Lester Purry

Lester Purry

Lester Purry recently starred as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Portland Playhouse and J.P. Madison in What I Learned in Paris, Thurgood at Cleveland Playhouse. August Wilson in How I Learned What I Learned at The Edinburg Fringe Festival. Purry toured nationally as Othello and appeared in The Darker Face of the Earth, The Big White Fog at The Guthrie Theatre. Penumbra, he played Cory in Fences, Hambone in Two Trains Running. Baltimore Center Stage Marvell Thunder in Thunder Knocking on the Door. Purry's diverse repertoire spans Philadelphia Theatre Company, Children’s Theatre Company, and beyond. Recent highlights include Charles Grace in Fireflies at South Coast Repertory Theatre, Thurgood Marshall at Geva Theatre Center, Portland Playhouse, and Penumbra Theatre.