature filmGarden State as the Handi-World Cashier.[1]
In 2006, Ross started asupport group called "OFF-STAGE" for actors, singers and other performances to help them deal with the entertainment business.
In 2018, Soara-Joye Ross was featured in the cast of CARMEN JONES at the Classic Stage in New York. The New York Times reviewer, Ben Brantley, praised her performance as Frankie, who sings, “Beat Out Dat Rhythm.” Brantley wrote: "The soloist here is the marvelous Soara-Joye Ross as Frankie, and for the duration of the song, she is the life force incarnate, exultant and undeniable. There may be tragedy just around the corner, but for the immediate now, human existence seems like a blessed gift. Frankie concludes the song proclaiming there “ain’t but one big heart for the whole world,” and for those few radiant minutes, you actually believe her.[7]
Ross was born inQueens,New York. She was adopted by Rita T. Ross (now Rita Soares) and Joseph Ross at a very young age. In 2005 Ross reunited with herbirth mother Lavonne Patterson. Upon finding her mother, she reunited with her paternal grandmother, maternal grandfather and years later her birth father Orick Sweetwine.
Ross attendedNassau Community College majoring in Vocal Performance. However, after doingmusical theater work at Nassau, Ross transferred for her second year of college toThe American Musical and Dramatic Academy[8] with a scholarship. After completing the Academy program, Ross began working professionally in theater. However, since Ross wasn't getting the roles she wanted, she attended J. Beckson Studio in New York to continue learning theMeisner Technique for acting. At this point, her acting career began to flourish.
In September 2007, Ross was in rehearsals for a show in New York and after weeks of not feeling well was hospitalized the day before opening night where she was diagnosed as aType 1 Diabetic. In 2010 she became a member of the not-for-profit organization ACT1 Diabetes. Since then she's been extremely active in the organization as Co-Facilitator for the Young Women with Diabetes Support Group and Donations Coordinator for the Supply Exchange Program.[9]
Ross now resides inBrooklyn, New York with herPomeranian, Lyric. She is working with other artists on a new musical written by Jay Kuo. Ross is also working on a solo piece about her own life.
Ross is a member of theActors' Equity Association and theScreen Actor's Guild.
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