WELCOME HOME SONNY T | WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY WILLIAM ELECTRIC BLACK | TRAILER

WELCOME HOME SONNY T | WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY WILLIAM ELECTRIC BLACK | TRAILER THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY TO PRESENT "WELCOME HOME SONNY T," WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY WILLIAM ELECTRIC BLACK Play is first in a series of five plays addressing inner city violence and guns. WHERE AND WHEN: December 5 to 22, 2013 Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave. Presented by Theater for the New City Thursdays - Saturdays 8:00 PM; Sundays at 3:00 PM Tickets $15 general admission/$12 seniors and students Box office 212-254-1109, www.theaterforthenewcity.net Show's website: www.welcomehomesonnyt.com Running time 1:40. Critics are invited on or after Friday, December 6. The play centers on Reverend Miller, a middle-aged Staten Island activist minister (who might be partially based on Black's own father, who was a clergyman in Oyster Bay, Long Island). Rev. Miller had been a firebrand activist for civil rights, but has been worn down over his long career. He had rescued a troubled but promising teen known as Sonny T by channeling him into the army. Having served in Afghanistan, Sonny T is finally returning home and a welcoming party is planned. But there is discord, even shooting, in Sonny's neighborhood between the established blacks and Mexican newcomers. Sonny T's brother, Rodney, is under the influence of an angry, lost brigand named Big Boy who plans to threaten a protest march organized by a young Mexican man, whose brother has recently been shot and wounded. The play looks deeply into Rodney's home life, revealing the powerlessness of his mother and sister to guide him, and into the social injustice and peer pressures that drive his choices. The community's elders watch as their victories of past decades are undone by the plague of gun violence. Discouraged and yearning for redemption, they are ultimately capable of extreme bravery. The actors are Richard Pryor Jr., Verna Hampton, Brandon Mellette, Kadeem Harris, Nestor Carillo, Brittney Benson and Levern Williams. The production has set design by Mark Marcante, lighting design by Federico Restrepo, costume design by Susan Hemley, props and set pieces by Lytza Colon and sound design by James Mussen. The play is accompanied by Harry Mann on saxophone. Fight choreographer is James Manley. Stage Manger is Jason Marx. Production Coordinator is Randy Simon. Assistant Stage Manager is Chriz Zaborowski. William Electric Black, aka Ian Ellis James, is a seven-time Emmy Award winning writer for his work on "Sesame Street" between 1992 and 2002. He also wrote for Nickelodeon's "Allegra's Window" and LancitMedia's "Backyard Safari." Theater for the New City gave him his start in theater, presenting his earliest work, "Billy Stars and Kid Jupiter," in 1980. Now, TNC proudly continues its tradition of supporting and developing Black's unusual and energetic theatrical work. PLEASE CHECKOUT AND DL #AMEN2NOROMANCE EP NOW FROM @Sngdnc X @ANGELMBEATS Songdance -- Amen... DONT FOR GET TO LIKE SUB SHARE SUBSCRIBE www.youtube.com/user/songdance... FOLLOW twitter.com/#!/SNGDNC FANPAGE www.facebook.com/songdance MUSIC @songdance ... .......... SNGDNC!!!

Added 17 Jun 2026