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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

AAPEX Events 11/13 and 11/14 (NYC)

The African American Playwrights Exchange and The New York City Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center invite you to join us on Tuesday, November 13 and Wednesday, November 14 for readings of 5 new works by AAPEX artists.

Tuesday, November 13

FUNNYLINGUS
Written by Owa
Directed by Aixa Kendrick;
Starring Topaz and Victor Denzell Ramsey

AULD LANG SYNE
Written and directed by Alan Sharpe
Starring Talmach White, Ricardo Fredrick Evans & Monte J. Wolfe

LIES OF HANDSOME MEN
Music and lyrics by Francesca Blumenthal
Performed by Topaz

DOWN THERE
Written by Julia Press Simmons
Directed by Passion
Starring Pamela Monroe & Taqiyya Haden


Wednesday, November 14

YOU'RE GETTIN ME HOT
Written and directed by Fernando Manon
Starring Ms. Staxx Cordero and Mr. Lawrence Floyd

SIMPLE MAJORITIES
Written by Ben Marshall
Directed by Abigail Ramsay
Starring Duane Allen, Tobi Kanter. Mark Hamlet, Brian Deutsch, & Dwayne A. Thomas

Both evenings begin with a reception at 6 pm, followed by the readings at 7 pm and will take place at the
LGBT Community Center
208 W. 13th Street, NYC

Tickets are $10.00 and can be purchased online at http://www.gaycenter.org/ or at the door

About the plays (all of which are sure to delight, amuse & provoke)

FUNNYLINGUS; While delivering a particularly edgy monologue, an actress is attacked by a priest.

AULD LANG SYNE: Plans to go to a New Year's Eve party are undone by a blizzard which shuts Washington, DC down. Instead, Lawrence Churchill gets a visit from an Ex with an agenda.

LIES OF HANDSOME MEN: The title says it all. This brilliant song by NYC songwriter Francesca Blumenthal has been recorded by, among others, legendary vocalist Cleo Laine. A legend in her own right, Topaz brings her own special genius to Francesca's masterpiece.

DOWN THERE: In her first work for the stage, poet Julia Press Simmons introduces us to two sisters who discuss exactly what it takes to hold on to a man.

YOU'RE GETTIN ME HOT: Getting in to Hell isn't as easy as it used to be. But there are still ways.

SIMPLE MAJORITIES: A U.S. Senator is backing an anti-gay marriage bill when his director of communications is outed on the internet by his ex-blogger-boyfriend. Everybody scrambles.

For more information on these playwrights and their work, conatct Jaz Dorsey at jazmn47@aol.com

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