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WORLD PREMIERE: Big Mama and Me by Richarda Abrams
A woman while cleaning out her deceased 99 year old grandmother’s apartment encounters her grandmother’s spirit. Before final boxes are taped, popcorn and potato salad fly and the granddaughter learns she too can go on and live life fearlessly.
THE CAST: Richarda Abrams*
DATES/TIME: Wednesday March 6, 2024 - Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 7:30pm (Running time 90 minutes without intermission)
PLACE: The Episcopal Actors’ Guild (EAG)/Guild Hall: 1 EAST 29th STREET, NYC 10016
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THE CAST: Richarda Abrams*
DATES/TIME: Wednesday March 6, 2024 - Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 7:30pm (Running time 90 minutes without intermission)
PLACE: The Episcopal Actors’ Guild (EAG)/Guild Hall: 1 EAST 29th STREET, NYC 10016
PRODUCTION AND DESIGN TEAM
Playwright: Richarda Abrams*
Music Director: Amina Claudine Myers
Production Stage Manager: Lawrence Floyd*
Scenic/Projection Designer: Anna Kiraly
Costume Designer: Sally Lesser
Dramaturg: A.J. Muhammad
Press Representative: RPR
Co-Producers Peggy Abrams and Richarda Abrams*
Big Mama and Me is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and support from private donors. Big Mama and Me received a New York State Council on the Arts, Theatre Artists Commission with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and is fiscally sponsored by New York Foundation for the Arts.
*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actor’s Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production
Equity Showcase Approval Pending
Telling Tales Out Of School
Written by Wesley Brown Directed by Woodie King Jr.
With:
Richarda Abrams as Jessie Fauset
June Ballinger as Nancy Cunard
Petronia Paley as Nella Larson
Elizabeth Van Dyke as Zora Neale Hurston
Photographer: Lia Chang
October 18th- November 12th
Amina Claudine Myers Trio with Special Guest Richarda Abrams perform "Stay In The Light" at the Park Avenue Armory. More info: www.AACM-NewYork.com
2023
Wrapped
Film
ACCEPTANCE
by Ranya Salvant
Director: Amanda Moresco
Theatre
Telling Tales Out Of School, by Wesley Brown, Directed by Woodie King Jr.
Returning to New Federal Theatre in 2023-2024.
This Bird of Dawning Singeth All Night Long
by Phillip Hayes Dean
Directed by Paul Calderon
BETHUNE: Our Black Velvet Rose
by Richarda Abrams
Vocal Work
Amina Claudine Myers Generation IV
with Richarda Abrams, Jeanette Carter, and Chinleyu Ingram.
SOLD-OUT Jazzaldia San Sabastian Jazz Festival in Spain!
Blank Forms at 99 Scott presents:
#FEATURED
Amina Claudine Myers' Lifetime of Achievement Celebration
at Pioneer Works
Amina Claudine Myers Voice Octet
Amina Claudine Myers Generation IV