Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Levy Lee Simon's THE STUTTERING PREACHER and DAD 6/12-7/26 (LA)

NJOY PRODUCTIONS and THE LIONS' DEN
Proudly Presents the West Coast Premiere of Two One-Act Plays
by Levy Lee Simon
THE STUTTERING PREACHER and
DAD
Directed by Niva Dorel

Co-Producer: Vanoy Burnough

The Stuttering Preacher and Dad (2 one-act plays)
(running time 2 hours / each one-act 1 hour each)

June 12, 2009 through July 26, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.

The Complex Theatre
6476 Santa Monica Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90038

Tickets: http://www.plays411.net
RSVP: 818-731-7885 or njoyproduction.com

Cast: Richard Brooks and Eddie Goines in DAD
Javon Johnson and Fylicia Renee’ King in
THE STUTTERING PREACHER

Tickets: $20.00

Synopsis for DAD: Stuck on a deserted highway on a cold winter night, a father and son attempt to come to terms with their strained relationship. The drama unfolds as the two men discuss life including marriage, infidelity, manhood, drugs, and education. Another day in the life of Black men in America searching for hope and love.

Synopsis for THE STUTTERING PREACHER: The story revolves around Clarence Jackson, III, Pastor for the New Zion Baptist Church and Efay. As the pursuit for sex, love and happiness takes us on a ride with a stuttering preacher and a stubborn woman. Is it a game of win or lose, or will they both end up with a box of chocolates?

NIVA DORELL (Director) - is a writer, director and producer, including: two award-winning short films Kings and Milk and Honey (for Showtime), What About Your Friends, a television movie starring Keisha Knight Pulliam and Lou Gossett, Jr., Skid Row, a feature documentary, and two music videos. A USC film graduate, she has shadowed on David Mamet's TV show The Unit and was a finalist for the ABC/Disney Television Writing Program. As a theater director, Niva has worked with Harry Lennix, Ella Joyce, Loretta Devine, Cece Antoinette and Juanita Jennings. Niva is currently producing her first feature (w/David Mamet), preparing to direct a documentary, writing a female-driven action script and producing three music videos.

LEVY LEE SIMON (Playwright) Award winning playwright, actor, screenwriter and teacher. Levy Lee Simon is the author of over twenty plays which have received productions in the US and Caribbean. He is an Audelco Award Winner, Lorraine Hansberry Award Winner, Eugene O’Neill Fellow, Two Time NAACP Best Playwright Nominee and an Ovation Nominee.

MARJORIE KILPATRICK (Producer) is CEO & President of NJoy Productions. The Stuttering Preacher & Dad marks Ms. Kilpatrick’s debut as an Executive Producer. Her professional relationship with Levy Lee Simon, award winning playwright, has resulted in much success. Kilpatrick Co-Produced The Bow Wow Club (2006 NAACP Theater Award Winner). She starred alongside John Marshall Jones (Smart Guy) in the NYC production of The Guest of Central Park West (2007 Audelco Award Winner). Kilpatrick was inspired creatively by her late father, Lincoln Kilpatrick, a great actor and her mentor Edmund Cambridge of The Lincoln-Cambridge Theater Arts School in Hollywood.

Cast Credits: Richard Brooks (Lie to Me, Law & Order), Eddie Goines (Marco Polo, My Name is Earl), Fylicia Renee’ King (Momma Was A Bad Mutha…Shut Yo Mouth, Stellina Blue, Sideline Confessions), Javon Johnson (Barbershop 2, Prison Break, Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls, House of Payne).

Media/Press Contact: Publicity4you. com – Lynne Conner - 818.749.9695

1 comment:

  1. The lead Role of Efay in The Stuttering Preacher had been changed prior to opening weekend. Efay is now played by Ky Ziegler.
    For more info check out the site: www.the-stuttering-preacher.info

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