Speakeasy

Written by: Khari Wyatt

Directed by: Bernadette Speakes

April 1, 2022 8:00 pm

Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center

Reading Series Generously Sponsored in part by:

Debra Thompson & Lawrence Riff

In 1956, after some time away, Leon Ivy returns home from a sojourn in Paris with a finished novel, a publisher, and big plans for his future — but times have changed along Central Avenue and his wife, Bird, and her new business partner, Daddy August, have enacted secret plans of their own. What are the costs of leaving home and what is the price of fighting for what you believe in?

Cast:
DADDY AUGUST: Bernard Addison*
BIRD IVY: Cherish Monique Duke*
LEON IVY: Lloyd Roberson II*
DAVID DeLAIN: Adam J. Smith*
STAGE DIRECTIONS/RADIO DJ/CAB DRIVER: ReSheda Terry
SOPHIA DeLAIN: Jocelyn Towne*

*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule