Who Played Private First Class Melvin Peterson in A Soldier's Play

Private First Class Melvin Peterson is a role in A Soldier's Play, a play that opened Off-Broadway in 2005.

When Captain Davenport, a black man with bars in a white man's Army, comes to a segregated WWII-era Louisiana Army base to investigate a murder, the interrogation of the soldiers uncovers a web of con...

4 actors have played Private First Class Melvin Peterson in A Soldier's Play.

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Performer	Production	Opened
Denzel Washington	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	1981
Anthony Mackie	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	2005
Nnamdi Asomugha	Broadway A Soldier's Play	2020
Tarik Lowe	US Tour A Soldier's Play	2022

Other Roles in A Soldier's Play

Role	Production	Opened
Captain Charles Taylor	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	2005
Captain Richard Davenport	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	2005
Captain Wilcox	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	2005
Corporal Bernard Cobb	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	2005
Corporal Ellis	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	2005
Lieutenant Byrd	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	2005
Private C.J. Memphis	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	2005
Private First Class Melvin Peterson	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	2005
Private James Wilkie	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	2005
Private Louis Henson	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	2005
Private Tony Smalls	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	2005
Tech.Sergeant Vernon C. Waters	Off-Broadway A Soldier's Play	2005

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