Yesterday was a good day as Temple University hosted a sit down with playwright/poet and author Ntzaka Shang and Oz Scott about the creation of For Colored Girls the stage play. It was very inspirational and warming as you hear the story and understood the joy in making it. Producer/ director Lee Richardson was the host and poet/playwright professor Tamikka Williams presented her with a plaque from the mayor to celebrate the 40 year anniversary of the play.
A drummers hymn will always bring life to you
a drummers hymn will always bring life to you
Listen to the beat as it resides in you
Listen to your ancestors as they talk to you
A drummers hymn will always bring life into you
A drummers hymn will always bring life into you
Listen to the cry of children coming through
Listen as your people make a war cries
They are crying
Little girls are crying
As they scream in anger still wondering why someone wanted to burn them behind church walls
Listen as little boys cry out to you
He wonders why they hung him when he did nothing special all
Listen to the drum
Their spiritual is dance rides callus tips
Listen to the percussion as it is the little voices asking why
Listen as its tap are little voices wondering why
A drummers hymn will always bring life to you
A drummers hymn will always bring life to you
Listen to the beat as it resides in you
Listen to your ancestors as they talk through you
Dedication goes a long way I. This business we call entertainment. For many it’s about being able to say I’m an actor or I’m a producer that they look for the oooohhhs and aaahhs of others to validate there involvement. Consequently what they aren’t paying attention to is that some people are actually watching what he or she is doing, how much work they are putting I to the craft, how they handle this as a job and not a game. To be in the entertainment business is to truly understand that none of this comes easy, fast or free. What must be understood is all eyes are on the best and with that it only gets you I to the next project of this… Business(think).
There is nothing like being in front of an audience
For many of us this is the place where we fill alive
Find ourselves able to breath for the first time
Able to speak our mind
No longer hold your tongue
Let the worries go
Allow your thoughts to flow
This is that place where reliving stories gives you a chance to rebirth moments
There is nothing like the stage
Catching the applause of the crowd
Looking out to them and realizing
This is your moment
Your time
Your second
To let people see the real you
There is nothing like being in front of an audience
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Run Boy Run Production is seeking actors for the Play “Underground Episodes” which will be featured in the 2014 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
Roles Needed
– Homeless man (any ethnicity) – age 25-40
– Afr Am mother age 25- 35
– Latino mother age 35-40
– Postal worker male or female (any ethnicity) – age 25-40
– Office Worker age male or female (any ethnicity) 40- 50
– Secretary maleor female (any ethnicity)- age 25 – 40
– Nurse Aide female (any ethnicity) – age 21-30
– Landscaper male or female age (any ethnicity) – 18-25
-College student male or female (any ethnicity) – 18-25
Elder woman Latino/mixed female
Age 50-up
Please send your resume and headshot to RunboyRunprod@gmail.com for more info and to be assigned a timeslot.
Last week I went to see a play called “Scorned” here in Philly and on the way home the train was packed with people coming from other theater events when I saw this lady take a seat pull out a program from the ballet. Although she was alone it made me think that age and entertainment has no boundaries. Most people might think that at a certain age gong out and enjoying life has to end but she proves in this moment that a person can still enjoy and appreciate the finer things in life even when others around you tend to be younger and enjoying the art as you. Truth is she may come with a boat load of I formation and stories about dancers and shows that someone younger can only appreciate.
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