The Legacy of D.I.V.A. Inc

Pressing on since 1983

The Drama Desk

Line

  1. Evelyn Michelle “Ashe Maat” Campbell (Bette Midler)
  2. Pamela Hobson (Josephine Baker)
  3. Shari Clements (Lena Horne)
  4. Samaria McNeil (Eartha Kitt)
  5. Joy Clay Ramos (Juliet Prowse)
  6. Kaye Weddington (Ruby Dee) 
  7. Nicole Powell (Lana Turner)
  8. Beverly Jenkins (Billie Holiday)
  9. Rochelle Cunningham (Ginger Rogers)
  10. Terri Hammons Brown (Cicely Tyson)
  11. Patrichet Hawkins (Diana Ross) 
  12.  Crystal Perry (Marilyn Monroe)

The Obstinate

Line

  1. Layna Love (Dorothy Dandridge)
  2. Dee Liaz Floyd (Nikki Giovanni)
  3. ​Rosalyn Coleman (Diahann Carroll)

The Songbird

Line

  1. Marlo Wyatt (Rosalind Cash)
  2. ​Linda Sithole (Alfre Woodard)
  3. ​Crystal Robinson (Patrice Rushen)

The Brew ha ha

Line

  1. Wendy Raquel Robinson (Katherine Dunham)
  2. Gerri Plair (Hazel Scott)
  3. Khandi Simone (Alberta Hunter)
  4. Teena Williams (Aretha Franklin)
  5. Delaine Whitley (Leslie Uggams)
  6. Amina Leslie Ross (Florence Mills)

The Sixth platoon

Line

  1. Kathrina Harvey (Rosetta Lenoir)
  2. Audry Calloway (Varnette P. Honeywood)​
  3. ​Alison Bethel (Zora Neale Hurston)
  4. ​Balanga Perry Madison (Mary Lou Williams)
  5. ​Carlyncia S. Peck (Phylicia Rashad)
  6. ​Leslie Thompson (Sarah Vaughn)

Much Ado about nothing

Line

  1. Michael Hyatt (Madge Sinclair)
  2. Robin McClamb (Margaret Avery)
  3. Erika Vaughn (Janet Collins)
  4. Princess Mills (Marla Gibbs)

​

The Romper Room

Line

  1. Rosalind White (Patti LaBelle)

The Renaissance

Line

  1. Melinda Young (Kathleen Battle)
  2. Nicole Wilkerson (Denise Nicholas)
  3. Danielle Ferguson (Janet Hubert)
  4. ​Jeannine Robinson (Pam Grier)
  5. ​Tanya Garnett (Sheryl Lee Ralph)
  6. ​Angela Brown (Brenda Russell)
  7. ​Kirsten Hall  (Lola Falana)
  8. ​Desiree Woodard (Suzanne DePasse)
  9. ​Desire’ Dubose (Ángela Winbush)

​

The Peter Pan line, Tinker bell & then there were three …

  1. Yolanda Warren (Beth-Ann Hardison)
  2. Deborah Fewell (Paula Kelly)
  3.  Terri Bookhart (Lynn Whitfield)

The How I got over

Line

  1. Christa Rivers (Ella Joyce)
  2. Jannine Shaw (Lonette McKee)
  3. Laura Harris (Sylvia Rhone)

​

The Chorus line, Lé Fantil

  1. Kemba Wright (Vanessa Bell Calloway)
  2. ​Meeka Hoyle (Fredi Washington)

The Dirty 1/2 dozen

Line

  1. Samantha C. Jones (Judi Dearing)
  2. ​Nakiea Washington Dade (Roxie Roker)
  3. ​Zyneisha Winter Green (Angela Bassett)
  4. ​Patrese D. McClain (Vanessa Williams) 
  5. ​Alia Chapman (Akousa Busia)
  6. ​Breanna Williams (Debbie Morgan) 

​

The seven damn dwarfs

Line

  1. Darcy Harris (Cora Marshall)
  2. ​Marinda Anderson (Freda Payne)
  3. ​Nicole Mebane (Heather Jones)
  4. ​Ericka Lee (Thandie Newton)
  5. Karen James (Carole Simpson)
  6. ​Shea Lynn Scott (Della Reese)
  7. ​Ashley Honore (Rita Moreno)

The four corners, R&B Soul quartet cuz they  brought Divas from near & Far  

Line

  1. Daphne Sharpe (Beah Richards)
  2. Bivyanna Green-Williams (Renee Cox)
  3. Betiea J. Brandon (Kasi Lemons)
  4. Makeda Abraham (C.C.H. Pounder)

​

The Six ropes and 1, not in a church choir, But singing in the background uh-huh, mhm

Line

  1. Kisa Willis (Carmen de Lavallade) 
  2. Ashlei Dabney (Loretta Devine)
  3. Lauren Whitney Johnson (Regina Taylor) 
  4. Brittany Williams (Dame Dr. Cleo Lane)
  5. Kiyaana Cox (Bessie Smith)
  6. Nazlah Smith (Cathy Hughes)

