All My Children's Darnell Williams (Jesse Hubbard) will appear as Reggie in Bonfire Night, the first play in a trilogy of works that focuses on the migration of Caribbean peoples to the UK in the 1940s and what has happened to that community since then.
Set in 1968, Bonfire Night centers around the lives of Cynthia and Lorna Johnson, Jamaican immigrants to Birmingham, England. Cynthia a fading beauty and Lorna, her 30-something daughter have settled into a hopeless yet comfortable routine living life together in their old house. But a fateful evening set against the backdrop of November 5th Guy Fawkes Day-Bonfire Night, makes the flames no match for the inferno that will consume Cynthia if Lorna, makes the leap to the happy life she desperately craves with her secret suitor, Reggie.
Bonfire Night is the first production of Blackboard reading series, a series that tells the stories of the Black Community throughout the Diaspora. Created by Garlia C. Jones and held every 2nd Monday at the Cell 7:30 pm www.blackboardplays.com.
In addition to two-time Emmy winner Williams, the cast includes Kim Weston-Moran (Cynthia), Toccarra Cash (Lorna), and Verna Hampton (Erma).
The play will take play on May 6, 7, and 9 and 8:00PM and May 10 at 3:00PM.
Tickets are $17.00 and are available at: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/63997 or by calling 1.800.838.3006
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The Cell Theatre is located at 338 West 23rd Street (Between 8th and 9th Aves) in New York City.
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