ABOUT PENWAH
THE CONSUMATE PERFORMER
PENWAH [spelled correctly "Phynjuar"] is one of the most phenomenal artistes of our time. Young in spirit and with a bubbly personality, PENWAH is an incredibly generous woman. She shares her gifts by grooming and coaching up-and-coming talent. Most importantly she was the guiding force behind the successful career of her daughter MICHELLE THOMAS who was best known for her role as Myra Monkhouse on the long-running ABC TV hit show Family Matters, Justine on The Cosby Show and Callie Rogers on The Young and Restless. Tragically Michelle passed away on Christmas even 1998 and after a long battle with grief PENWAH pulled herself up by the bootstraps and returned to her passion in entertainment.
PENWAH IS A SEASONED ARTIST
PENWAH is a seasoned artist who has been on stage since a toddler (one of the children in Porgy and Bess, the baby in A Black Nativity, and later in the cast of Hair with Donna Summer). She garnered major accolades in George C. Wolfe’s Original Colored Museum, Summer Suns Tales of Night, and Piano Bar. She also studied with some of the greatest names in entertainment like Beah Richards, George C. Wolfe, Barbra Ann Teer, Glynn Turman, and C. Bernard Jackson, just to name a few; and at fine institutions like The Alma Lewis School of Fine Arts in Boston, Inner City Cultural, The National Black Theatre, New England Conservatory, Berklee School of Music, and Emerson College.
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