Generation y ? The revolution of the valley of the dolls X four  

Line

  1. Yolanda Teneal Sanders (Tracey Reese)
  2. ​Tiffany Nicole Webb (Valarie Pettiford)
  3. ​Teisha Monique Duncan (Lillias White)
  4. ​Candace Maria Shields (Roberta Flack)
  5. ​Zurin Ellen Villanueva (Brenda Braxton)
  6. ​Lindsay Renea Benton (Jeni Le Gon)
  7. ​Evette Marie White (Ethel Waters)
  8. ​Talibah-Atiya Najee Aquil (Ann Duquesnay)
  9. ​Carmen Coffee (Anna Deveare Smith) 
  10. Dhakeria Shanté Cunningham (Khandi Alexander)
  11. ​Lanett Tachel Proctor (Diana Sands)
  12. Krystal Nicole Rascoe (Charlayne Woodard)

​

The F.I.E.R.C.E. Robot Soap opera y’all don’t know what that mean silva curtain call

Line

  1. Amber Iman (Pearl Bailey)
  2. Chantal Nchako (Grace Jones)
  3. Lakaysha Lee-Hill (Ellen Stewart)
  4. Lydia John (Jasmine Guy)
  5. Lynneisha Ray (Dr. Maya Angelou) 
  6. ​Jalila Bowie (Jenifer Lewis)

The notorious 1+0+6 = Seven guitars strummin’ the mo betta blues 

Line

  1. Araba Brown (Evelyn Preer)
  2. Jaleesa Capri- Noel (Dorothy Van Engle)
  3. Maiba Bodrick (Gwendolyn Brooks)
  4. Brittany Bradshaw (Trixie Smith)
  5. Tiffany Johnson (Nina Mae McKinney)
  6. Ashley Jeudy (Stephanie Mills)
  7. Candace P. Hale (Ethel Moses)

The four seasons of A New world domination, who gon’ check me boo

Line

  1. Liana John (Iman)
  2. Sydnea Lewis (Gail Anderson)
  3. ​Ashley Bruce (Glenda Dickerson)
  4. ​Martinika Edwards (Zelda Wynn Valdes)

Friends, family, Romans, lend me your room, *cough cough* Ear, Forever first because we thirst

Fall Line

  1. Emily Irizarry (Chita Rivera)
  2. Khadijah Roane (Sissieretta Jones)
  3. Stephanie Pounds (Gloria Foster)
  4. Jazmine Robinson (Judy Pace)
  5. Paige Reynolds (Mabel Whitman)

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, Try, try & Try, they drop like flies but still I rise

Graduate Line

  1. Keri “Kamikazi” Williams (Carrie Mae Weems)

Honorary members 2018

Janet L. Johnson

 

The hot mess, bomb dot com, tick, tick, tick, boom “Corona, you bleep, we’re virtual, because all we get to do is zooma zoom zoom, but we can see clearly now

Fall Line

  1. Kaihla Powell (Vinnette Justine Carroll)
  2. Jazmin JeanBaptiste (Nichelle Nichols)
  3. Neah Banks (Judith Jamison)

The Question, may We clarify please? Don’t box us in, cause we’re the talented Ten. may we clarify please?

Line

 

2. Llogan Peters (Mary Alice)

3. Lauryn Giles (Erykah Badu)

4. Ayanna Fowler (Beverly Todd)

5. Di’Jhon McCoy (Teresa Graves)

6. Kayla A. Warren (Hope Clarke)

7. Nia-Aiyana Meeks (Heather Headley)

8. Alexandria Morgan (Euzhan Palcy)

9. Deirdre Dunkin (Marie Bryant)

10. Monique Barnes (Jada Pinkett- Smith)

3,2, But not the Loneliest one cuz’ me, myself, and I understood the assignment

Fall Line

  1. Kennedy Raynor (Mary De Haven Hinkson)

Let it go! Let it go! 
Six notes chasing water–hold the falls! cause aint nobody got time for that (HAHAHA)

Line

 

  1. Riya Massey (Dana Owens)
  2. Lela Matthews (Dr. Nina Simone)
  3. Mya Hunter (Joyce Bryant)
  4. Tziah McNair (LaChanze)
  5. Destiny Jennings (Trazana Beverley)
  6. Atara Romero-Wilson (Melba Moore)

Honorary members 2023

Kehembe V. Eichelberger

Marva Hicks

Sandi Holloway

Paulette Johnson

Sydne Mahone

Thelma Paige-Deneal

Phyllis Reid

Nikkole Salter

Denise Saunders Thompson

 

Copyright © 1983-2025 Ladies of D.I.V.A. Inc. | All Rights Reserved. | Designed by Creative Obsessions

Divine, Intelligent, VersAtile Artists

The Society for Women in the Arts, Incorporated