Actor
Ricky DeVon Hall is an actor and singer who has a deep, spiritual connection to the human condition and the power of vulnerability. As a young black boy daydreaming in the South Side of Raleigh, NC, he began to cultivate a deep love of language, culture, and representation. Ricky would often find himself perched at the foot of his elders listening to their wisdom and stories like knapsacks full of wishes, or with his friends outside observing their gesticulation and the cadence in which they would joke and tease him and each another. He would imitate his Mother's voice as she would scold him for not being home when the street lights came on, or would mull over the language used to him during unforgivable family arguments. While he did not have the words to articulate this then, he knows now that he is attracted to the beauty of human behavior.
This fascination has since completely engrossed Ricky and motivated him to pursue his BFA training in the historically rich Chadwick A. Boseman's College of Fine Arts at Howard University. Under the leadership of Dean Phylicia Rashad, Ricky is surrounded by black artistic excellence in the industry. His teachers have fostered a deep sense of reverence for the ground on which he stands.
Despite his unconventional upbringing, he finds the joy in the complexities of humanity and vows to continue to bring these beautiful stories to life. Through these experiences, you get a myriad of things in him. And similarly to life, the journey and the lesson is in the process.
Mission
Ricky never travels without his curiosity, his journal, his imagination, and his humor, and he is fiercely passionate about how his transformation rooted in the truth can transform and galvanize people to do something. This philosophy remains crucial in his art. His strong commitment to himself and to the communities he represents makes him an artist with fire. His life experiences have molded his emotional arsenal as an actor and singer, leading him to study Shakespeare and new works by contemporary BIPOC voices. His childlike innocence and inquisition caused him to survey Commedia Dell'Arte and other physical theatre practices. His love of language and rhythm attracts him to movement work and singing.
