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Phylicia Rashad
”That's what this work is about, Drama Mamas! So watch it!”
As a Broadway actress Ms. Rashad has appeared in “Gem of the Ocean”, “Jelly’s Last Jam”, “Into The Woods”, “Dreamgirls”, “The Wiz” and “Ain’t Suppose to Die a Natural Death”.
In 2004 she became the first African-American actress to win a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Dramatic Play for her role in “A Raisin in the Sun.”
With television appearances on soap operas such as One Life to Live and Santa Barbara,
Phylicia Rashad shot to fame with her historic and uplifting portrayal of Claire Huxtable in her eight year run opposite Bill Cosby on The Cosby Show.
She is a member of numerous charities including the Diabetes Association African American Program and the Educational Teacher’s Association. Phylicia has strived to bring social issues to the small screen with roles in such thoughtful productions as
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Melba Moore
"These Drama Mamas have directed Broadway and Hollywood superstars in the course of their careers. How fantastic to finally hear those voices tell it like it is!”
One of the most talented and versatile performers of the last 40 years, Melba Moore has carved an impressive legacy on Broadway, television and radio.
Her big break came when she was offered a leading role in the Broadway production of the musical Hair; which resulted in leading roles in Purlie (for which she won a Tony Award),
Les Miserables, and Your Arm’s Too Short to Box With God (directed by Vinnette Carroll).
Woodie King Jr.’s New Federal Theatre produced Sweet Songs of the Soul, Ms. Moore’s autobiographical play with music (directed by Passion) for Henry St. Settlement and the National
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Stuart Hample
"This film offers a rare, insider’s glimpse into a vital part of the American Theatre scene…”
Stuart Hample is the author, illustrator or editor of over 20 books, including the book that inspired the musical Children’s Letters to God. He collaborated with Woody Allen on the syndicated comic strip "Inside Woody Allen" and wrote for the CBS series
"Kate & Allie" as well as The Comedy Zone, produced by the Nederlanders. His two books for 2004 are Happy Cat Day: A Manifesto for An Official Cat Holiday and "The Silly Book" for children. Hample studied playwrighting with Edward Albee at Circle In The Square Theatre and appeared as
"Mr. Artist" on the CBS TV show "Captain Kangaroo." As a young man, compiler Stuart Hample rushed up to Fred Allen at NBC and handed him a page of jokes. “Son,” Allen rasped, “bringing a joke to me is like bringing a fender to Henry Ford.” In “all the sincerity in hollywood...”, Hample
returns Fred Allen to his rightful place in our National Collective Memory. Hample is the author of numerous best-selling books, including Children’s Letters to God, The Silly Book, and My Darling Mao: Letters from Mothers to Their Famous Offspring. He lives in New
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Leighann Lord's Comic Perspective
New, photos and witty commentary.
A perk of working in the entertainment field is getting to be around some very creative and talented people, who do amazing work. One of these amazing and talented friends,
Passion, has just launched the new website for her documentary
Drama Mamas!
"DRAMA MAMAS is a feature length documentary film conceived to examine the world of women at the helm of dramatic presentations. Women who push the proverbial envelope, 'hit it upside the head,' rip it to shreds and use the
fragments to construct worlds that recall, illuminate, indict or beatify the human experience; as interpreted through 'herstory' with an African-identified virtuosity."
"For more than a generation, Black Women Directors have been a force in American Theatre and American Life. Their art has shaped our thoughts and our world through their vision, politics and very survival in an industry that
hesitates to recognize their immense contribution. It is long past their time to be properly applauded."
As if this weren't amazing enough, they are trying to shoot and raise money at the same time! To get more information and to contribute to this incredible project please go to
www.dramamamasthefilm.org.
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DRAMA MAMAs! ©
Black Women Directors Spotlighted & Remembered...
A Documentary Film
www.dramamamasthefilm.org
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