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5 Mojo Secrets
5 Mojo Secrets delves into the inner life of a successful African American couple as they try to sort out what happened to their once happy marriage. Questions about love, parenthood, career and social commitment surface as they search for the secret to personal fulfillment.
5 Mojo Secrets
5 Mojo Secrets delves into the inner life of a successful African American couple as they try to sort out what happened to their once happy marriage. Questions about love, parenthood, career and social commitment surface as they search for the secret to personal fulfillment.
Oak & Ivy
The love story of American poet laureate, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and his brilliant writer wife, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, interweaves the music of their lyrical poetry and the clash of their turbulent marriage against the fascinating backdrop of turn of the century America. Both strive to live by their pen… while the yoke of slavery and stereotypes for African-Americans and women still hold tight.
Oak & Ivy
The love story of American poet laureate, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and his brilliant writer wife, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, interweaves the music of their lyrical poetry and the clash of their turbulent marriage against the fascinating backdrop of turn of the century America. Both strive to live by their pen… while the yoke of slavery and stereotypes for African-Americans and women still hold tight.
Jump at the Sun!
As the twenties roared and the Harlem renaissance thrived, a young woman from rural Florida became the toast of literary New York. Jump At The Sun chronicles the passionate life of Zora Neale Hurston (author of “Their Eyes Are Watching God”) who went from spinning tales on the front porch of a country store, to writing prize-winning stories, novels and plays. Imbued with the rhymes and rhythms of the Jazz Age, Hurston’s story reveals a woman’s ferocious appetite for life, literature and love.
Jump at the Sun!
As the twenties roared and the Harlem renaissance thrived, a young woman from rural Florida became the toast of literary New York. Jump At The Sun chronicles the passionate life of Zora Neale Hurston (author of “Their Eyes Are Watching God”) who went from spinning tales on the front porch of a country store, to writing prize-winning stories, novels and plays. Imbued with the rhymes and rhythms of the Jazz Age, Hurston’s story reveals a woman’s ferocious appetite for life, literature and love.
Quindaro
A great untold American story, set on the Kansas frontier. The play tells the story of the founding of a town named Quindaro, created in 1856 in the true spirit of the American dream, where whites, blacks and Native Americans worked together in a shining chapter in American history.
Quindaro
A great untold American story, set on the Kansas frontier. The play tells the story of the founding of a town named Quindaro, created in 1856 in the true spirit of the American dream, where whites, blacks and Native Americans worked together in a shining chapter in American history.
Venice
An epic tale set in Venice, California in the 80’s, a racially scarred community, where the emotional and physical effects of urban violence test the power of a mother’s love. Two families, one black, one white, learn their history and fate are bound together in this beautifully lyric modern fable, spanning the battle field of Viet Nam and beyond.
Venice
An epic tale set in Venice, California in the 80’s, a racially scarred community, where the emotional and physical effects of urban violence test the power of a mother’s love. Two families, one black, one white, learn their history and fate are bound together in this beautifully lyric modern fable, spanning the battle field of Viet Nam and beyond.
Mothers
Set in the Sixties, “Mothers,” deals with struggles of class, race and environment, and the journey they must make to accept each other and themselves.
Mothers
Set in the Sixties, “Mothers,” deals with struggles of class, race and environment, and the journey they must make to accept each other and themselves.
The Irresistible Death Club
In “The Irresistible Death Club,” four fabulous, deceased female icons and artists take a trip back to earth with their travel club. The spirits of singer Maria Callas, writer Zora Neale Hurston, artist Frida Kahlo and playwright Lillian Hellman travel to mystical Machu Picchu for what seems to be an other-worldly, sight-seeing tour. Along the arduous trek to the mountain top, they encounter a recently deceased soul who they must help complete the journey on earth. Machu Picchu becomes a stop along the way, a place of agony, loss, and ultimately freedom and ascension for them all.
The Irresistible Death Club
In “The Irresistible Death Club,” four fabulous, deceased female icons and artists take a trip back to earth with their travel club. The spirits of singer Maria Callas, writer Zora Neale Hurston, artist Frida Kahlo and playwright Lillian Hellman travel to mystical Machu Picchu for what seems to be an other-worldly, sight-seeing tour. Along the arduous trek to the mountain top, they encounter a recently deceased soul who they must help complete the journey on earth. Machu Picchu becomes a stop along the way, a place of agony, loss, and ultimately freedom and ascension for them all.
Me And Mrs. Jones
“ME and MRS. JONES”, co-written with Charles Randolph-Wright, for singer superstar, Lou Rawls, the musical features the music of legendary songwriting team, Gable and Huff, and the hits from the Philadelphia Sound of the ‘70’s. Sexual freedom, civil unrest, family values and artistic expression are the musical themes underscoring a poignant love story set against the backdrop of urban Philadelphia in an exciting, searing, soulful era.
