Book by
Michael Ajakwe, Jr.

Music & Lyrics
Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Stephanie Huff, Cecil Womack,
Linda Womack, Walter “Bunny” Sigler, Eugene “Lambchops” Curry, Diane Warren, Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan, Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel, Harold Payne, Pete Luboff, Pat Luboff, Sharon Robinson, Jon Gilutin, Bunny Hull, Richard Roebuck, Joseph B. Jefferson, Allee Willis, James Davis, Jimmy Sherman, Burt Bacharach, Carol Bayer Sager, Roger “Ram” Ramirez, Danny Sembello

Choreographer
Madonna Grimes

Director
Michael Ajakwe Jr.

Producer (s)
Michael Ajakwe, Jr.

Musicians
Matilda Haywood (Musical Director/Piano, Keyboard), Darryl
Spencer (Guitar), Eugene Chapman (Saxophone), Dee Suiter (Percussion, Drums), Derrick Womack (Drums),
Garland Jackson (Saxophone), MaiaHarper(MusicSupervisor/ Harp, Flute), William Malachi Nathan (Bass), Julius "TJ" Hudson (Trumpet), Rhonda Morman (Background), Talita Long (Background), Lee Adams (Background), Chris Emmons (Background), Shana Williams (Lead Background)

Starring
Federicka Meek, Andre Pitre, Elyse Mirto, Chante Carmel, Sy
Smith, Devron Minion, Angela Jordan, Gwendolyn Osbourne, Winnie Young, Chris Emmons, NeiCe Knight-Preuitt,
Regina Willaims, Patrick O'Sullivan, Cutter Garcia, Bill Lee Brown,
Lara Janine, Chris Scott, Heather Devereaux, Jamie McBriety, Sam
Willocks, Kia Skrine, Pam Carpenter, Kameron Love,
Piper Moretti, Craig Young, Madonna Grimes, George Frangides, Natasha Pazdernik, Vincent Devereaux

Theater run
2005
Stage 52 Playhouse, Los Angeles, CA (6 weeks)

2006
Warner Theater, Washington D.C. (1 week)

Playwright (s)
Michael Aajkwe, Jr., Shayla Rivera

Director
Debbie Allen

Producer(s)
David Morales, Scott Wood, Michael Ajakwe Jr., Picante Pictures

Starring
Shayla Rivera, Jon Scudder

Theater run
2004
Zephyr Theater, Hollywood, CA (5 weeks)

Book by
Michael Ajakwe, Jr.

Music & Lyrics
Deniece Williams, George Duke, Curtis Mayfield, Verdine
White, Thom Bell, David Foster, Dean Pitchford, Nathan Watts,
Henry Redd, Cotton Susaye Green, Clarence McDonald, Frtz Baskett, Lenor Riveroli, Randy Nichols, Teddy Randazo, Barry Mannn, Thomas Righter Snow, Cynthia Weil, Bobby Weinstein, Lou Stallman, Carole Pinckes, Robert Wright, Nat Kipner, John McIntyre Vallins

Choreographer
Madonna Grimes

Director
Michael Ajakwe, Jr.

Producers
Michael Ajakwe, Jr., Deniece Williams, Ray Aldridge Jr.

Musicians
Scott "Buggs" Allen (Musical Director), James I. Johnson
(Keyboard), Derrick Womack (Drums), Darryl R. Spencer (Guitar), Eugene Chapman (Saxophone), Chris Emmons (Background), Maia Harper (Background), Shana Williams (Lead Background)

Casting
Peter Wise
Starring: Tatyana Ali, Derrick Delaney, Johnny Gilmore, Sy Smith,
Trisha Mann, Chrystee Pharris, Kosmond Russell,Makeda Tene, Darius Dudley, El'on Carter, Angela Jordan, Chante Carmel,
Maia, Bill Lee Brown, Jason Holley

Theater run
2004
Zephyr Theater, Hollywood, CA (6 weeks)

Playwright
Sara Finney-Johnson

Director(s)
Adleane Hunter, Tony Singletary

Producer(s)
Michael Ajakwe, Jr., Sara Finney-Johnson
Starring: Mo'Nique, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Gary Anthony Williams, Elyse Mirto, Estelle Harris, Lee Garlington, Ra'Ven Larrymore Kelly, Stacey Martino, Bryna Weiss, Sicily, John Eric Bentley

Theater run
2004
Zephyr Theater, Hollywood, CA (6 weeks)

Playwright
Michael Ajakwe, Jr.

Director
Ted Lange, Michael Ajakwe, Jr.

Producer
Michael Ajakwe Jr., Howard Love, Kosmond Russell

Starring
Charles Dutton (NBTF staged reading only), Tommy Hicks, Ted
Lange, Al Garrett, DeSean Terry, Willie Latimore, Bill Lee Brown,
Pascal Atuma, Deance Wyatt, Lou Beaty

Theater run
1996
Hudson Mainstage, Hollywood, CA (6 weeks)
2001
National Black Theater Festival, Adams Mark Hotel, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina
(staged reading/1 performance)
2003
Stage 52 Playhouse, Los Angeles, CA (4 weeks)

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Playwright
Michael Ajakwe, Jr.

