Lyndsay Allyn Cox (she/her/hers) returns to Company One having previously been seen in THE OVERWHELMING. He is a luminary Artist for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. A Hamilton College & the Boston Arts Academy grad, Kadahj is a Teaching Artist in the Boston Area, and serves as the writer/lyricist/vocalist for Dancelujah (hiphop/fusion). Recent credits include HYPE MAN (2018 Elliot Norton Award), PEERLESS, THE T PARTY, AN OCTOROON, DRY LAND, HOW WE GOT ON (Company One) AKEELAH AND THE BEE (Wheelock Family Theatre) and a feature in THE HALLS web series (Beyond Measure Productions). Kadahj (he/him/his) is psyched for another C1 experience. “ As a young Black man I felt like my dreams and my environment were at war … Writing this play helped me understand why people in my neighborhood gave up, and it helped me heal the wounds I accumulated in my pursuit of my own dreams. “Yes we can!” for black and brown young men in a world that says “no you can’t.” The vital role local organizations have in combating gentrification and revitalizing communities from within. That the power to dream, wish, and be the hero of your own journey is not reserved for white people. Ways to address the historical and systemic inequities that have led to today’s cycle of poverty.įorgiveness, and the dangers of perpetuating the “absent black father” myth. Recommended for ages 12 & up | Contains adult language and difficult parent-child relationships.Ĭompany One Theatre is producing LEFTOVERS to AMPLIFY: $0 minimum, $10 suggested, $50 you’re a hero! Your ticket donation directly contributes to the future of financially accessible theater in Boston. Seizing the possibility of no longer feeling like the city's leftovers, the brothers begin to dream their way out of the cycle of poverty that has governed their lives, and find themselves on an adventure they never could have imagined.Īll tickets for Leftovers are Pay-What-You-Wish. With the advantage of Adobe Photoshop’s layers, I was able to build up light in different areas and in different captures.Then, I could assemble the captures as different layers in a Photoshop file and paint, or mask, the areas I wanted to keep.Jalil and Kwamaine just want their family to be “Cosby Show Happy,” but that kind of life doesn’t seem to be in the cards-until an enormous dandelion sprouts in front of their South Philly home and wishes start falling from the sky. Of course, since the film had to go out to be developed, there was a large element of “I hope we got it!” involved. I either got all the parts painted on the film, or I didn’t and had to do it again. When I first used this technique, I was shooting on film. In a nut shell, it means that I used a flashlight to “paint” the light where I wanted it. And, to give it that ethereal look, I resorted back to an old style of light painting. An old ladder, shown only in an abstract sense, gave a sense of structure to the composition. In the meeting, we had discussed an overall color scheme and a minimalist scene, in keeping with the planned over all look of the production. The last time I had it out was in 2009 for a production of A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie for Paul Conroy at the Newton Country Players. For the poster cover, I pulled out an old pocket watch that I had purchased at a garage sale two decades ago.
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