| THE BILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE PRESENTS AN ORIGINAL THEATRICAL FILM OF ITS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED WORK 12 ANGRY MEN...AND WOMEN: THE WEIGHT OF THE WAIT | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 07:29 am EDT 03/26/21 | |
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| THE BILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE PRESENTS AN ORIGINAL THEATRICAL FILM OF ITS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED WORK 12 ANGRY MEN...AND WOMEN: THE WEIGHT OF THE WAIT FILMED AT APPLE'S STEVE JOBS THEATER With Select True Stories on Racial Profiling and Unjust Policing, Including an Original Story on the Killing of Breonna Taylor Starring Lisa Arrindell, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Billy Eugene Jones and Wendell Pierce with A Cappella Group Kings Return and Original Music by Maritri Garrett and Daniel Bernard Roumain Watch for Free on the Apple TV app or Listen to the Composer’s Cut on Apple Podcasts Starting Friday, March 26 through Thursday, April 22 (New York, NY) - The Billie Holiday Theatre presents the premiere of the original theatrical film of its critically acclaimed work 12 Angry Men...and Women: The Weight of the Wait, filmed at Apple’s Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California. Including select stories from the 2011 edition of the acclaimed 12 Angry Men: True Stories of Being a Black Man in America Today by The New Press and edited by Gregory S. Parks and Matthew W. Hughey, the film recounts narratives of racial profiling and unjust policing, as well as an original story that focuses on the killing of Breonna Taylor. This powerful reimagining of 12 Angry Men…and Women: The Weight of the Wait will be available to stream for free exclusively on the Apple TV app starting Friday, March 26, through Thursday, April 22. Customers can also enjoy the composer’s cut of the performance for free on Apple Podcasts during that time. 12 Angry Men: True Stories of Being a Black Man in America Today is available as an e-book on Apple Books at apple.co/12AngryMenBook. This new adaptation of 12 Angry Men…and Women includes original cast members Lisa Arrindell, Billy Eugene Jones, Wendell Pierce, as well as the addition of Hubert Point-Du Jour, with a cappella group Kings Return, including Vaughn Faison, Gabe Kunda, J.E. McKissic, and Jamall Williams, and original music by Maritri Garrett and Daniel Bernard Roumain, who performs an original score. Tony Award winner Kenny Leon serves as part of the director’s team on the film, and the stories written by Devon Carbado, Joshua Wiley, Solomon Moore, and Paul Butler, Jr. were theatrically arranged by Arthur Yorinks. “Black Theater institutions have been the vanguards of stories rooted in equity and racial justice for centuries. The Billie Holiday Theatre’s production of 12 Angry Men…And Women at the Steve Jobs Theater embodies the spirit of that legacy, while innovating on how this story is told,” said Wendell Pierce, actor and Board Member, The Billie Holiday Theatre. “This is a necessary and timely work of art that centers around the systemic racial injustices in this country and our partnership with Apple makes it more widely accessible to audiences, sparking meaningful conversations that lead to change.” 12 Angry Men...and Women, which The New York Times selected as a Critics’ Pick and called “… a bold and vital response to an emergency in progress…”, was the first Equity-approved pandemic theater production in New York City. The staged reading originally streamed live via YouTube from New York City’s very first Black Lives Matter mural, its creation led by The Billie Holiday Theatre, with 159 names of men, women, and children killed by acts of racially motivated violence. Cast Lisa Arrindell | Devon Carbado and Breonna Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer Billy Eugene Jones | Joshua Wiley and Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker Wendell Pierce | Stephen Pembroke and Paul Butler, Jr. Hubert Point-Du Jour | Solomon Moore Kings Return | Vaughn Faison, Gabe Kunda, J.E. McKissic, and Jamall Williams Where to watch The Apple TV app brings together all the ways to watch shows and movies into one app and is available on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, select Samsung, LG, Sony, and VIZIO smart TVs, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV, and PlayStation and Xbox consoles. About The Billie Holiday Theatre The AUDELCO and Obie Award-winning Billie Holiday Theatre is artistic anchor to the largest African American community in the nation: Central Brooklyn and one of the last remaining theaters forged in the aesthetic and sociocultural kiln of America’s Civil Rights/Black Arts Movements. Founded in May 1972, The Billie Holiday Theatre is a beacon for world class art rooted in racial justice in the heart of Bed-Stuy: producing, presenting, and commissioning new and classic works and festivals in theater, dance, music, visual arts, and film; providing artistic and institutional residencies; and serving ages 3 to 103 with dynamic and accessible educational programming. For bold and daring artists and audiences from around the corner and around the world who look to The Billie as a rigorous artistic space that tackles racial injustices, presents new and unapologetic voices, and imagines a world where all people can flourish...welcome home. |
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