Saycon Sengbloh 

is an American actress  who has maintained a

 quiet  steady rise throughout her theatrical career. In .

2012, she'll be featured in the New York

 City debut of Katori Hall's play "Hurt Village",

directed by Patricia McGregor. She co-starred in

FELA! a Broadway production about the life of

Afro-beat pioneer Fela Kuti. She was born in

Atlanta, GA from Liberian and American parents.

Saycon co-starred in FELA! after appearing on

Broadway as "Abe Lincoln" in the smash hit revival

of HAIR!

Bill T. Jones is the director of FELA! which

starred Sahr Ngaujah, Kevin Mambo, and Lilias

White and a fabulous ensemble along with

Antibalas the premiere Afro-beat orchestra in the

United States.  Essential to many theatrical

productions in development Saycon’s most recent

workshops and readings include the “Untitled Barry

Gordy Project”, the true story behind America’s

most innovative recording company, Motown, “The

House that Will Not Stand” by Marcus Gardley,

and “Beyond the Music”  by Andy Sandberg.

She began performing in plays and musicals at Tri-

Cities School for Visual and Performing Arts and

attended Agnes Scott College.

After several productions with the Freddie

Hendrick's Youth Ensemble of Atlanta (YEA),

she played the daughter of Ann Nesby in Tyler

Perry's first musical play, "I Know I've Been

Changed." Saycon traveled with the Equity

National tour of "Rent," as the seductive lead "Mimi."

Saycon has performed on Broadway in 'Elton

John and Tim Rice's AIDA" in the title role and

became the first African-American actress to

perform the role of Elphaba in "Wicked," and also

appeared in The Color Purple the musical.

Also a film and television actress, Saycon can be

seen in American Gangster, Funny Valentines,

Across the Universe, and many commercials. She

filmed television pilots and appeared as Nurse

Peltzer in an episode of this season's "Law &

Order".

Saycon Sengbloh was featured in the February

issue of Vogue Magazine and appears on the new

Hair soundtrack.

As a recording artist her musical influences include

Sade, Mariah Carey, Jill Scott, Maxwell, and

Prince! Sengbloh is the executive producer of the

CD release "Southern Pin-Up!" which is available

on CDbaby.com, Itunes,  and the recently

released "DJ Serge Negri presents Saycon:

WARRIOR' available on itunes, amazon and

last.fm.

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