A Change Gon' Come

Okay sooooo the title should give this away a little bit, but in my last post I mentioned an audition. I got cast and I'm ironically happy to announce that I will be the Slave Overseer/Officer Riley in The Finest! Youth Performance Troupe's A Change Gon' Come! The piece is an African-American gospel play, complete with music and dance numbers, written by local equity actress Kashi-Tara Barrett. The play centers around a black woman who lives in the present and does not embrace her culture as much as she should, and once asked to write a speech about Harriet Tubman she has a dream that takes her back into the slave era embodied as Harriet Tubman. It is a VERY dramatic show, but is also extremely uplifting in the end. The character I play in the first act is unlike my typical casting. For one, it is dramatic and not the romantic lead, or comedic. Secondly, it is a villianous role, which I have only gotten to play once. And third, IT IS NOT A MUSICAL! This is a first for me as I have never not had to sing in any (theatre) show I have ever done! It is definitely a change of pace for me, but at the same time a big breath of fresh air... the old stuff was starting to get stale. The performances will be on February 18th and 19th at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville, MD.

Aside from that, I don't really have much other news. I have not seen anything at The Kennedy Center through my internship yet, and I have been too busy with it and rehearsals to have seen any shows so no reviews. Although I will say that my internship is going GREAT. You all should make sure you catch some of the performances! There is a FREE performance every night at 6 pm at the Millennium Stage, and obviously the other shows are of great acclaim, too. Visit the web-site at http://www.kennedy-center.org/.

Thanks for stopping by!

sb.imagery

Happy New Year!!!

Wow! So it's been a while since I've written anything here! Where to begin...

Well I have wrapped up with The Spitfire Grill (obviously...) and have moved onto some new pastures in terms of performance. I think it's safe to announce that I have been cast in a production of Chicago with the St Marks Players on Capital Hill! I'll be playing the role of Harry and will get to dance a lot in the ensemble, which is exactly what I've been wanting what with my dance show mishaps over the last year. I don't have a full cast list yet, but once I do I'll make a post here. Also, I have an audition tomorrow (meaning today since it's already Saturday and I'm typing this instead of sleeping...) for a play called A Change Gon Come. It's an original piece that toured around in 2006 and 2007 and the city of Rockville has asked for it to be remounted for the 16th Annual African American Heritage Production at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville, MD. I sat around perfecting my southern accent today so that I can hopefully give a good audition tomorrow. Other than that I can't really think of much else important to mention because obviously I didn't get cast in anything else.

It is also my pleasure to announce that I am a college graduate! On December 15th I graduated with my BFA in Photographic Imaging from good ole AiW, and I could NOT be happier to be finished. My book "back.story" was a success at my portfolio show, along with all my other stuff. Which reminds me that I never posted the link to the finished result on here... so here it is...

And if that doesn't work, you can do to this link : http://www.adoramapix.com/backstory/book/backstory

One more piece of news before I stop talking about myself... I'm really grateful and proud and happy and ecstatic to announce that I have been blessed with an internship at the Kennedy Center for the Spring! I'll be working as the Graphic Design/Advertising intern for the next four months in the in-house ad agency they have. This is probably my favorite piece of news because I always wanted to work there in some capacity and now it's a complete dream come true because of the type of internship it is. I'll get to make signs and ads for the Kennedy Center advertising their upcoming shows in addition to designing the newsletters and such that get sent out throughout the year.

Anywho, I think that's about it in terms of new stuff in my life. I think I want to leave you all with a clip from Chicago... this is the "Cell Block Tango" scene from the movie, and I really hope I get to dance in this scene!

sb.imagery