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THE FLYCATCHER’S IDENTITY THE FLYCATCHER’S IDENTITY
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FABIAN BURRELL
In Association with
RAMBA PRODUCTIONS
Presents
THE FLYCATCHER’S IDENTITY
Written by P. Chudi Uwazurike, PhD
Directed by Marcia Forbes-Shannon
Stage Managed by Calvin Mitchell
Celebrating Nigeria’s Highlife music and the redemption of the human spirit!
Nigeria’s Art & Culture takes center stage during the celebration of Nigeria’s Independence as the curtain rises on The Flycatcher’s Identity (Off Broadway) and Fela! on Broadway.
New York, NY (September 16, 2009) – The excitement is building as The Flycatcher’s Identity leaps from the page to the stage at Grand Theater @ Producers’ Club, 358 West 44th Street, New York City. Thursday, October 15, 2009 is the official opening night.Producer, Fabian Burrell, in association with Ramba Productions presents this timeless masterpiece which celebrates the redemption of the human spirit laced with an originally composed Highlife music score. Written by P. Chudi Uwazurike, PhD, the play unfolds through the mystical eyes of the Earth Mother and opens at John F. Kennedy’s International Airport but crosses the Atlantic to present day Lagos, Nigeria as a young woman searches for the father who abandoned her and her mother and fled to his homeland during the era of the Civil Rights Movement. Music score composed by Cameroon-Nigerian Highlife maestro Ladi Kong of “This Kind of Man” fame.Award-winning playwright and New York-based professor, Uwazurike, has to his credit such plays as the Niger State Drama Festival 1st Prize winner House of Little Regrets (1980), Prisoner of the Kalakiri and The Fire and the Goddess. He is also the author of the novels, Yesterday was Silent; Nwuzoh Nwannah & The Song of a Thousand Tunes and the collection Playing Off-Off Broadway & Other Essays, Plays, Poetry & a Novel, 1974-1984.The director, Marcia Forbes-Shannon comes to the production with a fresh approach and a keen ear for the Nigerian dialect. Her impressive theatre arts training at the prestigious Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Jamaica brought her work to the attention of the producer. She has received many awards as an Artistic Director in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s Speech, Music and Drama Festival, and continues to collect accolades for her original plays, directing and set designs.
The cast includes:
Nathalie Dispagne, Stacey Dotson,* Marsha Hamilton, Daralyn Jay, Kristen Kress, Omar M’Sai, Tomiké Lee Ogugua, Lee Marvin Sebastiany, Jonathan Williams
Crew: Stage Management/Set Design/Sound Design/Lighting Design & Drumming – Calvin Mitchell; Costume Designer – Bonnie Sandy; Marketing & Promotions - Aziza PR, Deirdre McIntosh-Brown, Jose Toure
The show will have a limited engagement from October 15 – November 1, 2009 and will continue to stage productions throughout the nation en route to Nigeria, Spring 2010.####
*Actor appears courtesy Actor’s Equity Association.For interviews and press review tickets, please contact:
Aziza Public Relations
860-294-9277
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Flycatcher Identity Off Broadw Flycatcher Identity Off Broadway
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Description:
FABIAN BURRELL
In Association with
RAMBA PRODUCTIONS
Presents
THE FLYCATCHER’S IDENTITY
Written by P. Chudi Uwazurike, PhD
Directed by Marcia Forbes-Shannon
Stage Managed by Calvin Mitchell
Celebrating Nigeria’s Highlife music and the redemption of the human spirit!
Nigeria’s Art & Culture takes center stage during the celebration of Nigeria’s Independence as the curtain rises on The Flycatcher’s Identity (Off Broadway) and Fela! on Broadway.
New York, NY (September 16, 2009) – The excitement is building as The Flycatcher’s Identity leaps from the page to the stage at Grand Theater @ Producers’ Club, 358 West 44th Street, New York City. Thursday, October 15, 2009 is the official opening night.
Producer, Fabian Burrell, in association with Ramba Productions presents this timeless masterpiece which celebrates the redemption of the human spirit laced with an originally composed Highlife music score. Written by P. Chudi Uwazurike, PhD, the play unfolds through the mystical eyes of the Earth Mother and opens at John F. Kennedy’s International Airport but crosses the Atlantic to present day Lagos, Nigeria as a young woman searches for the father who abandoned her and her mother and fled to his homeland during the era of the Civil Rights Movement. Music score composed by Cameroon-Nigerian Highlife maestro Ladi Kong of “This Kind of Man” fame.
