"Fairly flabbergasting... with Jim Carrey's comic elasticity and Michael Jackson's physical fluidity" -Chicago Journal
In association with the producers of Broadway's mega hit "Wicked," The Araca Group ("Urinetown", "Rock of Ages"), & Syracuse University, "The Tramaine Experience: An Urban Dramedy" was seen Off-Broadway at American Theatre of Actors as an official selection of the inaugural season of The Araca Project. The objective of The Araca Project is to foster the emerging artist's entrepreneurial spirit. "He is amazing. He dances, he sings, and he is a great actor. Tramaine Montell Ford is a rising star," says NBC News, and “Fairly flabbergasting…with Jim Carrey’s comic elasticity and Michael Jackson’s physical fluidity,” says the Chicago Journal of Ford. His newest work, the award-winning edgy and innovative one man show hi-jacks an unsuspecting audience and takes them on a hilarious semi-autobiographical journey. We end up in Chicago in Ford’s hometown neighborhood, the Cabrini Green Projects-- The notorious complex often viewed as a symbol of the ills of public housing. The interactive and improvisational nature of the show makes for high laughs and an uncanny sense that we are right in the middle of Cabrini. We meet the quirky singing and dancing cast of inner-city dwellers that ultimately highlight to us the humanity we all share; and show us that beauty can blossom from the darkest of places. After it's developmental workshops at Theatre Row, winner of "Outstanding Performance in a Solo Show" at the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity Awards, and Off-Broadway run at American Theatre of Actors, comes a 2012 College Tour!
For Immediate Release: 2/16/12
A Must see! Straight from it’s Off-Broadway run at American Theatre of Actors, fostered by the producers of Broadway’s mega-hit Wicked during The Araca Project, a hot new solo work, The Tramaine Experience, is ready to come to your College or University’s campus! Before going on a National Tour, and right after it’s official College Kick-Off at Syracuse University on March 7th, The Tramaine Experience has an exclusive deal for April 13th-29th for the first 3 schools in the New York City area to book! Don’t let your students miss out on this edgy, fun, inspiring, charitable, and socially relevant performance piece tailored just for them! The Tramaine Experience College Tour is purposed around utilizing dramatic comedy as a means of uplift and encouragement to our nation’s young future in overcoming and excelling in spite of while prompting dialogue on sociology, psychology, community, and art.
Demographic: Ages 18+ (Mature language)
Running Time: 70 min (+15 minute talk-back)
Booking Price: email thetramaineexperience@mail.com (First 3 schools to book get negotiable early booking rate more than 50% off!)
Tax-deductible as a charitable contribution from your school under 501(c)(3) not-for-profit umbrella through our fiscal sponsors Fractured Atlas & 10% goes to disadvantaged youth!
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