THE FLYCATCHER’S IDENTITY
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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.
The Flycatcher’s Identity by P. Chudi Uwazurike, PhD, directed by Marcia Forbes-Shannon and produced by Fabian Burrell. October 15, 2009 – November 1, 2009 at Grand Theater @ Producers’ Club, 358 West 44th Street, New York City. Thurs-Sat 7:30pm, Sat and Sun matinee 2:30pm and Wed. Oct 28, 7:30pm. Tickets – General Admission: $18.00! Discounts for Seniors, Students w/ID and Groups of 10+: $15.00. www.flycatchersidentity.com. 212-726-8268 Ramba Productions.
Set in present day Lagos, a young New York woman goes in search of the father who abandoned her and her mother and fled to his homeland during the era of the Civil Rights Movement. When she discovers that her father is living a wealthy existence in Lagos, Nigeria she is determined to confront him and disguises herself as a maid to gain entry into his household. Arriving in Lagos, during a locust plague, she discovers not only that her father is married but his house of cards is about to topple on him and only her and her legal eagle fiancé can save him from financial ruin and a political scandal. Original Highlife music score by Cameroon-Nigerian maestro Ladi “This Kind of Man” Kong throbs throughout the two-hour drama with music.
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.
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
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For interviews and press review tickets, please contact:
Aziza Public Relations
860-294-9277
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
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.
The Flycatcher’s Identity by P. Chudi Uwazurike, PhD, directed by Marcia Forbes-Shannon and produced by Fabian Burrell. October 15, 2009 – November 1, 2009 at Grand Theater @ Producers’ Club, 358 West 44th Street, New York City. Thurs-Sat 7:30pm, Sat & Sun matinee 2:30pm & Wed. Oct 28, 7:30pm. Tickets – General Admission: $18.00! Discounts for Seniors, Students w/ID & Groups of 10+: $15.00. www.flycatchersidentity.com. 212-726-8268 Ramba Productions.
Set in present day Lagos, a young New York woman goes in search of the father who abandoned her and her mother and fled to his homeland during the era of the Civil Rights Movement. When she discovers that her father is living a wealthy existence in Lagos, Nigeria she is determined to confront him and disguises herself as a maid to gain entry into his household. Arriving in Lagos, during a locust plague, she discovers not only that her father is married but his house of cards is about to topple on him and only her and her legal eagle fiancé can save him from financial ruin and a political scandal. Original Highlife music score by Cameroon-Nigerian maestro Ladi “This Kind of Man” Kong throbs throughout the two-hour drama with music.
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