Rogue Machine Extends ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI Through Sept 15

Rogue Machine continues with World Premiere of ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI... by Kemp Powers, extending through September 15, 2013, playing 8pm Fridays and Saturdays, 3pm on Sundays at ROGUE MACHINE, located at 5041 Pico Blvd., LA, Calif.

It is February 25, 1964. Cassius Clay has just defeated Sonny Liston to become heavyweight champion of the world. No celebration is planned, since no one thought he would actually win. No one, except his three not-yet-legendary friends...activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke, and football player Jim Brown who throw a party for him in a small hotel. The next morning, Cassius makes an announcement that will shock the world. One Night In Miami... imagines what might have transpired on that very real, very fateful night in 1964. The civil rights struggle was ready to boil over and in less than a year, two of these friends would be dead. But on this night, the possibilities are endless.

ROGUE MACHINE THEATRE (BEST PRODUCTION two years in a row - Ovation, LADCC Awards) launched yet another World Premiere production, which opened in the second slot for SEASON 6. A collective of award-winning and prominent Los Angeles based directors, writers, designers, and actors, Rogue Machine believes theatre to be an integral part of community life, a sacred space where audiences gather to be challenged, inspired, entertained, and provoked. By nurturing and introducing new works, Rogue Machine engages this community with arts that create dialogue and resonate long after the curtain closes.

KEMP POWERS (Playwright) has been touted by critic's as "a writer to watch" for his "knockout" first play One Night In Miami. LA Progressive called the production simply one of the two best plays their reviewer had seen in years. Kemp is now developing a new play, The Two Reds, and his selection for publication in The Moth's first ever book of collected works, which will be released in September by Hyperion Books. His play One Night In Miami...received a 2012 public staged reading in New York at The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center in Harlem as part of Classical Theatre of Harlem's "Future Classics" series. A writer, author and storyteller, Powers was the recipient of a Knight Journalism Fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2002. He regularly performs in the hit writer/performer theatre series Rant & Rave and the Peabody Award-winning storytelling series, The Moth.

Carl Cofield (Director) has worked at the Geffen Playhouse, Arena Stage, Berkeley Rep, McCarter, The Shakespeare Theater, The Alliance, Intiman and many others. Carl began his theatre career as an actor and appeared in The Acting Company's world premiere of Mud,River,Stone by Lynn Nottage. He was the youngest member of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival were he performed leading roles in many of Shakespeare's plays including Twelfth Night, Richard III, Troilus and Cressida, Comedy of Errors, and As You Like It. Carl was awarded a Shubert Fellowship to attend the MFA Directing Program at Columbia University. He performed in the Manhattan Theater Club production of Ruined, which won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and toured the United States.

ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI... at 8pm Fridays and Saturdays, 3pm on Sundays through September 15, 2013. ROGUE MACHINE is located at 5041 Pico Blvd., LA, CA 90019. Tickets are $30. Reservations: 855-585-5185 or at www.roguemachinetheatre.com.

John PerriN FLYNN (Artistic Director/Producer) is Rogue Machine's founding Artistic Director and has produced all 22 of the main stage productions. He directed last year's productions of The New Electric Ballroom by Enda Walsh, Three Views Of The Same Object by Henry Murray, and A Bright New Boise by Samuel D. Hunter (all-LA Times CRITIC'S CHOICE). He received the LA Weekly Career Achievement Award in 2012. John directed the critically acclaimed Los Angeles premiere of The Sunset Limited, (CRITIC'S CHOICE-LA Times; GO - LA Weekly, CRITIC'S PICK-Backstage, Ovation RECOMMENDED) which ran for six months. He directed the award winning World Premiere of Henry Murray's TREEFALL (published by the Dramatist Play Service in 2010) as well as the critically acclaimed Los Angeles premiere of Rogue Machine's inaugural production, COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY, by Jeffrey Hatcher. John was the Executive Producer and director of Lifetime's long running award winning series STRONG MEDICINE, has produced two other series and 14 television movies or miniseries including the Emmy nominatedBURDEN OF PROOF.

CAST:

GIOVANNI ADAMS (Brother Jamaal) worked on professional productions ofKing Lear and Miss Julie at Yale Repertory Theater. He recently played the leading role of Hustle in the feature film Hustle vs. Heartache opposite Blu Mankuma and Vanessa Bell Calloway. He participated in the 2012 Center Theater Group's Writer Workshop Retreat and West Coast presentation of In The Cypher at Nate Holden Performing Arts Center. Film credits include: Nina, The Anchor, Shades of Gray, Shuffle and Brooke's New America. TV credits include: Criminal Minds, Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous, Grey's Anatomy, 90210 and Garry Unmarried.

Kevin Daniels (Jim Brown) originated the role of Magic Johnson in the 2012 Broadway play Magic/Bird. He started his career with a supporting role in the 1998 film Twelfth Night, or What You Will by director Nicholas Hytner. Kevin has appeared in the film Hollywood Homicide, And Then Came Love, John Henry as well as the TV series Law & Order, Frasier, House and Modern Family, the latter in a recurring role. He has since participated in more than 20 Theater Productions. Kevin attended the Juilliard School.

