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I am thrilled to announce that the golden age musical, Damn Yankees, gently revised by Pulitzer Prize winning writer Doug Wright and myself (we’re calling it a “revisal”) will open the diamond 75th anniversary season at Arena Stage. Directed by Tony Award winner @sergiotrujillo1 , with additional lyrics by the Tony Award winning @ahrenslynn , this project has been an honor for me to be a part of. We are excited to premiere the piece in Washington DC before its eventual Broadway run. The link in my bio is the official announcement in Playbill. Let’s do this! @damnyankeesbroadway

#damnyankees #broadway #broadwayrevival #arenastagedc #supportblacktheater #theater

The official one week countdown has started! Only seven more days until my new children’s book, “Nana’s New Soul Food” is available for purchase. It is currently available to pre-order, so make sure to use the link in my bio to secure your book! @penguinrandomhouse @randomhousekids

#vegan #childrensbooks #penguinrandomhouse #veganfood #newbook #newchildrensbook #randomhousekidsbooks #randomhousekids #veganism #vegankids #nanasnewsoulfood #willpower

Thank you all for coming out and supporting the opening of Fetch Clay Make Man! Love to see a full house with so much energy and love for the show! Special shout-out to my amazing director @therealdebbieallen and the phenomenal cast! Y’all rocked it last night!
Get your tickets now at the link in my bio @ctgla 🥊

#fetchclaymakeman

Thank you all for coming out and supporting the opening of Fetch Clay Make Man! Love to see a full house with so much energy and love for the show! Special shout-out to my amazing director @therealdebbieallen and the phenomenal cast! Y’all rocked it last night!
Get your tickets now at the link in my bio @ctgla 🥊

#fetchclaymakeman

Thank you all for coming out and supporting the opening of Fetch Clay Make Man! Love to see a full house with so much energy and love for the show! Special shout-out to my amazing director @therealdebbieallen and the phenomenal cast! Y’all rocked it last night!
Get your tickets now at the link in my bio @ctgla 🥊

#fetchclaymakeman

Thank you all for coming out and supporting the opening of Fetch Clay Make Man! Love to see a full house with so much energy and love for the show! Special shout-out to my amazing director @therealdebbieallen and the phenomenal cast! Y’all rocked it last night!
Get your tickets now at the link in my bio @ctgla 🥊

#fetchclaymakeman

Thank you all for coming out and supporting the opening of Fetch Clay Make Man! Love to see a full house with so much energy and love for the show! Special shout-out to my amazing director @therealdebbieallen and the phenomenal cast! Y’all rocked it last night!
Get your tickets now at the link in my bio @ctgla 🥊

#fetchclaymakeman

On this day, 20 YEARS AGO 🤯, we opened #TheSeven @nytw79! It marked my 1st show in NYC, and my Off- Broadway debut! Which means it marks more than 20 years that I have lived in the New York area! I am proud that I am still a working actor after all these years.

Written by @willpower7
Directed by Jo Bonney (Tony nominated director)
Choreographed by Mr. Bill T. Jones (2x Tony Winner- Fela! and Spring Awakening)

This show was so ahead of its time and revolutionary for so many reasons. Before “Hamilton” and “In the Heights,” there was #TheSeven written by the incomparable @willpower7. Will and so many other creators don’t get the credit they deserve for revolutionizing hip hop theater! This was a game changer. And so much love and respect to this cast who will always be family to me! We’ve all gone on to do so many incredible things! This is The Seven.

#20years #anniversary #tbt

On this day, 20 YEARS AGO 🤯, we opened #TheSeven @nytw79! It marked my 1st show in NYC, and my Off- Broadway debut! Which means it marks more than 20 years that I have lived in the New York area! I am proud that I am still a working actor after all these years.

Written by @willpower7
Directed by Jo Bonney (Tony nominated director)
Choreographed by Mr. Bill T. Jones (2x Tony Winner- Fela! and Spring Awakening)

This show was so ahead of its time and revolutionary for so many reasons. Before “Hamilton” and “In the Heights,” there was #TheSeven written by the incomparable @willpower7. Will and so many other creators don’t get the credit they deserve for revolutionizing hip hop theater! This was a game changer. And so much love and respect to this cast who will always be family to me! We’ve all gone on to do so many incredible things! This is The Seven.

#20years #anniversary #tbt

On this day, 20 YEARS AGO 🤯, we opened #TheSeven @nytw79! It marked my 1st show in NYC, and my Off- Broadway debut! Which means it marks more than 20 years that I have lived in the New York area! I am proud that I am still a working actor after all these years.

Written by @willpower7
Directed by Jo Bonney (Tony nominated director)
Choreographed by Mr. Bill T. Jones (2x Tony Winner- Fela! and Spring Awakening)

This show was so ahead of its time and revolutionary for so many reasons. Before “Hamilton” and “In the Heights,” there was #TheSeven written by the incomparable @willpower7. Will and so many other creators don’t get the credit they deserve for revolutionizing hip hop theater! This was a game changer. And so much love and respect to this cast who will always be family to me! We’ve all gone on to do so many incredible things! This is The Seven.

#20years #anniversary #tbt

On this day, 20 YEARS AGO 🤯, we opened #TheSeven @nytw79! It marked my 1st show in NYC, and my Off- Broadway debut! Which means it marks more than 20 years that I have lived in the New York area! I am proud that I am still a working actor after all these years.

