Associate producer is Parnell Damone Marcano (he/him). THE REAL BLACK SWANN: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen is produced by Zachary Davidson (he/him) and Nathaniel Mathis (he/him). Rich Wong (he/him) is the Production Stage Manager. THE REAL BLACK SWANN: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen has assembled an award-winning design team: Scenic and Props Design by Michael O’Hara (he/him) Lighting Design by Matt Richter (he/him) Costume Design by Wyndell Carmichael (he/him) Sound Design by Becca Kessin (she/her). MFA, California State University Long Beach.
Tom teaches acting, voice and classical performance. Tom is a member of Celebration Theatre Company. Stage credits include The Legend of Georgia McBride (International City Theatre) Arcane: Enter the Undercity (Secret Cinema/Netflix/Riot Games) Apollo 11 (Troika Entertainment) Good Boys and True, Antigone X, Machinal, The Duchess of Malfi (California Repertory) Private Lives, Good People (u/s Walnut Street Theatre) Bent (Philly FringeArts) The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Southern Baptist Sissies (Pandora Productions) Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest (National Shakespeare Company) McBeth – Over 2 Million Slain (United Stages of America) The All-Male Importance of Being Earnest (Wilde at Last at The Duplex). Facilitated a 4-month workshop with artists to build ensemble and examine The Normal Heart, which benefitted The AIDS Walk Foundation and featured post-show conversations, The LGBT Community and Race: Let's Talk! with leaders from the Showing Up for Racial Justice initiative and Fairness Campaign. TOM TRUDGEON (Director) (he/him) Directed Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart with Actor Saturday at Land of Tomorrow in Louisville, KY. You can also catch his weekly podcast “A Lifetime of Hallmark” where he pokes fun at movies on Lifetime and The Hallmark Channel. He has been touring Theatre Festivals around the world since 2000. LES KURKENDAAL-BARRETT (Les/William/Playwright) (he/him) is a Los Angeles based actor/ writer. During their journey, Swann guides a complacent Les through time, popping his Glinda-esque pink bubble of self-preservation, and provokes him to challenge all too familiar modern-day monsters.
While under anesthetic euphoria, a Black gay artist named Les is visited by the effervescent spirit of William Dorsey Swann, aka “The Queen.” Surviving antebellum enslavement, Swann rises from the ashes of racial oppression to become the first “Queen of Drag” and queer activist on record. THE REAL BLACK SWANN: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen will preview on Thursday, August 31 & Friday, September 8 at 8pm will open on Saturday, September 9 at 8pm (press opening) and perform through Sunday, September 24 at the Davidson/Valentini Theatre at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center, 1125 N. Wheeler and the Los Angeles LGBT Center, under the artistic direction of Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx present the Los Angeles premiere of the award-winning (Dublin International Gay Theater Festival - “The Doric Wilson Cultural Dialogue Award,” Cincy Fringe Festival - Fringe Encore “Producer’s Pick,” Prague Fringe Festival – “The Best of Festival - Audience Pick,” Foundation Spotlight Award), THE REAL BLACK SWANN: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen, written and performed by Les Kurkendaal-Barrett, directed by Tom Trudgeon, with cultural consultation by Brittney S. LIMITED ENGAGEMENT BEGINS THURSDAY, AUGUST 31ĪT THE LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER IN HOLLYWOOD!Īugust 16, 2023.Los Angeles, CA.Celebration Theatre, under the artistic direction of Brittney S. Written and Performed by Les Kurkendaal-BarrettĬultural Consultation by Brittney S. Present the Los Angeles Premiere of the award-winningĬonfessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen CELEBRATION THEATRE & LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER
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