Tramaine Montell Ford Is An American Actor, Comedian, Singer, Dancer, Writer, Recording And Animation Voice-Over Artist, And Award-Winning Solo Performer. He Holds A Bachelor Of Fine Arts In Acting From Syracuse University College Of Visual And Performing Arts Department Of Drama and an MFA from A.R.T./M.X.A.T. Institute At Harvard University.Ford's Credits Include; Hairspray (Feature Film) Starring John Travolta And Queen Latifah, One Life To Live (ABC), The Oprah Winfrey Show, Saturday Night Live (NBC), MTV VMA's, The Today Show, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Shakespeare's Hamlet, The Ballad Of Emmet Till At Black Repertory Theatre, National Tour Of Dreamgirls With A 5 Week International Engagement In Tokyo, Japan, Elton John And Tim Rice's Aida (International Tour), College Humor, Odyssey: The Epic Musical, A Christmas Carol At Princeton University McCarter Theatre, Manhattan Repertory Theatre, Diane Paulus' The Donkey Show At American Repertory Theatre, And Has Danced For American Singer Lady Gaga During Her First Live TV Performance At The New Now Next Awards. Ford Has Toured And Performed In Various Theaters And Television Production Studios Throughout The United States, Norway, Germany, China, Japan, Taiwan, Inner Mongolia, The Bahamas, Canada, And US Virgin Islands.Born And Raised In Chicago's Notorious Cabrini Green Projects, Ford Was Featured On NBC News As An Up & Coming Rising Star And On WNG-9 News As First Individual From The Chicago Housing Projects To Win At The Chicago Children's Alt Film Festival, Taking Home First Place For Best Narrative, The Potion Which He Wrote And Starred In As A Teen Through Cabrini Connections Tutor/Mentor Program. Ford Won 2nd Place At Chicago Shakespeare Theatre's Monologue And Sonnet Contest And Began Working With Duncan YMCA's Chernin Center For The Arts Youth Theatre Workshop. In 1999, He Starred In FreeStreet Theatre's CoTingle Representing The USA At The 13th Annual A.S.S.I.T.E.J. Theatre Festival In Tromso, Norway And At The Bremen International Festival In Bremen, Germany.The Tramaine Experience: An Urban Dramedy, Ford's Self-Penned One-Man-Show Premiered Off-Broadway September 22nd 2011 At The American Theatre Of Actors Fostered By The Producers Of Broadway's Wicked And Urinetown, The Araca Group, Through The Araca Project, With Favorable Reviews. The Production Began With Three Sold-Out Developmental Workshops At Off-Broadway's Theatre Row Studio Theatre In Times Square New York City Where Ford Was Co-Executive Producer. Winner Of The "Outstanding Performance In A Solo Show" Award At The Planet Connections Theatre Festivity Awards After It's Limited Engagement At The Gene Frankel Theatre And Robert Moss Theatre, With Proceeds Benefiting Charity United Way NYC. The Production Has Also Seen Several Limited Engagements At Chicago's Gorilla Tango Theatre And Greenhouse Theatre. The Tramaine Experience: An Urban Dramedy Has Been Featured On NY1 News, NYTimes.Com, And Broadway World.Ford's Professional Training Also Includes Chicago's FreeStreet Theatre, The New York Tepper Semester With Rebecca Guy From The Juilliard School And Columbia University's Kristen Linklater, Warner Bro Studios Aaron Sorkin Week, JoAnna Beckson Studios, Alexander Technique Center, Joel Hall Dance Center, And The Ailey School: The Official School Of The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre As An Oprah Winfrey Scholarship Recipient and and the PWST Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Poland. Ford Worked As Production Choreographer With Ghost Robot And Has Choreographed Music Videos For Artists Kid Sister, Galactic, And New York Musical Theatre Festival's This Is 30. Ford Appears In The Nassau, Bahamas Televised Live Production Of The Legend Of Sammie Swain As Part Of Shakespeare In Paradise.Since 2010, Ford Tours To Disadvantaged Youth In Elementary Schools In Disadvantaged Neighborhoods. He Visits And Performs For And With Hundreds Of Youth Every Year In Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, And Los Angeles, Performing My Plate: The New Food Guide Musical Program Through "The Nutrition & Fitness Education Initiative". The Program And Ford Have Been Featured On The Huffington Post, New York Times, ABC News Los Angeles, And ABC Staten Island. Ford Has Also Been Involved As An Actor With The Adolescent Aids Program, Performing In Educational Videos That Train Doctors And Counselors To Work With Youth Patients.Tramaine Montell's EP Single Beast (Can't Do Me) Released Internationally On ITunes, Rhapsody, Napster, EMusic, & Zune Jan 31, 2011. On ReverbNation The Single Is Available With Proceeds Benefitting "Keep A Child Alive" Charity Though Music For Good.Residency In Russia's Moscow Art Theatre School. Member Of The Screen Actor's Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), And Actor's Equity Association (AEA). Show less «