Rickey Tripp

Director-Choreographer: Rent, Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Choreographer: A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical (Broadway) Chita Rivera Award Nominee for Outstanding Choreography, The MONSTERS (MTC Off-Broadway) Lucille Lortel Award Nominee and Outer Critics Award Nominee for Outstanding Choreography, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (MET Opera), The Monsters– World Premiere (Two River Theater), Shoshana Bean at Carnegie Hall, ’25, Ephraim Sykes: Blessins and Lessons (54 Below), A Wonderful World pre-Broadway Tour (New Orleans, Chicago), Little Shop of Horrors (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), A Raisin in the Sun (Public Theater, NYC) Kinky Boots (Broadway at Music Circus), Rent (Signature Theatre), In the Heights (Dallas Theatre Center and Broadway at Music Circus ’19/‘25), Dreamgirls, Irma P. Hall Black Theater Award for Best Choreography (DTC). TV/Film: CONFLUENCE (Berlin Film Festival, Los Angeles Dance Festival-Winner), “Legs”- Vanessa Williams, “Eileen” (Universal Pictures) Sundance Film Festival 2023, “A Thousand and One” (Universal Pictures) Sundance Film Festival U.S. Grand Jury Prize 2023, “The Roll Call: The Roots to a Strange Fruit” Emmy nominated (National Black Theater, WNET), “Encore!” (Disney), “It’s Quiet Uptown” (BTC Inc.). Assistant Director: Daniel J. Watts, The Jam: Only Child (Signature Theatre) Emmy Nomination. Associate Choreographer: Hell’s Kitchen (Broadway/First National Tour), The Hippest Trip (A.C.T. San Fran), Once on This Island (2018 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival, National Tour 2018). Teaching: He has taught Master Classes and set choreography for dance studios and schools around the world. Currently on faculty for Immersive Artist Experience. Zena Rommett Method™, Certified Mentor. B.A. in Dance, San Jose State University. Jer 29:11