Jacques C. Smith is grateful to join the Broadway company. Broadway: Rent (Benny). National tours: The Book of Mormon, If/Then and Rent. Regional: The Old Globe, Goodman Theatre (Black Theater Alliance Award, Jefferson nomination), Pasadena Playhouse (FRED Award, NAACP nomination), Ebony Repertory Theatre (Ovation Award), Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse and others. TV: Marlon, Eagleheart, General Hospital, Oz (series regular), CSI: Miami, American Masters, Law & Order, ER, among others. MFA from UCSD, BA from Princeton University. “The time is always ripe to do right” —MLK, Jr.