Trey Anthony of Trey Anthony Studios is excited to debut her four-time NAACP Award-winning stage play, ‘da Kink in My Hair’ in Atlanta September 6 – 8, 2013 at the Cobb Energy Performance Arts Centre. Starring two time Grammy Award-winning Guyanese R&B princess, Melanie Fiona, R&B Diva’s Angie Stone and renowned actress Terri Vaughn, ‘da Kink in My Hair’ is an emotionally charged stage play, giving voice to eight black women who tell their unforgettable stories of love, hope, survival, redemption including tackling sexual identity.
Set in Toronto at a Caribbean hair salon, ‘da Kink in My Hair’ revolves around Novelette, a West Indian hair stylist who serves as a confidant for each character who struggles through everyday trials and tribulations; many which are familiar to most black women. From a mother losing a child to gun violence, to a career-driven woman who lacks love in their personal life, executive producer, Trey Anthony uses the ‘da Kink in My Hair’ as a platform to successfully blend real life stories of laughter, tears, revelation and inspiration.
‘da Kink in my Hair’ theatrical play, was nominated four times by the Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Canadian awards equivalent to the Tony’s) in 2003, has received critical acclaim and broken box office records since its debut. The play is also the recipient of four NAACP Theatre awards and was the first Canadian play to be produced at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Canada’s largest commercial theatre and was named as one of the top ten plays in Canada’s theatrical history. ‘da Kink in My Hair’ has been seen in California, London, England and made its New York debut at Tisch School for the Arts at New York University in October 2010.
Meet ‘da Cast:
Sharmine
Closeted actress Sharmaine has a stage-mother who has been behind her every step of the way in a hard-fought march toward artistic achievement. But she finds herself abandoned by her mother who cannot come to terms with her sexuality.
Novelette
The salon is presided over the languorous Novelette who serves as everyone’s confidant.
Patsy
Patsy is the epitome of rage and grief as she relives her son’s shooting at a high school dance.
Sherelle
Sherelle is at the top of her game in the financial field, wielding power and influence. Under Sherelle’s confident facade lies and loneliness that consumes her.
Shawnette
Shawnette finds herself incredulously watching her husband and his posh new wife enjoying a luxurious new life, after supporting his years of study with double shifts and uncomplaining toil.
Staci-Anne
Canadian winters are an exciting shock to little Staci-Anne, a newly arrived immigrant from Jamaica. She misses her grandmother back home, but she has a secret to tell, and reveals a harrowing tale of incest as she longs for safety but fears expulsion from the country she has come to love.
Nia
Nia confronts her ambivalent feelings about her recently deceased mother, who always preferred the sister with lighter skin.
Suzy
A young, southern, white, working class girl next door who struggles with her own inability to fully accept her bi-racial child and how to truly love and reconcile her fractured family.
Miss Enid
Finally, Miss Enid is the widowed septuagenarian who gets her groove back, giving a little sweet potato pie to her neighbor, and getting’ some good loving’ in return. For more information about ‘da Kink in My Hair, please visit:www.dakinkinmyhair.com.
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About Trey Anthony, Executive Producer – ‘da Kink in My Hair’–
Award winning playwright, executive producer, actor, creator, and stand‐up comedian Trey Anthony, is known for the ground-breaking television and theatrical production ‘da Kink in My Hair’. Critics have referred to Anthony as the Oprah of the Canadian theatre scene! Trey was also the executive producer, co‐creator and writer of the hit television show ‘da Kink in my Hair’ for Global Television. In the series she was the outspoken, wise‐cracking, Joy, who has become an audience favorite!
