Jamaican actor Shevrado Oliver, acclaimed for his work within the hit TV collection From Yard and the upcoming thriller Behind Closed Doorways, is about to make his New York stage debut in David Heron’s celebrated romantic comedy Love and Marriage and New York Metropolis.
The Silver Anniversary efficiency will happen on the Jamaica Performing Arts Heart (JPAC) in Queens on Sunday, June 22, as a part of New York Metropolis’s Caribbean American Heritage Month celebrations.
Oliver can be joined by a powerhouse forged that features Denise Hunt (How Stella Obtained Her Groove Again), James Duke Walker, and Gabrielle C. Archer. The one-night-only staged studying manufacturing guarantees to be a cultural spotlight, preceded by a complimentary Caribbean delicacies reception starting at 5:30 p.m. The efficiency begins at 7 p.m.
Set in late Nineties Manhattan, Love and Marriage and New York Metropolis tells the humorous and heartfelt story of two Jamaican-born {couples} who enter marriages of comfort for inexperienced playing cards—solely to find that love has plans of its personal. Oliver performs Damian Lewis, an enthralling, wisecracking photographer who marries aspiring mannequin Natalie Taylor (performed by Archer). In the meantime, Damian’s unemployed cousin Theophilus (Walker) is paired off with Natalie’s greatest buddy Jessica (Hunt), a pushed Wall Road dealer with a skeptical outlook on romance.
The play initially premiered in Kingston, Jamaica in 1999 and has since turn into Heron’s most generally produced work, carried out in cities throughout the U.S., Canada, and the U.Okay., together with an Off-Broadway run at Brooklyn’s Billie Vacation Theatre. It earned eight Actor Boy Award nominations and led to Heron receiving a Proclamation and Award for Excellence from the New York Metropolis Council in 2006.
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“This play is extra related as we speak than ever,” stated Heron. “With immigration nonetheless on the heart of our nationwide dialog, the story of inexperienced card marriages as a gateway to the American dream is deeply resonant—and sometimes, deeply humorous. I’m excited to see how audiences, outdated and new, reply.”
The Silver Anniversary efficiency marks the return of a number of previous forged members. Denise Hunt, a veteran of each display and Jamaican tv, beforehand performed Natalie in a U.Okay. tour of the present. James Duke Walker and Gabrielle C. Archer, each veterans of Heron’s Towards His Will, deliver a wealth of stage and display expertise. Walker’s breakout appearing function got here whereas working development in NYC, and his résumé now contains performances at The Apollo and appearances in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Archer has skilled on the Stella Adler Studio and acted in quite a few socially acutely aware theatre productions.
Shevrado Oliver, recent off his 2024 Accolade World Movie Recognition Award win, continues his upward trajectory with this NY stage debut. Identified in Jamaica for roles in Thicker Than Water and stage performs like Marriage Bizniz, Oliver’s arrival alerts a dynamic addition to the U.S. theatre scene.
Tickets are actually obtainable at loveandmarriagetheplay.eventbrite.com, with early hen reductions operating via Sunday, Could 11. A restricted variety of complimentary tickets are additionally obtainable for college students 16 and older, due to the Certain Factor Productions Free Scholar Ticket Initiative.
For extra particulars, contact Certain Factor Productions at (646) 533-7021.
