Curtis Bannister

The 2021 recipient of the Actors Equity Foundation Roger Sturtevant Award and a 2021 Drama League Award nominee (Best Concert Performance), Curtis Bannister has been praised by TimeOut Magazine as “radiating with slowly simmering energy” and a “quiet revelation” by the L.A. Times.

Curtis has been see as Jim in “Big River" at Mercury Theatre, for which he is nominated for a 2023 Joseph Jefferson Award (The Jeff Awards) for Best Performance by a Principal Actor in a Musical and most recently reunited with Tony and Grammy Award-winning artist, Heather Headley, for a set of concerts with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Fort Wayne Philharmonic following their performance with the Goodman Theater for the company’s “Together: Center Stage” 2021 gala. He originated the role of Juror #8 in the world premiere musical adaptation of “12 Angry Men” with Theatre LatteDa and will later perform the role at Asolo Rep Theatre. Other project highlights include his performance at the 50th Anniversary celebration of the opening of The Kennedy Center as Soloist 1 (Credo) and the Celebrant cover in Bernstein’s “MASS”, Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater (The Wiz), Writers Theatre (Parade) and appearances with Lyric Opera of Chicago, National Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Opera Theatre, Heartbeat Opera NYC, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Curtis made his debut at the TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL in the feature film “The Conductor”, and can be seen as the Marquis in the Peabody Award winning series DICKINSON (Apple TV+), as well as Reimers on NBC’s hit series CHICAGO FIRE.