Award-winning playwright and New York-based professor, Uwazurike, has to his credit such plays as the Niger State Drama Festival 1st Prize winner House of Little Regrets (1980), Prisoner of the Kalakiri and The Fire and the Goddess. He is also the author of the novels, Yesterday was Silent; Nwuzoh Nwannah & The Song of a Thousand Tunes and the collection Playing Off-Off Broadway & Other Essays, Plays, Poetry & a Novel, 1974-1984.
The director, Marcia Forbes-Shannon comes to the production with a fresh approach and a keen ear for the Nigerian dialect. Her impressive theatre arts training at the prestigious Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Jamaica brought her work to the attention of the producer. She has received many awards as an Artistic Director in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s Speech, Music and Drama Festival, and continues to collect accolades for her original plays, directing and set designs.
The cast includes:
Adesoji Ademiluyi, Nathalie Dispagne, Stacey Dotson,* Marsha Hamilton, Daralyn Jay, Kristen Kress, Omar M’Sai, Tomiké Lee Ogugua, Lee Marvin Sebastiany
Crew: Stage Management/Set Design/Sound Design/Lighting Design & Drumming – Calvin Mitchell; Marketing & Promotions – Aziza PR, Deirdre McIntosh-Brown
The show will have a limited engagement from October 15 – November 1, 2009 and will continue to stage productions throughout the nation en route to Nigeria, Spring 2010.
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*Actor appears courtesy Actor’s Equity Association.
For interviews and press review tickets, please contact:
Aziza Public Relations
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20th Annual Tribute to the Anc 20th Annual Tribute to the Ancestors
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20th Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage, Calling for 2,000 Drummers and Percussionists
By Donna Lamb
On Sat., June 13, from 12 noon to sunset, the 20th Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage will be held on the boardwalk at West 16th Street (Ancestors Circle) in Coney Island, Brooklyn, the site where some of the earliest slave ships once docked. Sponsored by Akeem Productions and the People of the Sun Middle Passage Collective in conjunction with Medgar Evers College Student Government Association, this annual tribute is in remembrance of the tens of millions of Africans who, after being kidnapped from their homeland, died during the Middle Passage - the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean, and North and South America.
The organizers of this 20th annual Tribute to Our Ancestors see it as an historic moment in the Collective's history. "We want to make this momentous celebration special," said Tony Akeem. "We hope to welcome an enormous turnout for this extraordinary day. We are looking for the participation of as many drummers and other percussionists as possible so we can really do justice to our ancestors."
The tribute began twenty years ago as a storytelling event conducted by the late Dr. Mary Umolu, a noted African storyteller born in Virginia of Southern and Jamaican heritage who became chair of the Department of Mass Communication, Creative & Performing Arts & Speech at Medgar Evers College. The Tribute's mission, she always said, was to educate people about what happened during the Middle Passage, to give them a fuller understanding of what their ancestors endured.
Some of the other people who were also part of the initial committee were Zala Smith, Phyliss Jackson, Hapte Selassie, Richard Greene, Safia Bandele, Tony Akeem and Andrea McLaughlin. As they, too, state, the Tribute to Our Ancestors is not religious or political, and over the years people of all religions, traditions and political persuasions continue to be a part of the annual observance. The program is one of enlightenment, enrichment and love.
The program will start precisely at noon, rain or shine, in coordination with other gatherings around the world carrying out this same rite at exactly the same time. It will begin with a libation ceremony by New Khemet Society, followed by a drum invocation led by Guyanese Master drummer Menes De Griot. As he explained, he will be playing the ancestors' Ngomas, made for him in South Africa by the Venda people. These drums are played only three times a year, and the trinity drum - so named because it can be played on all three sides - is the only one in the world.
This year special drum tributes will be made to Dr. Mary Umolu, Dr Ivan Van Sertima, Bernie Mac, Cheryl Byron, John Hope Franklin, Isaac Hayes, Monica Chopperfield (Lady Guymine), and all other recent ancestors.
