Mon. 12/10 & Mon. 12/17
. Sabatino Verlezza, Artistic Director, VerlezzaDance
. and Robin Pease & Tom Kerr, Kulture Kids reads and discusses Talkative Turtles
and Other Tales .
. and Beverly Kristy, scrapbooking for performing artists
Mon. 12/24 & Mon. 12/31
. Gary Webster and Ruby Fox, playwrights-in-residence for the WAKE UP And LIVE's Actors'
Studio
. Sarah Williams, an award winning student in the Upward Bound Program, Tri-C, Metro, discusses her achievements, her plans for college and delivers a powerful performance of her original poetry.
Excerpts of ?PlayActs? Performances showcasing Gary Webster's comedies, You'll be Back, Prime Beef & Strictly Platonic, featuring Sapphire DeFranco, Mary Lu Franks, Charlie Loy Hawkins, Stuart Hoffman, Jim Lenahan & Jermal Ware.
Mon. 1/7/08 & Mon. 1/14/08
. Chris Johnston, playwright, actor,
director and Clyde Simon, co-Founder & Artistic Director, Convergence-Continuum, share the stage with actors Geoffrey Hoffman, Lucy Bredeson-Smith and Bobby Williams who discuss and perform an excerpt from the play, Spawn of the Petrasexuals.
. Kirk Maynard and Russ Durr of Natural Bridges, LLC, discuss their recent European tour for the American Armed Forces and introduce their "puppetly" friends, Nutty the squirrel, Bill O'Really and Uncle Pete.
Mon. 1/21 & Mon. 1/28/08
Vickie Williams-Morris, author, playwright and actor, & Kimberly Brown, actor, director, discuss Vickie & her sister Pam?s manuscript, Pam I Am: A Felon?s Story. Hue People,
an encore vocal performance with Anita Rose Banks, steven e. boyd, Ceco Celinas & Afi-Nur showcasing their unique musical stylings.
Mon. 2/4 & Mon. 2/11
Students from Upward Bound, Tri-C, Metro. Felisa Eafford, Director, Betty Smith, Academic Coordinator and Steven Lake, Student Advisor, discuss the program, while students BrittLadon Benedict, Brittany Ealey, Terrance Tufts and Ramone Watkins perform original poetry selections which were included in their poetry project, Wise Words, developed with Adam Brodsky, Instructional Assistant.