rICHARD j hUTCHINS BETTER KNOWN TO MOST AS hUTCH sOULsLINGA IS AN aLIQUIPPA NATIVE, A SMALL CITY OUTSIDE OF PITTSBURGH PA. hE HAS BEEN PERFORMING SINCE AGE 3. sINGING IS A BIRTHRIGHT FOR HUTCH AS IT WAS HANDED TO HIM FROM HIS MOTHER, ANGELIC VOICE OF VALERIE STAGGER. MUSIC RUNS THRU THE FATHERS SIDE AS WELL. hUTCH'S GIFTS OF HUANTINGLY ENCHANTING VOCAL RANGE AND SPONTANIOUS CHOREOGRAGHY HAS LANDED HIM ON STAGES ALL OVER THE WORLD. nOW WITH PARTNER IN CRAFT SCOTT SIMON IS HALF OF THE EVOLUTIONARY SOUL DUO hUTCHsIMONpROJECT, WHO'S TOOK THE, WHAT SOME CALL DARING, STEP OF MAKING THEIR FIRST CD A 'LIVE' RECORDING, PERFORMED AT THE SOON TO BE LEGENDARY sHADOW lOUNGE, IN PITTSBURGH PA. tHE CD 'oUT OF THE SHADOW lIVE', IS THE FIRST OF MANY TO COME, FULL LEGNTH CD FOR HUTCHINS. THE SONGS CREATED FOR THIS WORK TAKES YOU ON A EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, AND SPIRITUAL ROLLERCOASTER TO END UP IN A PEACEFUL, ENLIGHTENED PLACE. aS AN ACTOR rICHARD HAS TRAINED DURING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL UNDER MR. eUGENE kARMAZIN. WHO SPENT HOURS MOLDING HIM FORTHE THEATER, AND SOME DAY MAYBE FILM. wON A FEW HONORS IN HIGH SCHOOL THEATER COMPETIONS, AND FESTIVALS. CONTINUED ACTING FOR ONE YEAR DURING COLLEGE THEN LEFT IT TO FOCUS ON SINGING, SONGWRITING, DANCING, AND DIRECTING. REJOINED THE THESBIAN COMMUNITY IN 1999, PERFORMING IN THE MUSICAL 'bLACK nATIVITY' WITH 'THE SHONA SHERRIF AFRICAN DRUM AND DANCE ENSEMBLE'. THIS OPENED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM THIS PRODUCTION IN MINN MN, WITH PNUMBRA THEATER COMPANY. AFTER DOING THESE NON SPEAKING PARTS, DR. VERNELLE LILLIE SAW MORE AND CAST HIM IN KUNTU REPERTORY THEATERS, 'mAHALIA jACKSON, sTANDING ON HOLY GROUND', IN WHICH HE PLAYED THREE CHARACTOS. THE ROLE EARNED HIM A 2006 ONXY AWARD NOMINATION. SO PERFORMANCE IS NOT SOMETHING HE DOES IT'S WHAT HE IS.vITALS: -vOCAL rANGE: 1ST, 2ND tENNOR -
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