Yewande Odetoyinbo (Ma Rainey) is excited to finally be performing in her home state again. The last time she performed in Michigan was in 2009 in The Ringwald Theatre’s production of RENT! Since then, Yewande has appeared in regional productions such as The Hills of California (Berkeley Rep/Huntington Theatre), Fat Ham (Huntington Theatre), Waitress (Majestic Theater), FELA! (Olney Theatre Center, Round House Theatre), The Colored Museum (American Stage Company), Sister Act, The Light, Breath Imagination (Lyric Stage, IRNE Award-winner), The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors (Lyric Stage, Front Porch Arts Collective), Fairview, Once on This Island, The View Upstairs (SpeakEasy Stage), Macbeth in Stride (ART), Passing Strange, Caroline or Change (Elliot Norton-nominee), Parade (Moonbox Productions), Hair (New Rep), Show Boat (Fiddlehead Theatre), The Sound of Music, Show Boat (Reagle Music Theatre), Finish Line, The Gay Agenda (Boston Theater Company), In the Heights, Seussical, Ragtime (Wheelock Family Theatre), and Fannie Lou Hamer: Speak On It! (Merrimack Repertory Theatre). Training and Education: Mosaic Youth Theatre. Howard University, BFA. The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, MFA. Shout to her always super supportive family and friends especially her biggest fans Mom, Dad, Yemisi and Love Ayomi.