Meet Ian Anthony Coleman, actor on the move
Ian Anthony ColemanDirector/Actor/EducatorIananthonyColeman.com Early this summer, Ian Anthony Coleman staged hit Broadway musical “The Prom,” at the popular Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre in Rockville.
It was a gratifying work experience for the out director/actor/educator, as well as a homecoming of sorts. Ten years earlier, just out of college, Coleman was there playing the Tin Man in “The Wiz,” a significant starting point in his varied and busy MVA performing arts career.
After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with a B.S. in International Relations & Politics, and a minor in French & Francophone Studies, he returned to his native D.C.
Initially unsure how to proceed, he soon enjoyed a stint working in early childhood education followed by a miserable eight months in corporate sales; but at the same time, he was auditioning, taking classes, and performing.
