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The Double V – Press Kit
Click here to read Jimmy Thompson’s actual Letter to the Editor that sparked The Pittsburgh Courier’s “Double V” campaign. Click here to read the AP News story about the history of Black newspaper The Pittsburgh Courier. Click here to learn…
The Double V – Features & Interviews
Click here to listen to the interview with actor Nic Few on “The Back Story” at KBLA 1580 AM. Click here to watch the interview with actor Jennifer Shelton on The Actor’s Choice. Click here to watch the segment on…
The Double V – Reviews
LA Theatre Bites “ENTERTAINING… EFFECTIVE… the real-life story is riveting…a very good show. LA Theatre Bites recommended.” — Patrick Chavis, LA Theatre Bites Stage Scene LA “ENTERTAINING, ELUCIDATING… an all-around terrific cast … a revelation.” — Steven Stanley, Stage Scene…
The Double V – Press Release
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Lucy Pollak lucy@lucypr.com (818) 312-2276 (for media only) Michael A. Shepperd directs ‘The Double V’ at ICT, dramatizing true story of first Black civil rights movement in the U.S. LONG BEACH,…
The Double V
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Trouble the Water – Press Kit
Author notes from the novel: what is historical and what is imagined “The Thrilling Tale of How Robert Smalls Seized a Confederate Ship and Sailed it to Freedom” (Smithsonian Magazine) “Which Slave Sailed Himself to Freedom?” (PBS) “The Steamer Planter…
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Trouble The Water – Features & Interviews
Click here to watch the segment on Spectrum News Click here to read the interview with director/actor Gerald C. Rivers and novelist Rebecca Dwight Bruff in the Topanga New Times (flip to page 12) Click here to watch the interview…
Trouble The Water – Reviews
Stage Raw “STAGE RAW TOP 10… RECOMMENDED… EPIC… Rivers’s staging shines in capturing this chaos of the era and the momentous emergence of Smalls as an American hero… Ellen Geer’s reworking of Rebecca Dwight Bruff’s 2019 award-winning historical novel is…