Chavez is making her return to Portland Center Stage, where she was last seen as Alberta “Pearl” Johnson in Black Pearl Sings! Recent credits include ABCD (Barrington Stage Company) and In the Upper Room (DCPA). Off-Broadway: Cullud Wattah (The Public Theater), Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye (The Duke 42nd). Regional: The Winter’s Tale, Comedy of Errors (Santa Cruz Shakespeare); Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye (The Arden Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, The Goodman Theatre); My Fair Lady (OSF); Yellowman (Virginia Stage Co.); Daughters of the Mock (Congo Square Theatre); George C. Wolf’s Spunk! (Penobscot Theatre); The Winter’s Tale (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); A Streetcar Named Desire (Barrington Stage Company); Virginia State Theatre, Looking Glass Theatre, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Black Ensemble Theatre, Piven Theatre Workshop. Black Theatre Alliance Award for Best Lead in Drama (Congo Square Theatre), Drammy Award for Best Lead (Portland Center Stage), CTG Henry Award nomination, Best Actor in an Ensemble nomination. Film/TV: Barbershop II, Death of a President (Toronto International Film Festival Award), Sleepwalk with Me, April Fools, Tapioca, Southern Cross (Cannes Film Festival Award), Prison Break.