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Meet Veo! The Very Vivacious Veo! Yes, That's His Full Government Name!
"My mother had some pretty large aspirations."
~ Veo
Meet Veo, your grayscale, cartoonized, African-American friend from the black-and-white world of 1930s television. Join Veo as he sidesteps gunfire, tangos with white terror, and juggles aggressions on a micro and macro-level scale in order to have the best day ever. The Very Vivacious Veo! welds his world and ours to solve the ever-relevant question: how do you find joy in a world that is practically designed to hate you?
The Charismatically Creative Cast!
Actor | Social Media Specialist | Playwright. Previous credits include A Mirror (Prologue Theatre), Shear Madness (Kennedy Center), Hand to God (Keegan Theatre), My Children! My Africa!, (Washington Stage Guild), The Winter's Tale (Folger Theatre, u/s), Is God Is (Constellation Theatre, u/s), As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing (Chesapeake Shakespeare Company), Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea, She Kills Monsters (Rorschach Theatre), Time Is On Our Side (Perisphere Theatre). THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!! See more at www.jordanbrownactor.org. Instagram: @cut2jordan.
Jordan Brown (VEO)
Gary DuBreuil (RADIO)
Gary DuBreuil (Radio) Favorite DMV credits include: NOISES OFF (The Keegan Theatre - Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble); THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION (1st Stage - Helen Hayes nominations for Outstanding Ensemble and Outstanding Play); CYRANO (Taffety Punk Theatre Company); MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (ArtsCentric); A MIRROR (Prologue Theatre); THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF KILLARNEY (Avant Bard Theatre); KEN LUDWIG'S 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (Adventure Theatre); A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and JULIUS CAESAR (Chesapeake Shakespeare); and many more across the region. Current: Mercutio and Lord Montague in ROMEO & JULIET (touring central Maryland with Chesapeake Shakespeare & Shakespeare Beyond). Education: Saint Michael's College (Vermont); Shakespeare Program at the British American Drama Academy (London). www.garydubreuil.com
Sophia Colón Roosevelt (Stage Directions)
Sophia Colón Roosevelt (They/She) is a rising senior at Pace University studying acting and devised theater. They have performed at Keegan Theater, The Kennedy Center, Maryland Ensemble Theater, Classical Theater of Maryland, Atlas, and Encore Stage & Studio, among others. Upcoming: Descendants with Theatre 202.
Gaelyn Smith (Director)
Gaelyn D. Smith is an actor, writer, and director from Washington, DC, whose work seeks to expand representations of and uplift Black women. As a director, her recent credits include Middiculous (Staged Reading) at The Keegan Theatre and The Very Vivacious Veo at District Fringe. Follow Gaelyn @gsmittyyyy on all social media platforms.
Tia Nellie (Stage Manager)
Tia Thomas is a playwright, actor, and multidisciplinary artist based in the Baltimore/DC region. Tia is ecstatic to be making her stage management debut on this incredibly funny production. OFF BROADWAY: Sage Theatre: Drunk Romeo & Juliet; Drunk Dracula. REGIONAL: Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: It’s a Comedy of Errors, Hun; A Christmas Carol; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ArtsCentric: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Outside of performing, Tia teaches and develops new work with organizations including Signature Theatre, The Theatre Lab, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, and Everyman Theatre. Her ten-minute play Eyeballs was featured in Rapid Lemon’s Play Festival. Follow her adventures on Instagram: @tianelliee.
The Delightfully Debited Donation!
~ Yes, we're sticking with this alliteration all the way through.
Well, butter my biscuit and call me late for dinner!
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