ASSISTANT DIRECTING WORK
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The Color Purple
Denver Center For The Performing Arts | Directed by Timothy Douglas
Beloved by audiences worldwide, The Color Purple traces one woman’s fraught journey towards freedom and self-love. It begins with 14-year-old Celie Harris, pregnant with her second child and the victim of unspeakable cruelty at the hands of her male family members. As she comes of age, her babies are taken from her, she is married off to an abusive husband, and her sister runs away, leaving Celie gut-wrenchingly alone, spirit broken.
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Step by tiny step — and with the help of two courageous Black women — our hero rises up, gains her independence, and rebuilds her life from scratch.
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The musical adaptation of The Color Purple features awe-inspiring soul, gospel, jazz, and blues vocals underpinned by raw dialogue and a masterful plot. It is a triumphant, uplifting piece of art that reaffirms some fundamental truths: that Black is beautiful, that women are powerful, and that love is love.
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Photos: Jamie Kraus
Once On This Island
Town Hall Arts Center | Directed by Betty Hart
Mykai worked along side Betty Hart to direct Once On This Island, which opened April 8th 2022 at the Town Hall Arts Center! Based on a novel inspired by the classic Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale The Little Mermaid, this Caribbean-Calypso one-act musical tells the story of a fearless peasant girl who falls in love with a wealthy boy from the other side of the island. When divided cultures keep them apart, the Island Gods assist our heroine as she embarks on a remarkable quest to reunite with the man who captured her heart.
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Fireflies
Vintage Theatre | Directed by Bernie Cardell
Retired schoolteacher Eleanor Bannister lives a quiet life alone in Groverdale, Texas. Set in her routine and comfortable in her status as one of the town’s most respectable women, everything gets turned upside down when a hole in her roof draws the attention of Abel Brown, a smooth-talking drifter intent on renovating Eleanor’s roof, and possibly her life.
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Cinderella
Vintage Theatre | Directed by Christopher Page-Sanders
Originally presented as a television extravaganza, this famous fairy tale has been re-fashioned and set to music by two great masters of the musical. The characters are given greater depth plus a more human quality, and it is only through Cinderella’s innocent faith in a miracle that allows her wish to go to the ball to come true!
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