AAPEX Actors Showcase at The Players Club 4/4 (NYC)

AAPEX is preparing for our first NYC Actor's Showcase at The Players Club on Gramercy Park on Monday, April 4th.

The play, RAP, is by Alan Aymie of Los Angeles. 

Confirmed cast members:

James Brown-Orleans, who created the role of Kwame/Bling Bling in the first Los Angeles production of RAP and who is currently in the Broadway cast of THE LION KING.

Jimmy Gary, recognized as AAPEX Actor of the Year 2011 - whose television credits include LAW & ORDER, NURSE JACKIE and WHITE COLLAR.

Terrance Epps, who has been on board for our 2 NYC readings of Merrill Jones' award winning play MRS. STREETER.

Please save the date!

Jaz Dorsey
Dramaturg
The African American Playwrights Exchange

Jimmy Gary: AAPEX's Actor of the Year

AAPEX is pleased to recognize Mr. Jimmy Gary as our Actor of the Year 2011.

Check out Jimmy's interview with Yayoi Winfrey and Robert Taylor on their new radio show SEXY VOICES OF HOLLYWOOD.

Here's Episode 7, in 2 parts, with actor and former NFL player, Jimmy

Gary, Jr. Ladies and gentleman, let's give him a hand! And, thank you,

Jaz Dorsey of AAPEX for the hook-up.

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Jimmy Gary, Jr on NURSE JACKIE all week!

Jimmy Gary, Jr. with Edie Falco from Nurse Jackie

Jimmy Gary, Jr. one of AAPEX's "go to guys," co-stars as Marco Prince with Edie Falco on Nurse Jackie all week. 10PM/Showtime. Please click the post's title to visit the website for more information. Congratulations!

Jimmy Gary, Jr gets some media love

Jimmy Gary, Jr. with Edie Falco from Nurse Jackie

Jimmy Gary, Jr has always been there for AAPEX, appearing gratis in NYC as an actor for various AAPEX readings, so it's great to let the world know that this former college football star for the West Virginia Mountaineers who grew up in Okeechobee, FL, a hard scrabble, poverty ridden farming town, is now getting some recognition for his acting chops on Broadway and TV. For an inspiring read, please click the post's title. And, once again, thanks Jimmy G, for your unselfish contributions to AAPEX.

Jimmy Gary Jr. as "Charles The Wrestler" in "As You Like It" Live wrestling on stage! (NYC)

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Hello, Family, Friends and Colleagues,

Please come and see this wonderful cast of "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare presented by the Storm theater. All the details are attached..

Thank you for your support

--
Jimmy Gary Jr.

jimmygary.net

Jimmy Gary headed to HBO!

Actor Jimmy Gary, who was in the AAPEX reading of BILLIE'S BLUES TONIGHT AT MAMA'S JAM, is headed to HBO! See below.

CITY ROCK IS LIVE! WATCH THE SERIES BEFORE IT GETS TO HBO!!

The next episode of Peter Loffredo's series for television, "CITY ROCK", will be put up in a staged reading at Shetler Studios (244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor, between Broadway & 8th Avenue) in Manhattan on Sunday, April 11 at 4 PM.

After two amazing performances - one of the pilot episode in December, directed by Paul Michael Glaser at the Cherry Lane Theatre, and another, Episode 2: "Shooting Stars," at Shetler Studios last week - we are expanding into a larger theater at Shetler Studios for the next reading, which will be directed by the multi-talented Karen Giordano, who most recently worked as a creative consultant and dramaturge with Lee Daniels on the Academy-Award winning film, "Precious."

"RIDIN' THAT TRAIN" is the third episode in the City Rock series, a show that takes us inside life on the streets of New York City as it was in the early 1980's, a major time of transition, both in our city and in the country at large, a time that still is having ramifications for us all today.

So, put on your Swatches, Jellie shoes or Gucci loafers, your Ra-Ra skirts, leg warmers or Members Only jackets, and, of course, your Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses, and come enter the world of City Rock, as we present Episode Three: “RIDIN' THAT TRAIN.”

For more information, contact Peter Loffredo at: fpliving@aol.com. And see a slide show of the original City Rock members at: http://fullpermissionwriting.blogspot.com/

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