to jennifer lash, from (me!) sandra, tvgp
Hi Jennifer, Kissin' The Chocolate Blues was performed one night only, with permission, at the Firehouse Art Center, a 240 seat theater, during my term as Poet Laureate for Pleasanton, California, on a $500 budget. The response from the audience was a playwrite's dream
"so powerful! Dr Maya Angelou has to see this!" "Does Oprah know about this..? "You have to get this on film..." "i always liked Dr Maya Angelou, but now I LOVE her!" and, somewhere in my email archives, very positive responses from local book club members who attended the event and who said they were inspired to write rave reviews to Dr Maya Angelou, and Oprah and friends in the industry.
I believe it deserves professional backing, and should be performed again... and again... and again, for audiences all around the world, and I do dream of having the opportunity to reunite the 3 woman cast: Faith Alpher, as Dr Maya Angelou, myself/narrator, and Jessica Reaber, musician, and perform/audition for potential producers, who will see, it has the potential to pack the house of the Royal Albert Hall.. and inspire standing ovations on Broadway...
and, I see you are Director of Music Licensing.. The song I dedicate to Dr Maya Angelou, in Kissin' The Chocolate Blues, is KT Tunstall's song: Suddenly I See. -Are the lyrics not perfect!! Her face came immediately to my mind, and still does, every time I hear that song... "She's got the power to be, the power to give.. the power to see.. yeah, yeah, yeah" Of course, I dream KT Tunstall herself could be in the performance
/I am like a professional day~dreamer... anyway,
That is my dream. But -as it is just a dream, I know that regardless, the script itself, should be with Dr Maya Angelou's legacy keepers. I did mail my original script to what I hope was her office at Wake Forest University, that was in Feb of 2013. Where/with who this ultimately landed, I do not know.
Blessings to you Jennifer Lash,
Sandra Harrison Kay, literary & mixed media artist
WriteousMom.com
posted by SHE @ 8:17 AM
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