Cheryl Francis Harrington
Cheryl has earned a solid reputation as a stage actress in Los Angeles receiving an NAACP Image Theatre Award for her performance in the one act play “AH-Ha Moments: バタースコッチ, バター スコッチ & Fudge,” and was nominated for an LA Drama Critics サークル, 円 Award for her leading role as Annetta Barton in the Los Angeles Actors Theatre production of “Eden.” On the small screen, she’s lent her voice as series regular The Haiti Lady on Eddie Murphy's hit animated 表示する “The PJ's” and has been seen on-camera in the テレビ shows, including “Up All Night,” “Criminal Minds,” “Glee” and “Brothers & Sisters.” Some of her feature film credits include “The Under Shepard,” “Into the Wild,” “Sgt. Bilko” and “Lethal Weapon.”
I recently had a chance to catch up with this talented lady to find out もっと見る about her new solo stage 表示する “I MET SOMEONE!”
HOLLY: Tell us a little about your new solo show.
CHERYL: “I MET SOMEONE!” is the poignantly funny story of my winding escapades with the opposite sex. I share with あなた highlights of my many of my male relationships going from one relationship to the next, with a seemingly endless parade of disappointing dates, sewn together によって years of self-help guru’s trying to assist my struggle to find ‘Mr. Right’ and my desperate attempts to make a meaningful connection with two father figures, both of whom I never come to know. Themes of self-esteem, belonging, and the tenuous structure of the contemporary black family quietly frame the edges of this riveting dramedy.
HOLLY: Where did あなた find the inspiration for the show?
CHERYL: This is my life! I’ve longed for a relationship with a man, beginning with my Fathers. My desire to have a relationship has occupied 98% of my conversations. So I finally 発言しました let me get this off my chest. Besides I was tired of being lonely and complaining about it.
HOLLY: What’s been the biggest challenge working on this show? How about
the greatest reward?
CHERYL: The biggest challenge has been learning my lines -- LOL! Yes…I know I wrote it. I found because it is so truthful I have to tell myself that it is ‘ok’ to tell my story…give myself permission to share my story.
The biggest reward has been that I’m living my dream. I always 発言しました that if after あなた see my performance and あなた go ホーム and are washing the dishes, and something I 発言しました causes a reaction in you, makes あなた smile, alters your life in any way…then I’ve done my job. The reaction that people are having pleases and amazes me. Sure, I also want the TV series and the security of earning the required amount in Sag-Aftra to have Plan A Medical benefits.
HOLLY: What’s surprised あなた the most while creating this show?
CHERYL: That I can write. When it comes from truth it just flows.
HOLLY: What would あなた like audiences to take away after seeing your show?
CHERYL: Bloom where あなた are planted, it’s never too late, have a glimmer of hope the size of a grain of sand. あなた are enough. Repeat after me…I am, I am, I am!
We think so too, Cheryl!! Can't wait to hear even もっと見る from あなた in the future.
Keep shouting "I MET SOMEONE!"
For information about Cheryl Francis Harrington
and her new solo 表示する visit: www.MetSomeone.com
“I MET SOMEONE!” Debuts at the Hollywood Fringe Festival
with performances on June 14th and 21st, 2012
"I MET SOMEONE!" - poster
Actor-Playwright Eric Lockley
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