Director(s)
Michael Ajakwe Jr., Yvette Culver, Al Cowart

Producer (s)
Michael Ajakwe, Jr., Howard Loe, Unity Players Ensemble,
Kenyetta Lethridge

Starring
Howard Love, Donna Maria Moore, Steve Sturm, Lucinda
Blackwood, Joanne McGee, Darron Johnson, Sonya Hensley, Phil Hunter, Terry Seago, Spencer Scott, Kathryn Glass, Nafeesa Monroe, Yvonne Farrow, Donald Agnelli, Lauren Linn Taylor, Regina Williams, Lee Baur, Kenyetta Lethridge, David Alan Graf

Theater runs
1994
Hudson Backstage Theater, Hollywood, CA (6 months)
1998
Inglewood Playhouse, Inglewood, CA (6 weeks)
2001
Stage 52 Playhouse, Los Angeles, CA (6 weeks)
2003
Stella Adler Theater, Hollywood, CA (6 weeks)

Book by
Michael Ajakwe, Jr.

Directed by
Michael Ajakwe, Jr.

Producers
Michael Aakwe, Jr., Kosmond Russell, Ian Foxx, James
Burkes, Lynne Conner-Smith

Choreographer
Siri Sat Nam

Music & Lyrics
Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, Harvey Fuqua,
Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock,
Ivy Hunter, Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong, Ronald White, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Orlando Murden, Ronald Miller, Paul Anka, William “Smokey” Robinson, William “Mickey” Stevenson, Carloyn Leigh, Cy Coleman, BartHoward, Stevie Wonder

Musicians
Scott "Bugs" Allen (Musical Director/Bass), Earl Harris (Guitar), Keither "Beattle" Price (Drums), Kenny Payne (Keyboard), Shana Williams (Background), Maia (Background), Caren Handley (Background), Pamella Walker (Background),
Sy Smith (Background)

Casting
Pamela Staton

Starring
William L. Johnson, Ashley Ta'Mar Davis, Kosmond Russell,
Jesse Campbell, Darron Johnson, Kosmond Russell,
Willie Brown & Woody, Pamella Walker, Sy Smith, Caren Handley, Maia, Robert Doqui Jr., Akeem Smith, Vince Devereaux,
Jerome, Donovan Henry, Stephon Jones, K.T. Taylor, Erick Jamail Lewis, LaTamara Smith

Theatre run
2002
Stage 52 Playhouse, Los Angeles, CA (2 performances)
Wilshire Ebell-Theater (1 performance)

Playwright
Kosmond Russell,

Director
Denise Dowse

Producer(s)
Michael Ajakwe, Jr., Kosmond Russell

Starring
James Pickens, Hugh Dane, Aloma Wright, Kyano Le'Vine,
Bonita Brisker, Randall England, Robb Syler, Bill Lee Brown

Theater run
2002
Stage 52 Playhouse, Los Angeles, CA (4 weeks)

Playwright
Christina Harley

Director
Art Evans, Rinakho Jahid

Producer (s)
Michael Ajakwe Jr., Wuleen Harley, Christina Harley, ETA Theater Company

Starring
Art Evans, Glyn Turman, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Ursaline
Bryant, Bill Lee Brown, Ian Foxx, Christina Harley, John Proctor, Marc Coppage, Terrence Matthews

Theater run
1998
Inglewood Playhouse, Inglewood, CA (6 weeks)
1999
Zephyr Theater, Hollywood, CA (6 weeks)
E.T.A. Theater, Chicago, IL (6 weeks)

Playwright-Director
Ted Lange

Producer(s)
Ted Lange, Mary Ley, Michael Ajakwe, Jr.

Starring
Aloma Wright, Peggy Blow, Pat Forte, Amantha Dymally, Ann
Weldon, Robert Pine

Theater run
1997
Whitefire Theater, Studio City, CA (11 weeks)

Playwright-director-producer
Michael Ajakwe, Jr.

Producer
Howard Love

Starrring
Phil Morris, Bill Overton, Gary Simpson

Theater run
1996
Hudson Mainstage, Hollywood, CA (6 weeks)

Playwright-director-producer
Michael Ajakwe, Jr.

Director (s)
Michael Ajakwe, Jr., Michael Phillip Edwards

Producer (s)
Michael Ajakwe, Jr., Howard Love, Harris Smith

Starrring
Chance Love, Fawn Reed, Tyna Andrews, Spencer Scott, Devika
Parikh, Darron Johnson, Christopher Williams, Robert Ri'chard, Richard Atkins, Kimberlee Furgess, Taffye Wallace, Rochelle Cunningham, Marc Lewis

Theater run
1994
Masquers Cabaret, Hollywood, CA (4 weeks)
Ivar Theater, Hollywood, CA (1 week)
1996
Hudson Mainstage, Hollywood, CA (6 weeks)

Playwright-director-producer
Michael Ajakwe, Jr.

Producer
Howard Love

Starring
Howard Love, Donna Maria Moore, Hill Harper, Niecy Nash, Gary
Sturgis, Eddie Slack, Steve Green, Devika Parikh, Carl Gilliard, Darron Johnson, Robina Alston, Vanessa Montgomery and Chris Smith

Theater run
1993
Roger's Park, Inglewood, CA (2 weeks)
Wilshire-Ebell Theater, Hollywood, CA (2 weeks)
Grand Theater, Downtown Los Angeles, CA (2 weeks)