Rain Pryor

Rain Pryor is an acclaimed director, actor, stand-up comedian, educator, dynamic speaker, mother, and Artistic Director of the Strand Theater in Baltimore

Pryor made her television debut in 1989 as a series regular, T.J., on the hit ABC series “Head of the Class,” a character adopted from Pryor’s own monologues at the request of ABC producers during her second audition. Pryor starred for several years opposite Sherilyn Fenn and Lynn Redgrave, as Jackie, the lipstick lesbian drug addict on the Showtime series “Rude Awakening,” and has additionally guest starred on network television series such as “The Division” and “Chicago Hope.” She has appeared numerous times on Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, as well as “The Late Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” and Travis Smiley. Rain’s stage credits include playing the title role of Billie Holiday in the UK tour of The Billie Holiday Story and the title role of Ella Fitzgerald in the UK premiere of Ella, Meet Marilyn, teamed up with award-winning UK soap actress Sally Lyndsay. She’s performed in the Los Angeles production of Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues, with Nora Dunn of “Saturday Night Live” fame and Charlene Tilton; Cookin' With Gas with the Groundlings improvisation troupe, The Exonerated with Aidan Quinn, and The Who's Tommy at the La Jolla Playhouse.