Acting
Sideeq Heard
Email: sideeqiheard@gmail.com
Height: 6’0
Voice: High Baritone
Union: AEA
Agent: Ken Melamed (Bret Adams Artist Agency)
Commercial Rep: Marla Haunt (Innovative Arts Agency )
THEATER
Oh Happy Day Keyshawn** Public Theatre- Stevie Walker Web
Trouble in Mind (Current) John Nevins Hartford Stage- Christopher Betts
A Women of No Importance Mr. Kelvil NYU Grad Acting- Janet Zarish
Golden Boy Frank Wellington/ Eddie Satin NYU Grad Acting- TazwellThompson
Red Noses Pope Clement VI NYU Grd Acting-Mark Wing Davey
Watermelon Contest James Baldwin/LaTaliya NYU Grad Acting- Stevie Walker-Webb
Detroit 67’ Lank NYU Grad Acting- Brandon Dirden
Little Women John Brooke Hangar Theatre Company- Linsay Firman
Kinky Boots Harry/Simon Sr. Hangar Theatre Company -Gerry McIntyre
Egg Play Gemini* Athena Theatre- Jeffrey L. Page
A Haunting Adrian* Columbia University- Mark Hairston
Brownsville Song (b-side for Tray) Tray Theatre Alliance- Paige Hernandez
Play Ball Damon* John F. Kennedy Center- Collin Hovde
The Projects Hunt Bradford** American Theater Company- P.J Paperelli
Disenfranchised Black Man Dee* Theatre Alliance- Collin Hovde
Hooded Tru John F. Kennedy Center- Mark Hairston
A Christmas Gift. Magaribi Clarice Smith P.A.C -Eric Ruffin
Thoughts of a Colored Man Anger Gala Hispanic Theatre- Kennan Scott III
Insurrection: Holding History TJ Howard University- Lakeisha Cox
African Americans African Husband Howard University- Martin Wilks
Anything Goes Evelyn Oakland Howard University - Ray Caldwell
Hurt Village Ebony Howard University-Eric Ruffin
FILM
Cigarettes Principal Short Film Dir. Riya Agarwal
A Bit of Colored Ribbon Featured Short Film Dir. James Henry
The One (short film) Supporting Short Film Dir. Omari
Chancellor Vanya on the 5th Floor Supporting Feature Dir. Omar Hidalgo.
Indoctrination Supporting Short Film Dir. David Sommerville
Doing it Wrong (Web-series) Principal Web series Dir. Tevin Scott
EDUCATION
-NYU Grad Acting (MFA)
-Howard University(B.F.A. in Theatre Arts, concentration in Acting)
-British Academy of Dramatic Arts (Midsummer in Oxford Program)
SPECIAL SKILLS Dancing: Contemporary, Jazz, Step, African| Accents: French, London, Southern, RP, etc. |
Rapping| Beat Boxing| Basic Fight Choreo| Basic Gymnastics|
Denotes: *Stage Reading|ng**Workshop
Directing
Sideeq Heard (he/him)
Email: sideeqiheard@gmail.com
Union: SDC
FILM
Men Like Us/ Digital Series / 2023
HERE IS A MAN (A Donny Hathaway Story/) by Jarvis Matthews/ Short Film / 2021
INTERNATIONAL
FAT HAM/Royal Shakespeare Theatre/ Director/2025
BROADWAY
FAT HAM/ Associate Director/ Dir. Saheem Ali / 2023
REGIONAL
Primary Trust/ Cleveland Playhouse/ Winter 2026
FAT HAM/ Geffen Playhouse/ Spring 2024
FAT HAM/ The Old Globe/ Spring 2024
Rhyme Deferred/ Kamillah Forbes/ Howard University/ 2023
The Waiting Room/ Devised/ Eugene O’Neil Center/ 2023
The Waiting Room/Devised/ ArtReach/ 2022
*Urinetown/ by Marc Hollman & Greg Kotis/ New York Theatre Workshop/ NYC 2022
Word Becomes Flesh /by Marc Bamuthi Joseph/ NYU FreePlay Festival/ 2021
A curious thing or.../ by Jermey O’ Brian/ Jag Fest Theatre On the Hill/ 2021
ASSITANT DIRECTING
Twelfth Night/William Shakespeare/Dir Carl Cofield/ NYU Skirball/ 2023
Fat Ham/ James Ijames /Dir. Saheem Ali/ Public Theater 2022
Twelfth Night/ William Shakespeare/ Dir Carl Cofield/ Classical Theatre of Harlem/ 2022
Seize the King/ Will Power/ Dir. Carl Cofield/ Classical Theatre of Harlem/ 2021
STAGED READINGS
Hope in Pieces/ Donathan Walters/ Studio Tisch/ 2025
Dingaling/ Jeremy O’Brian/ The New Group/ 2025
Egg Play by Jeremy O’Brian/ National Black Theatre/2025
Sent by Way of the Moon by Donathan Walters/ NYU FreePlay Festival/ 2022
Fat Ham by James Ijames / AITAF/ Roundabout Theatre (Broadway)/ 2022
LEADERSHIP
Producer/ Downtown Urban Arts Festival/ 2025
Homebase Festival/ Producer/ 2021
JAG Productions/Associate Artistic Director/ 2021-2024
EDUCATION
-NYU Grad Acting (MFA)
-Howard University(B.F.A. in Theatre Arts, concentration in Acting)
-British Academy of Dramatic Arts (Midsummer in Oxford Program)
*indicates workshop productions.