For three years, Professor Gerald served as a special consultant to the National Commission on Culture for the Republic of Ghana on behalf of the Ghana to Texas Project. He directed The Playboy Of The West Indies for the National Theatre of Ghana in Accra as part of the Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival (PANAFEST). This production was cited in two recent books on contemporary theatre in Africa. He collaborated with Abibigromma (National Theatre Players) on a theatre piece about W.E. B. DuBois. Simply called DuBois, the theatre piece for actors, dancers, and musicians is part of the permanent repertory of the National Theatre. He has lectured abroad at the University of Ghana in Legon and in 2002, he gave a lecture and workshop in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Nihon Daigaku (Japan University) in Tokyo, Japan.
Professor Gerald's acting work can be seen in Adolphus Medas' Zamzok and as the character of Jake Henry Jefferson in the PBS mini-series, Oklahoma Passage. He continues to work in independent and commercial films and on television. Currently, he is the actor/spokesman in national commercials, print, and corporate films for a phone service company headquartered in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
He has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to study at Yale, a special award from the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival, and a special invitation to work with his peers at The Actor's Center in New York City in 1998 and 2000. He served on the Executive Committee of the Black Theatre Network from 1995-98. He was appointed Grace Hill Milan Centennial Fellow in the Arts for 1993-94. In 1999-2000, he held the John D. Murchison Fellowship in Fine Arts. At UT, Professor Gerald has directed The Bacchae, The Three Sisters, and The Man of Mode. Professor Gerald earned an M.F.A. at Rutgers University and pursued post-graduate work in Performance Studies at New York University. He has worked in the U.S. at La Mama E.T.C., the American Place Theatre, Double Image Theatre, and the Henry Street Settlement in New York.
In July 2005, Professor Gerald was invited by President Yukiyasu Sezai, MD of Nihon University to teach in the College of Fine Arts of his university. He was awarded a Presidential Medal for outstanding contribution to the University over the last four years.
