Gary Hall, also known as Shequida, is a classically trained opera singer, songwriter, playwright, and drag artist, born in Jamaica. He attended Juilliard, where he studied with noted bass-baritone Simon Estes

Simon Estes

Simon Estes is an operatic bass-baritone of African-American descent who had a major international opera career since the 1960s...

. As Shequida, he has been the USA Network

USA Network

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's spokesperson for Latin America. From 1997 to 1998 he played Wendi Mercury on the daytime television show One Life to Live

One Life to Live

One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...

. He starred in Daron Hagen

Daron Hagen

Daron Aric Hagen , is an American composer, conductor, pianist, educator, librettist, and stage director of contemporary classical music and opera.- Early life and education :...

's Vera of Las Vegas

Vera of Las Vegas

Vera of Las Vegas is an opera by Daron Hagen based on a libretto by Paul Muldoon. The Center for Contemporary Opera gave the staged premiere on 25 June 2003 at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre of Symphony Space in New York City.-Background and premiere:...

for its world premier in 2003. His Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...

 show, Opera for Dummies, was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award. In 2008 he appeared on the TV reality competition America's Got Talent

America's Got Talent

America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent franchise. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of...

.