JASON DELANE (Malcolm X) is a Founding Ensemble Member of Los Angeles's Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble. He has worked with the Geffen Playhouse-Take Me Out, Evidence Room-The Blacks and Pentecost, the Robey-The Last Season, and at the Matrix-Stickfly. Jason has performed with many Tony Award winning Chicago based theatres with roles in the World Premiere of ReGina Taylor's Drowning Crow (C-Trip) at the Goodman Theatre, the World Premiere of J Nicole Brooks' Black Diamond(Chogan Jim Fox) at Lookingglass Theatre and the World Premiere of Charles Smith's Knock Me A Kiss (Countee Cullen) at Victory Gardens. Jason was nominated for an NAACP Theatre Award for his performance in Sizwe Bansi Is Dead by Athol Fugard at Theatre 150 in Ojai, and has won an After Dark Award for his performance in Yellowman at Next Theatre in Chicago. Television credits include Criminal Minds, Secret Loves Of The American Teenager and One On One.

Matt Jones (Cassius Clay) appeared in Twelfth Night and Cinderella with the African-American Shakespeare Company; Intimate Apparel, Two Sisters and a Piano, and References to Salvador Dali Make me Hot with the AlterTheater Ensemble. In addition, Matt was seen in the World Premiere production of Clementine in the Lower 9 with TheaterWorks (Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Nomination). He is a recent recipient of the Princess Grace Award in Theater (2011-2012), and can be seen as Orsino in the upcoming film adaptation of Shakespeare's As You Like It.

Ty Jones (Sam Cooke - shared role) is a 2013 recipient of the Council of the City of New York Proclamation Award. He made his Broadway debut in the role of Lt. Byers in Judgment at Nuremberg, and was seen in the Tony Award-Winning production of Henry IV and Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington. He won an OBIE Award for his portrayal of Archibald in the revival of the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway production The Blacks: A Clown Show. Ty has received Audelco Nominations for his performances with Classic Theater of Harlem's Macbeth, Trojan Women, Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death and won Best Actor for his portrayal of Nat Turner, in Emancipation: Chronicles of the Nat Turner Rebellion.

JASON E. KELLEY (Brother Kareem/Jim Brown) has appeared at Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade. He played Barack Obama in the long running IO West show, Top Story Weekly. Jason's portrayal of Rondo Green opposite Brad Whitford and Colin Hanks, on the FOX dramedy The Good Guys, opened doors for guest star appearances on Awkward, Bones, Criminal Minds, Victorious and True Blood. His voice has been employed on Emmy Award winning campaigns for NextTeacher.org.

Burl Moseley (Sam Cooke - shared role) was recently seen in Rogue Machine's award winning World Premiere production of Dirty Filthy Love Story by Rob Mersola, and in Tony Pasqualini's Idyllic World at Pacific Resident Theatre, Ruth McKee's Hell Money (Chalk Repertory Theatre), and in Steven Sater's New York Animals (Rogue Machine Theatre). Burl's television credits include Dexter, Grey's Anatomy, Mike & Molly, Brothers & Sisters, Law & Order, and Monk. Selected film credits include Volcano Girl, Truth, and Straw Man. In New York he performed in such plays as Christopher Shinn's Where Do We Live (Vineyard Theatre), Zakiyyah Alexander's Blurring Shine (NYC Fringe), and Daryl Watson'sPrime Time (Abingdon Theatre). Burl created the role of Benjamin in Daniel Alexander Jones' Bel Canto in Boston. He has performed at the Sundance Theatre Lab as well as the New York Theatre Workshop.

JAH SHAMS (Brother Jamaal - shared role) has portrayed his idol Paul Robeson in The Emperor's Last Performance (11 NAACP Theatre Awards). He has starred in hit plays like Grandpa's Truth, Men Cry Too (NAACP Theatre Award Nominee) and Bus Stop. Jah has co-starred in television shows such as Criminal Minds, and CW's Privileged, as well as films which include Dilemma, Nerd Boy, Special Dead, and April's Fools.

DESIGNERS: Stephanie Kerley Schwartz (Set Design) is a multi-award winner (LA Weekly Award, Garland Award,Ovation Nomination); Leigh Allen (Lighting Design) is a recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award for Career Achievement in Lighting Design, Garland Award, and LA Weekly Award, and Ovation/ Production of the Year, GLAAD, and Macy Award; Christopher Moscatiello (Sound Designer) is an Ovation Award nominated sound designer, composer, music editor and music director for theater, television and film (The Walking Dead-AMC, Eureka-Syfy, Human Target-Fox, National Geographic, The Discovery Channel, HBO, BBC and others. Theater credits includeThe Kennedy Center; Naila Aladdin Sanders (Costume Design) has extensive credits with top theaters and productions such as The Color Purple and Justin Love (Celebration Theatre), Cyrano, In The Red And Brown Water, The Blue Iris, The Ballad Of Emmett Till (Fountain Theatre), and The Neighbors (Matrix Theatre).

ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI... at 8pm Fridays and Saturdays, 3pm on Sundays through September 15, 2013. ROGUE MACHINE is located at 5041 Pico Blvd., LA, Calif. Tickets are $30. Reservations: 855-585-5185 or at www.roguemachinetheatre.com.

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