From Broad Ripple to Broadway: Indianapolis’ homegrown star
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Charles Browning; Broad Ripple; Indianapolis
Description
When Charles Browning was a kid growing up in Broad Ripple, he dreamed of someday making it big. Today that dream has come true.
Born and raised in Indianapolis, Browning attended Broad Ripple Magnet High School for the Arts & Humanities and was heavily involved in local theater at Clowes Memorial Hall and Indiana Repertory Theatre. As a child actor, Browning acted in plays such as “A Christmas Carol” and “Upon This Rock,” recorded voiceover material for McDonald’s and Indiana Black Expo and even filmed commercials for CVS affiliates.
It took a few years, a winding road of schooling, training and countless auditions, but Browning now graces the stage of the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway as Avery in the revival of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.”
“Even as a young person in Indy — as a teen — I was intentional,” Browning told the Recorder during a phone interview on a rainy December evening in New York, where he was understudying a role in Wilson’s play. “It was something I wanted to do, but the pathway in which it would happen was different than what’s happening now.”
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indianapolisrecorder.com
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