Ronvé O’Daniel 🤎

Happy first preview to the cast, crew and creative team of @dukeandroya 🙌🏾 🎉 🎈 🥂 What an amazing ride it’s been - and we’re just getting started! Thank you always @warrenadams1976 for thinking of me and bringing me along for the ride. Ya’ll gotta pardon me for a moment but this is my first #Playbill 🥹🥹🥹🥹 Feels damn good!!!!! Make sure you ruuuunnnn 🏃🏾‍♂️‍➡️ to the @lorteltheatre and see @divatamer Charles Randolph Wright’s beautiful, witty, charming, smart, sublime, thought provoking and timely piece - superbly performed by @jayrellis @nur.steph , Dariush Kashani, and Noma Dumezwani 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Running through August 23rd!!! Cheers!!!

Soooo I’ve got news to share… It is with immense joy and gratitude that I announce my family and I will be returning to Dayton, OH, after nearly 20 years. I have accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre at Wright State University @wrightstateu @wrightstatetheatre beginning in August 2025!!! 😭🥹 I am truly honored and humbled by this incredible opportunity to return to my alma mater in this capacity. The only thing I love as much as being an artist is collaborating and creating with young artists! What a blessing!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥 Thank you to the entire Acting/Musical Theatre, Design/Technology/Stage Management, Dance and Motion Pictures department, College of Liberal Arts and School of Fine and Performing Arts - my soon-to-be colleagues! Thank you for this opportunity. Looking forward to making magic with you all!!! HUGE thank you to @sallyannct who has been nothing short of Superwoman - the most supportive shoulder to lean on and my biggest cheerleader, forever in my corner. 20 years ago we started dating at Wright State. Now here we are, full circle. ❤️ To my friends, mentors and family - thank you for your prayers, your encouragement, advice and well-wishes. God is good ALL THE TIME. 🙏🏾Love you all!!! That’s all I got for now. See you in Dayton! GO RAIDERS!!!

Happy Black History Month! Pardon the quality of the video, this was a screenshot video clip off of my phone. But I’m super proud of this. When @warrenadams1976 asked me to be part of his and @michaelmitchellmusic ’s show “What’s Going On” at 92Y to perform Gil Scott Heron’s classic “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” it was a no brainer, knowing what Gil Scott meant not only to our culture but in my house growing up. Little did I know that this would be the LONGEST two and half minutes of my life - this poem ain’t no joke!!!! 😮‍💨😂 But I can’t thank Warren enough for allowing me to breathe life into this piece along with one of the most talented casts I’ve ever been part of. It also means a lot because I don’t perform as frequently these days, but I’ve always wanted my kids to see me doing my thing because it’s such a big part of who I am. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

#WSU Year 1️⃣ Dump. 😭☺️ Too many moments. Not nearly enough pictures taken. I’ll do better Year 2️⃣. 🙏🏾 Thank you family, faculty, friends and students for making this first year an amazing one. Cheers 🥂🫰🏾🫶🏾✌🏾 #wrightstate #wrightstatetheatre #raiderup #bfaraiders @bfaraiders @wrightstatetheatre @wrightstateu 📸: @ashleyortel.jpg (first slide)

Cheers to the most kind, fiercely loving, creative, selfless, generous, and patient mother anyone could ask for. Amari and Nova are the luckiest. Go Mama @sallyannct 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Lub yooouuuu ❤️❤️❤️

Wow. 20 years ago I graduated from WSU. And here we are 20 years later - completing year 1 and walking with my first graduating class of seniors. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 HUGE CONGRATS to the graduating BFA class of 2026. 🎉🎊🔥🏆 💜 It’s been an HONOR working with each and every one of you. You’ve taught me so much - thank you 🙏🏾 Now go and show the 🌍 how we do at WSU! #raiderup ✌🏾 PS: I got a little nostalgic and found some throwback ‘06 graduation pics. Shout out the class of 06 ❤️ Damn, time flies!!!!!!! @wrightstatetheatre @wrightstateu @bfaraiders

Forgive me, I didn’t take nearly as many pictures as I probably should have. But when Wright State brought me on to write this piece, they gave me the rare gift of total artistic freedom. I could write about anything. And in that season of brainstorming, there was only one thing on my mind: parenthood—specifically, the first three months. I’m deep in that chapter of life myself, and it’s a period we don’t talk about nearly enough. So many shifts, especially for the mother—her body, her mental health, her identity, her daily life, her sense of responsibility. It’s one of the most profound transitions a person can experience. What strikes me is that “change” is at the heart of what we do in musical theatre—yet we rarely see this kind of change portrayed onstage. We’ve seen parenthood in film and television, sure. But I haven’t seen the gritty, exhausting, unglamorous reality of it in a theatrical setting: the diapers, the feedings, the strollers, the late nights and early mornings, the doctor’s appointments, the sacrifice, and the physical and emotional toll it can take. And I definitely haven’t seen it centered on parents of color. This isn’t an autobiographical piece, but it absolutely pulls from my emotional truth, along with stories I’ve gathered over the years from friends, coworkers, and fellow parents—stories I’ve shaped into a fictional, musicalized world. Anyone who knows me knows my work is rooted in hip hop—not just in form, but in principle. It’s about keeping it real. If I’m going to tell a story, it has to be honest, even when it’s uncomfortable. Especially then. I’m deeply grateful to my collaborators @criseliblak , @willstonemusic , Brady Bock, Marya Spring-Cordes and Matt Ebright. Thank you for diving into the piece with full commitment. It’s an honor. To the cast—thank you for making this journey so meaningful. I’m truly honored to have worked with you and to witness the level of care and excellence you bring to this stage. It’s your show now. Live in it fully. Keep it real. And enjoy every second of the run. Cheers 🥂