Me And Mrs. Jones
“ME and MRS. JONES”, co-written with Charles Randolph-Wright, for singer superstar, Lou Rawls, the musical features the music of legendary songwriting team, Gable and Huff, and the hits from the Philadelphia Sound of the ‘70’s. Sexual freedom, civil unrest, family values and artistic expression are the musical themes underscoring a poignant love story set against the backdrop of urban Philadelphia in an exciting, searing, soulful era.
Memphis September
The reunion of two young women brought up in the same Southern household, one the African American maid’s daughter, and the other, the privileged white girl, who was once like a sister to her, creates conflict, unforeseen clashes, and bitter awareness. But which is stronger? The last vestige of segregation and superiority? Or the familial bond that was once colorblind?
Memphis September
The reunion of two young women brought up in the same Southern household, one the African American maid’s daughter, and the other, the privileged white girl, who was once like a sister to her, creates conflict, unforeseen clashes, and bitter awareness. But which is stronger? The last vestige of segregation and superiority? Or the familial bond that was once colorblind?
The Princess of 57th Street
Commissioned by For Colored Girls Productions, “The Princess of 57th Street,” is a family musical that reinvents the classic Cinderella story. A young girl from economically depressed Philadelphia, dreams of being a modern princess influenced by images of pop culture royalty. Her dreams come to life when she discovers that she is descended from true African nobility. Journeying to Africa and experiencing the life of a true princess, her life is enriched in ways she could never imagine. With seventeen original songs, co-written with composer, Kurt Farquhar, the coming of age musical goes on a young girl’s journey to Africa and back, and reveals her connection to all of humanity.
The Princess of 57th Street
Commissioned by For Colored Girls Productions, “The Princess of 57th Street,” is a family musical that reinvents the classic Cinderella story. A young girl from economically depressed Philadelphia, dreams of being a modern princess influenced by images of pop culture royalty. Her dreams come to life when she discovers that she is descended from true African nobility. Journeying to Africa and experiencing the life of a true princess, her life is enriched in ways she could never imagine. With seventeen original songs, co-written with composer, Kurt Farquhar, the coming of age musical goes on a young girl’s journey to Africa and back, and reveals her connection to all of humanity.
West End Avenue
A last chance for love for two elderly New Yorkers. Abe’s beloved wife has just passed away. He closes up the clock shop he’s run in the Bronx for over fifty years, retires to the City and moves in with his son and his overactive family in their apartment on Riverside Drive. Vannie’s still working to support her grown up daughter, and her wild teenage granddaughter, by serving as a nurse/companion for a sweet spirited octogenarian in the same Riverside Drive apartment. Abe and Vannie’s paths cross one day on a park bench, sparks fly, and love’s in the air, but their well intentioned off-spring don’t believe a romance between a well-to-do Jewish retiree and a hard working black domestic could be for keeps.
West End Avenue
A last chance for love for two elderly New Yorkers. Abe’s beloved wife has just passed away. He closes up the clock shop he’s run in the Bronx for over fifty years, retires to the City and moves in with his son and his overactive family in their apartment on Riverside Drive. Vannie’s still working to support her grown up daughter, and her wild teenage granddaughter, by serving as a nurse/companion for a sweet spirited octogenarian in the same Riverside Drive apartment. Abe and Vannie’s paths cross one day on a park bench, sparks fly, and love’s in the air, but their well intentioned off-spring don’t believe a romance between a well-to-do Jewish retiree and a hard working black domestic could be for keeps.
A Shift in Gravity
A clash of wills disrupts the friendship between two friends, both writers, (born in the Boomer Generation,) when a handsome young journalist, (an X’er,) visits them in Martha’s Vineyard and insinuates himself into their lives. K.C. is the daughter of a famous black-listed writer from the McCarthy era. She’s had one major novel and never another. Her friend and helpmate, Jewel, also boasts a stunning first novel, but she’s long since buried her literary ambition, The tragic epitaph of Zora Neale Hurston hovers over her. Unexpected literary success tests their once solid relationship and shifts everything in their lives.
A Shift in Gravity
A clash of wills disrupts the friendship between two friends, both writers, (born in the Boomer Generation,) when a handsome young journalist, (an X’er,) visits them in Martha’s Vineyard and insinuates himself into their lives. K.C. is the daughter of a famous black-listed writer from the McCarthy era. She’s had one major novel and never another. Her friend and helpmate, Jewel, also boasts a stunning first novel, but she’s long since buried her literary ambition, The tragic epitaph of Zora Neale Hurston hovers over her. Unexpected literary success tests their once solid relationship and shifts everything in their lives.