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Dale Ricardo Shields
Dale Ricardo Shields is an African American actor, director, producer, and educator. He is one of ten teachers nationwide who received the 2017 The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award.
Dale also received the 2017 AUDELCO / "VIV" Special Achievement Award. In September, 2022, Shields received the Ebony Bobcat Network (EBN) Legend Award from Ohio University.
Shields was named the recipient of the 2021 Paul Robeson Award by the Actors’ Equity Association and the Actors’ Equity Foundation.
In 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, Dale received the Actors Fund / Encore Award.
Shields is the youngest of two sons of Claude Lee and Fannie Lousie Shields. His grandfather and father were founding members of the Shields Brother Gospel Quartet of Ohio and his mother was a member of the Turner Gospel Singers directed by the gospel artist, Arthur Turner. Don King is Shields' cousin. King's mother and Shields' grandmother were sisters.
Dale graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 1970 and holds BFA (1975) and MFA (1995) degrees from Ohio University.
Shields' professional credits as a director, stage manager, and actor (Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and Regional) include projects and assignments at Lincoln Center (State Theatre), The Henry Street Settlement House (New Federal Theatre), The Negro Ensemble Company, The Joseph Papp Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival) and Karamu House. Shields is on the board of directors of AUDELCO.
Shields studied Acting at The Negro Ensemble Company and The Henry Street Settlement House with Harold Scott (director) and Dick Anthony Williams in New York City.
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Dale Ricardo Shields
Dale Ricardo Shields is an African American actor, director, producer, and educator. He is one of ten teachers nationwide who received the 2017 The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award.
Dale also received the 2017 AUDELCO / "VIV" Special Achievement Award. In September, 2022, Shields received the Ebony Bobcat Network (EBN) Legend Award from Ohio University.
Shields was named the recipient of the 2021 Paul Robeson Award by the Actors’ Equity Association and the Actors’ Equity Foundation.
In 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, Dale received the Actors Fund / Encore Award.
Shields is the youngest of two sons of Claude Lee and Fannie Lousie Shields. His grandfather and father were founding members of the Shields Brother Gospel Quartet of Ohio and his mother was a member of the Turner Gospel Singers directed by the gospel artist, Arthur Turner. Don King is Shields' cousin. King's mother and Shields' grandmother were sisters.
Dale graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 1970 and holds BFA (1975) and MFA (1995) degrees from Ohio University.
Shields' professional credits as a director, stage manager, and actor (Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and Regional) include projects and assignments at Lincoln Center (State Theatre), The Henry Street Settlement House (New Federal Theatre), The Negro Ensemble Company, The Joseph Papp Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival) and Karamu House. Shields is on the board of directors of AUDELCO.
Shields studied Acting at The Negro Ensemble Company and The Henry Street Settlement House with Harold Scott (director) and Dick Anthony Williams in New York City.