Some of the many singers, drummers, dancers, spoken word artists and other cultural artists schedule to perform are Kowteff, Chris Slaughter, Osagyefo, Shanto, Ngomo, MEC Drama Club, The Lola Lewis Creative & Performing Arts Studio, Sunu Thoissane & Orin Ayo Dance & Drum Ensemble, Something Positive, Abaddon & New Vibrations, 5B Plus, Congo Square Drummers, Utopia Pan Soul, Harmonica Man, Junior Culture, Gold Teeth Lance, Afari & Rock of Ages.
The event will culminate at sundown with the final Ancestral Offering, during which the Ancestral Drummers will lead participants to the water's edge where each person will place flowers into the Atlantic Ocean, the largest African burial ground in the world.
Attendees are asked to wear white or African attire and bring flowers to place in the ocean. If you do not have a drum, bring a shekere, whistle, cowbell,or shac shac.
For more info contact Akeem at (718) 270-4902 or (718) 659-4999 or email him at Akeem827@yahoo.com. Transportation: D, F, N or Q train to the last stop, Coney Island/Stillwell Avenue, or B36, B64, B68 or B82 bus to Stillwell Avenue/Surf Avenue (Coney Island Train Station).
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Local Fashion Artand Design Ev Local Fashion Artand Design Events
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NEWS on THE BUSINESS OF FASHION ART & DESIGN
FASHION CAMP NY SS0- AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2009
Interested register here We want 2 bring together all who Design, Make, Show, Sell, Market or Buy using technology!More info is on site www.fashioncamp.org.
http://twitter.com/fashioncampJune 6th- June 20th. WITHOUT FACES.
WITHOUT FACES. - a collective exhibition, featuring artists of diverse heritage.
Opening reception on Saturday, June 6th from 2 to 5pm…closing celebration Saturday,
The Caribbean Literary & Cultural Center in Collaboration with Richie Richardson and CARIB,
June 7th Moshood 15th Anniversay show at storeJuneteenth Fashion Show Curated By Brenda Brunson BeyJune 23rd- I will send detals to nmembers as soon as they come in soregister and make sure you set your email for updatesFashion Arts And xchange Juneteenth Fashion Career ExpoJune 24th 101m-8pm www.fashionCareerExpo.orgFull Figure Fashion WeekJuly 25th 2009 Black Doll Show - Blog post
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WITHOUT FACES WITHOUT FACES
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WITHOUT FACES
The Caribbean Literary & Cultural Center in Collaboration with Richie Richardson and CARIB, Presents WITHOUT FACES.
Opening reception on Saturday, June 6th from 2 to 5pm…closing celebration Saturday, June 20th. The keynote speaker will be Council member Kendall Stewart, chairman of the immigration council, New York City Council.
Without Faces is a collective exhibition, featuring artists of diverse heritage. The curator is Richie Richardson, the exhibit is now annualized and this is the third in a series, which coincides with the June celebration of National Caribbean American Heritage Month.
The exhibition brings together a group of eighteen talented artists. And all of the artists were asked to contribute works; they felt resonated with the theme “Without Faces.”
The story of immigration is universal; often marginalized and blamed for societies ills, they are the last to be praised or recognized for their work ethic, strong family ties and enterprise. Many of the works are vivid and personal accounts and observations that make a powerful visual commentary about the facelessness of the immigrant experience.
From Africa to Latin America from Europe the Caribbean and the United States, these are the artists who come together to give face to the faceless: Christopher Webster, Donna Dove, Elena Marrero, Elliot Bassman, Emmanuel Toribio, Herb Bennett, Ibrahima Diallo, James Mingo, Jennifer Booth, Laura West, Lincoln Perry, Lynn Bell, Matuschka, Omowale Morgan, Rachel Krause, Richie Richardson, Shaneika Marson, Sylvia Maier.
Everyone is invited to this eclectic celebration of love, life creativity and good energy. The artist is the social conscience of society and we all come together in solidarity, to bring attention to this very human and universal story. A story steeped in success, overcoming challenges and the pioneering spirit. Special thanks to Donna Fleming, coordinator of CLCC, Hollis Kam of CARIB, Lenny Mendez, Velda Johnson, Sharon Cundy & Marlene Cochrane.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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