“We’re gonna thrive in 2025.” was @sallyannct and my mantra this time last year. Yeah, that sounds sexy when you say it out loud, but we honestly had no clue what “thriving” would look like in practice. Here we are 6 months into being an Ohio resident and one semester as a professor in the books. These past 6 months has been a nonstop ride on a rocket without any time to rest and take a breather - and I wouldn’t have it any other way. In the spirit of being present and in the moment…in the spirit of gratitude and thanks…and in the spirit of building upon the foundation that was laid in 2025…we will continue Laying the bricks in 2026. ✌🏾 🫶🏾 1. How the move to Dayton started 2. How the move to Dayton went 3. Theatre kids? Too soon to know but we’ll see! 4. Cheers to House Salve - we did it @sallyannct 5. Dad’s first day of being a professor 6. Dad’s first office! 7. Thank you always, c/o 06. 8. Duke & Roya, First Playbill 🏆 9. Duke & Roya Squad - thank you always @warrenadams1976 10. Duke & Roya Dream Design Team 11. Just me and John Legend, no biggie. 12. Brian Stokes Mitchell asked me for a selfie. You can’t tell me nothin’ no mo!!! 13. Ummm we’re published authors! @onceuponarhymemusical Thank you @uproartheatrics @kylepholmes @laurahappyhall @thebullsheff @daytaygo ! Go to Amazon.com for Once Upon a Rhyme and Beautiful Hair 🏆 14. Thank you always @kylelucas for including me. Love you bro ✊🏾 15. Thank you @amberiman_ for pulling up! 16. My first WSU acting class! 17. Thank you @monicafg75 and @mrkarlfranz for the opportunity and the inspiration. 18. Grading papers…you know…like a professor 😎 19. This sums it all up. 20. Official @wrightstatetheatre announcement. Thank you Marya, @tghtp , @josh_aaron_mccabe , @jamiecordes and the rest of my colleagues.

“I appreciated how real she was about everything.” ^^^^ pretty sums up the overwhelming response @amberiman_ thank you always for showing up in the space and giving. You dropped jewels, coached, laughed, cried, and even knucked if you bucked for a hot sec - It’s safe to say you left quite an impression. Always proud of you. You know where we are now so you’re officially family - don’t be a stranger!!!!! Dayton welcomes you!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 @wrightstatetheatre

“Going to the library!” 📕📗📘📙📚 For Your GRAMMY® Consideration: Uncle Apple - A is for Apple | Best Children’s Album “Adventures at the Library” Performed by Uncle Apple Written by @kylelucas , @ronveodaniel Produced by @kylelucas , @ronveodaniel , @patrickpostlewait Background Vocals by @ronveodaniel Mixed by @trespacerooh

For Your GRAMMY @recordingacademy Consideration: Uncle Apple - A Is For Apple | Best Children’s Album 🍎🍎🍎 It’s absolutely insane to have a hand in a project that’s in the race for a Grammy 👏🏾🙏🏾🫶🏾 Thank you always @kylelucas @uncleappleraps for your trust and bringing me onboard. Let’s do this!!!!!!!! Check out the songs I worked on: “Big Feelings”, “Adventures at the Library”, “1,2,3 (Uno, Dos, Tres)”, & “When I Grow Up” 🔥🔥🔥

ATTENTION PARENTS, AUNTIES, UNCLES, BABYSITTERS, & ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS 🚨 @uncleappleraps album is officially out: A IS FOR APPLE 🍎 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 I’ve been working on this project for a couple of years now and it’s been a joy bouncing ideas off with my Marietta brother from another @kylelucas - thank you for bringing me on 🔥🔥🔥 I worked on a couple of bops: “Big Feelings”, “Adventures at the Library”, “1,2,3 (Uno, Dos, Tres)”, and “When I Grow Up” 👊🏾💥 check em out!!!! ALSO: A is For Apple has officially been submitted for GRAMMY CONSIDERATION in the Best Children’s Album category. Every bit of play, promo, and push can help snag that nomination. Please share with your friends!!!!! 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾 Thank you!!!!