Damian Norfleet
voice
"Damian Norfleet is a gifted improvisational singer, performer-composer, actor, and social justice activist who has occupied a rare multi-dimensional space in the performing arts" (I Care If You Listen). A Barrymore Award-winning and IRNE Award-nominated artist, Norfleet is a 2024 Gabriela Ortiz Composing Fellow. He has worked with record producer Judith Sherman; composers George Lewis, Courtney Bryan, Nkeiru Okoye, Carman Moore, Yosvany Terry, and Trevor Weston; visual artists Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Peter Schumann, and Katya Popova; costume designer Miodrag Guberinic; sound designer Rob Kaplowitz; conductors Vimbayi Kaziboni, David Bloom, and David Charles Abell; and stage directors Diane Paulus and Lars Jan. He collaborates regularly with the socially conscious orchestras The Dream Unfinished and Ensemble Pi. Norfleet has also performed with the International Contemporary Ensemble, Anonymous Ensemble, and University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, among others; and performed principal roles with Glimmerglass Opera, Portland Opera, American Opera Project, and Opera Philadelphia (Opera On Film). Additional credits include leading roles in the nationally touring production of In the Mood: A 1940s Musical Revue, the 2012 Drama Desk Award-nominated The Threepenny Opera, the Co-Operation comedy series, and the feature film Emily & Tim. He is currently cast as Pharaoh Akhenaten in the afro-futuristic feature film trilogy Protector of the Gods (in pre-production).