Written by @willpower7
Directed by Jo Bonney (Tony nominated director)
Choreographed by Mr. Bill T. Jones (2x Tony Winner- Fela! and Spring Awakening)

This show was so ahead of its time and revolutionary for so many reasons. Before “Hamilton” and “In the Heights,” there was #TheSeven written by the incomparable @willpower7. Will and so many other creators don’t get the credit they deserve for revolutionizing hip hop theater! This was a game changer. And so much love and respect to this cast who will always be family to me! We’ve all gone on to do so many incredible things! This is The Seven.

#20years #anniversary #tbt

On this day, 20 YEARS AGO 🤯, we opened #TheSeven @nytw79! It marked my 1st show in NYC, and my Off- Broadway debut! Which means it marks more than 20 years that I have lived in the New York area! I am proud that I am still a working actor after all these years.

Written by @willpower7
Directed by Jo Bonney (Tony nominated director)
Choreographed by Mr. Bill T. Jones (2x Tony Winner- Fela! and Spring Awakening)

This show was so ahead of its time and revolutionary for so many reasons. Before “Hamilton” and “In the Heights,” there was #TheSeven written by the incomparable @willpower7. Will and so many other creators don’t get the credit they deserve for revolutionizing hip hop theater! This was a game changer. And so much love and respect to this cast who will always be family to me! We’ve all gone on to do so many incredible things! This is The Seven.

#20years #anniversary #tbt

On this day, 20 YEARS AGO 🤯, we opened #TheSeven @nytw79! It marked my 1st show in NYC, and my Off- Broadway debut! Which means it marks more than 20 years that I have lived in the New York area! I am proud that I am still a working actor after all these years.

Written by @willpower7
Directed by Jo Bonney (Tony nominated director)
Choreographed by Mr. Bill T. Jones (2x Tony Winner- Fela! and Spring Awakening)

This show was so ahead of its time and revolutionary for so many reasons. Before “Hamilton” and “In the Heights,” there was #TheSeven written by the incomparable @willpower7. Will and so many other creators don’t get the credit they deserve for revolutionizing hip hop theater! This was a game changer. And so much love and respect to this cast who will always be family to me! We’ve all gone on to do so many incredible things! This is The Seven.

#20years #anniversary #tbt

“There’s something beautiful and innocent about the piece in the way it extols things like decency and fortitude and skill and love.”

Hear DAMN YANKEES co-adaptors Will Power (@willpower7) and Doug Wright (@quillsauthor62) discuss the significance of the play’s timeless themes.

🎟️: arenastage.org/yankees
🎥: @miceliproductions

#DamnYankees #ArenaYankees #ArenaStage #DCTheatre

“It feels like ‘Damn Yankees.’ It looks like ‘Damn Yankees.’ The spirit of it is there.”

DAMN YANKEES director-choreographer Sergio Trujillo (@sergiotrujillo1), adaptors Will Power (@willpower7) and Doug Wright (@quillsauthor62), and star Jordan Donica chatted with @thomaslfloyd @washingtonpost about the Broadway-bound ‘revisal’ having its world premiere next week.

📰 Read the full story – 🔗 link in bio!

Performances begin in 4 days.

🎟️: arenastage.org/yankees
📸: @tonypowell1

#DamnYankees #ArenaYankees #ArenaStage #DCTheatre

“It feels like ‘Damn Yankees.’ It looks like ‘Damn Yankees.’ The spirit of it is there.”

DAMN YANKEES director-choreographer Sergio Trujillo (@sergiotrujillo1), adaptors Will Power (@willpower7) and Doug Wright (@quillsauthor62), and star Jordan Donica chatted with @thomaslfloyd @washingtonpost about the Broadway-bound ‘revisal’ having its world premiere next week.

📰 Read the full story – 🔗 link in bio!

Performances begin in 4 days.

🎟️: arenastage.org/yankees
📸: @tonypowell1

#DamnYankees #ArenaYankees #ArenaStage #DCTheatre

DAMN YANKEES adaptors Will Power (@willpower7) and Doug Wright (@quillsauthor62) spoke with @washingtoncitypaper about updating this classic American musical.

👀 Check out the full interview –🔗 link in bio!

Performances begin in 5 days.

🎟️: arenastage.org/yankees

#DamnYankees #ArenaYankees #ArenaStage #DCTheatre

One lastchance to catch the epic story of #MEMNON at the @classicalharlemtonight @marcusgarveyparkalliance

@carlcofield directs.
@willpower7
@tyjonesnyc @treafisher @riwrdesign @celestejenn_ @alancedwards @frederickckennedy @yeenams @hnnh.trn @zachryjbailey @fightingactor @kvaish @ryanmarshdesign @lauravalenti16 @jasminelewisdesign

Eric Berryman
@thejessecorbin @andrealavonne filbert_cross @daviddarrow @emerge125 @jenna_kulacz @erik.ok @tiffanyterry @trayjayyy @alyssamanginaro cait7_lyn

I am humbled to win this year’s Keely Lake Advocacy award from the American Classical League. I am thrilled to share this acknowledgement with director Carl Cofield for our collaboration on my play, Memnon.

I hope to see you all at the NYC premiere of Memnon this July, produced by the Classical Theater of Harlem! See my Linktree for more info on this very special award!

Hey family! Looking for something fun to do with the kids? On Saturday, February 15 at 11am, I’ll be reading my Children’s book “Nana’s New Soul Food” at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena. This event is free and open to all- come on through if you can!

#vromansbookstore #newbook #childrensbooks #newchildrensbook #blackchildrensbooks #pasadena #blackstories #veganchildren #vegan #veganpasadena #veganfood #veganbooks #picturebook

Coming fall 2025- my play Fetch Clay, Make Man on Broadway- can’t wait to work with the amazing multitalented Keke Palmer!

#broadway #kekepalmer #blackstories #blackbroadway #play #spring #2025 #debbieallen #newplays