Toccarra Cash is a New York-based award-winning Actor, Public Speaker, Writer, Teaching Artist and the Creator and Host of The Image Monster Workshop. She recently performed in the critically-acclaimed and widely produced play, Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morrisseau at the Tony-Award winning Huntington Theatre Company in Boston and seen in the Off-Broadway play, Napoli, Brooklyn. Among other favorite roles is the co-starring role of Malika, opposite Wendell Pierce in the Off-Broadway and New Orleans productions of Brothers from the Bottom, for which she won an A.U.D.E.L.C.O. Award for Best Supporting Actress.
On television, she recently co-starred in CBS’s Blue Bloods, The CW’s Younger and USA’s Royal Pains.
Other Off-Broadway Theatre credits include: Playing with Fire (August Strindberg Repertory Theatre/Negro Ensemble Company) and The Fabulous Miss Marie (New Federal Theatre/Castillo Theatre).
She has performed in many regional theatres as well, including Baltimore CENTERSTAGE, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Florida Studio Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, New York Stage & Film Festival, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, True Colors Theatre Company, and the Tony-Award winning Alliance Theatre. She is a Resident Artist of the New York-based theatre, The Cell.
Her work in film includes ATL (Warner Bros.), Blue Car (Miramax), independent films Faraway Eyes, First Match, Gracie’s Keeper, Rosy, and the critically acclaimed independent film Hands to the Sky.
In addition to her acting career, Toccarra leads the Young Media Minds Program—a Media Arts Program for New York City middle school students—and she is a Teaching Artist for the McCarter Theatre on Princeton University’s campus. She is also a proud graduate of the prestigious Spelman College, where she curated and co-hosted an alumni network film festival for the newly initiated Homegrown Creative Collective, a network of successful performing and visual artists who are alumni of Spelman and Morehouse Colleges.
A product of the Midwest, Toccarra was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio and received her M.F.A. in Acting/Directing from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York, loves inspiring people, and likes to travel as frequently as possible. You can follow her on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @toccarracash.
| Credit Type | Production | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Actor | The Fabulous Miss Marie | 2013-14 Season |