Alric Davis

Alric Davis is driven by the age-old tradition of preserving history through storytelling. Since 2013 he has served as the Founding Artistic Director of The Sankofa Collective, a theatre org based in Houston. He holds a B.F.A. from Howard University with a concentration in Musical Theatre and Playwriting. He is also a freelance performer, director, theatre critic, acting coach and adjunct instructor. Directing credits include Lotus and the Unlikely Crew (off-Broadway at A.R.T.), August Mother, Sister Act, Next to Normal, The Bodyguard (2024- Best Direction of a Musical winner), The Light in The Piazza, Miss Evers Boys, Burden of Proof and The Wiz (2019 – Best Direction of a Musical winner). His original play Queen Peaches, won the Inaugural Black Box Theatre Festival at The Tank in New York. His ten-minute play Buffalo Woman won the 2024 Fade to Black 10-Min Play Festival in 2024 and the one act play Bashful and the Noize won the 2021 Page to Stage Festival for the Kennedy Center in D.C. Alric currently serves as an American representative for the Alley Theatre’s international cohort in partnership with Unga Klara in Sweden and performed the show Guardian of the Gods in Turkiye and America.