{"id":6548,"date":"2026-02-03T16:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bardofpittsburgh.com\/BOPW\/?page_id=6548"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:15:48","slug":"the-signatories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bardofpittsburgh.com\/BOPW\/the-signatories\/","title":{"rendered":"Signatories"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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All Signatories<\/span>Actor<\/span>Actress<\/span>Comedian<\/span>Composer<\/span>Director<\/span>Producer<\/span>Singer<\/span>Writer<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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<\/div>\"nikki
Nikki Amuka-Bird<\/h5>

Actress<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"jean-jacques
Jean-Jacques Annaud<\/h5>

Director, Writer, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"angela
Angela Bassett<\/h5>

Actress, Director, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"orlando
Orlando Bloom<\/h5>

Actor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"sterling
Sterling K Brown<\/h5>

Actor, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"randy
Randy Bryant<\/h5>

President CEO Ten Chimneys Foundation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"josette
Josette Bushell-Mingo OBE<\/h5>

Actress, Director<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Patrick
Patrick Chamoiseau<\/h5>

Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"sharon-d-clarke\"
Sharon D Clarke<\/h5>

Actress, Singer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Carl
Carl Cofield<\/h5>

Actor, Director<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"steve
Steve Coogan<\/h5>

Actor, Writer, Comedian, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"dominic
Dominic Cooke CBE<\/h5>

Director, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Francis
Francis Ford Coppola<\/h5>

Director, Producer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Costa-Gavras\"
Costa-Gavras<\/h5>

Director, Producer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Daniel
Daniel Craig<\/h5>

Actor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Keith
Keith David<\/h5>

Actor, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Viola
Viola Davis<\/h5>

Actress, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Annouchka
Annouchka de Andrade<\/h5>

Producer, Board Member<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Colman
Colman Domingo<\/h5>

Actor, Director, Writer, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Reni
Reni Eddo-Lodge<\/h5>

Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Mark
Mark Dornford-May<\/h5>

Director, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Caroline
Caroline Ducrocq<\/h5>

Actress, Director, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Marianne
Marianne Elliott OBE<\/h5>

Director<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Paapa
Paapa Essiedu<\/h5>

Actor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Indira
Indira Etwaroo<\/h5>

Director, Writer, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Sir
Sir Richard Eyre CH\/CBE<\/h5>

Director, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Nadia
Nadia Fall<\/h5>

Director, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Claire
Claire Foy<\/h5>

Actress<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Rebecca
Rebecca Hall<\/h5>

Actress, Director, Producer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Salma
Salma Hayek<\/h5>

Actress, Director, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Stephen
Stephen McKinley Henderson<\/h5>

Actor, Board Member<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Lenny
Sir Lenny Henry CBE<\/h5>

Actor, Comedian, Singer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Taraji
Taraji P. Henson<\/h5>

Actress, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Armando
Armando Iannucci<\/h5>

Director, Comedian, Producer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Jeremy
Jeremy Irons<\/h5>

Actor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Toby
Toby Jones OBE<\/h5>

Actor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Jamil
Jamil Jude<\/h5>

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Kwame
Kwame Kwei-Armah<\/h5>

Actor, Director, Singer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Sanaa
Sanaa Lathan<\/h5>

Actress<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Mike
Mike Leigh OBE<\/h5>

Director, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Kenny
Kenny Leon<\/h5>

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Robert
Robert Lepage CC, OQ<\/h5>

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Tracy
Tracy Letts<\/h5>

Actor, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Ken
Ken Loach<\/h5>

Director<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Archie
Archie Madekwe<\/h5>

Actor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Lesley
Lesley Manville CBE<\/h5>

Actress<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"blanche
Blanche Marvin MBE<\/h5>

Actress, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Dame
Dame Helen Mirren DBE<\/h5>

Actress<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Katie
Katie Mitchell OBE<\/h5>

Theatre Director<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Wunmi
Wunmi Mosaku<\/h5>

Actress<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Carey
Carey Mulligan<\/h5>

Actress<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Ruth
Ruth Negga<\/h5>

Actress<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Trevor
Trevor Dion Nicholas<\/h5>

Actor, Singer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Sharon\"
Rick Pappas<\/h5>

Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Rufus
Rufus Norris<\/h5>

Director<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"edward
Edward Norton<\/h5>

Actor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Euzhan
Euzhan Palcy<\/h5>

Director, Writer, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Paula
Paula Patton<\/h5>

Actress<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Clarke
Clarke Peters<\/h5>

Actor, Director, Singer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Michael
Michael Potts<\/h5>

Actor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Sir
Sir Jonathan Pryce CBE<\/h5>

Actor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Paulette
Paulette Randall<\/h5>

Director<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Phylicia
Phylicia Rashad<\/h5>

Actress, Director, Singer, Board Member<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Dame
Dame Vanessa Redgrave DBE<\/h5>

Actress<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"LaTanya
LaTanya Richardson Jackson<\/h5>

Actress, Director, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Mathew
Mathew Rhys<\/h5>

Actor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Sir
Sir Mark Rylance<\/h5>

Actor, Director, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Rufus
Rufus Sewell<\/h5>

Actor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Nikkole
Nikkole Salter<\/h5>

Actress, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Martin
Martin Scorsese<\/h5>

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Seret
Seret Scott<\/h5>

Actress, Director, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Thea
Thea Sharrock<\/h5>

Director<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Fiona
Fiona Shaw<\/h5>

Actress, Director<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Michele
Michele Shay<\/h5>

Actress, Director, Producer, Board Member<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Michael
Michael Sheen<\/h5>

Actor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Robert
Robert Silman<\/h5>

Producer, Board Member<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Lemn
Lemn Sissay<\/h5>

Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Kiell
Kiell Smith-Bynoe<\/h5>

Actor, Comedian, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Stephen
Stephen Sondheim<\/h5>

Composer, Lyricist, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Octavia
Octavia Spencer<\/h5>

Actress, Producer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Imelda
Imelda Staunton<\/h5>

Actress, Singer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Nathan
Nathan Stewart-Jarett<\/h5>

Actor<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Barbra
Barbra Streisand<\/h5>

Actress, Singer, Director, Writer, Producer, Activist<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Dame
Dame Kristin Scott Thomas DBE<\/h5>

Actress<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Lily
Lily Tomlin<\/h5>

Actress, Comedian, Producer, Singer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Aisha
Aisha Tyler<\/h5>

Actress, Director, Comedian, Producer, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Pauletta
Pauletta Pearson Washington<\/h5>

Actress, Board Member<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Cornel
Cornel West<\/h5>

Actor, Writer, Activist<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Deborah
Deborah Weston<\/h5>

Actress<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Layton
Layton Williams<\/h5>

Actor, Singer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Roy
Roy Williams OBE<\/h5>

Writer, Board Member<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Vanessa
Vanessa Williams<\/h5>

Actress, Singer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"George
George C. Wolf<\/h5>

Director, Writer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>

<\/div>\"Alfre
Alfre Woodard<\/h5>

Actress, Producer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t

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