Curtis Manning (aka CJ Strickland) is a budding actor who won last year’s Plethos Fammy Awards for best actor for his portrayal of James Baldwin in my play Four Men in Paris, back in 2018. Curtis was recently cast to perform in A Chorus Line at the Pinole Community Theatre. We talk about how Curtis got into acting, his experience at Chabot College, his role as James Baldwin (and the parallels between Curtis and Baldwin), and his goals for the future.
You can reach out to CJ directly via Instagram: @cjmanning17
SHOWS:
Great Expectations (San Jose Stage)
Nov 17 – Dec 12
Norman Gee and Li-Leng Au (Episode 189) is in the show
https://www.thestage.org/season/great-expectations
Check out the interview given by Li-Leng Au for BroadwayWorld:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/BWW-Interview-Li-Leng-Au-of-GREAT-EXPECTATIONS-at-San-Jose-Stage-Company-Has-Been-Dying-to-Get-Back-Onstage-20211119
Shoshana in December (Z Space)
December 15 – 7:30pm
Eiko Yamamoto (Episode 120) is in the reading
http://www.zspace.org
A Not-So Silent Night (Playground SF)
Part of Monday Night Playground
Dec 20th – 7pm
Linda Amayo-Hassan (Episode 83) has a piece – The Nativity – to be featured
Norman Gee will be directing 8-2-5 Cherry
https://playground-sf.org
A Christmas Carol (Center REP Theatre)
Dec 9 – 21
Terrance Smith (Episode 102) is in the play
https://lesherartscenter.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=1501
Cinderella (African American Shakespeare Company)
Dec 18 & 19 at 3pm
Angel Adedokun (Episode 147) is in the show
https://www.cityboxoffice.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2766
Into The Woods (Berkeley Playhouse)
Nov 19 – Dec 23
Anna Joham (Episode 87) and Marah Sotelo (Episode 124) are in the show
https://tickets.berkeleyplayhouse.org/online/default.asp?menu_id=F59B59D6-DB1F-4A96-8B85-A0D61066D21B
The Hollow (City Lights Theatre)
Jan 20 – Feb 20, 2022
Anne Yumi Kobori (Episode 192) is in the show
https://cltc.org/explore-our-2021-22-season/
Awesome Orchestra’s End of Year Concert 2021
December 12
Created by David Moschler (Episode 137)
www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTMxNzU3
Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out!
The Black Man’s Heart
On Spotify and all your podcast apps
Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) is producing a podcast for KCBS Radio called Connect The Dots, a weekly news podcast, hosted by WCBS Newsradio 880’s Lynda Lopez. Check out “Connect The Dots” on any podcast app.
Also, Bindlestuff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app.
The Yay Twitter feed: @theyay3
Reg Clay (Instagram, Twitter): @Reg_Clay
Norman Gee (Twitter): @WhosYrHoosier
