Yusef Lambert has been performing in the Bay Area for the last five years and makes his San Francisco Opera debut with these performances. He was last seen as Mortimer (The Fantasticks)and Cheswick (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) at the San Francisco Playhouse. He has also performed at ACT, TheatreWorks, the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, and Shakespeare at Stinson in the Bay Area. Lambert has performed with several sketch comedy groups in Seattle, including Up in Your Grill and Serious Dogs Productions. He is also a founding member of Tongue and Groove Theatre, an award-winning commedia dell’arte theater in Austin, Texas. Lambert works in television and film and is currently starring in the 3D independent film The Magic Man. He studied acting at the University of Texas in Austin.