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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/30/2023 09:51 PM Updated by: thepinetree on 03/30/2023 09:52 PM
Expires: 03/30/2033 12:00 AM
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Let There Be Love by Kwame Kwei-Armah at Murphys Creek Theatre Through April 15

Murphys, CA...Dwight Mahabir stars as misanthropic West Indian Alfred Morris. When Alfred is kicked out of his daughter’s Croydon house, he returns to his Willesden home to find he’s been gifted a caretaker, Maria. Having alienated friends and family, he seems happy to live out his illness-ridden days in the solitude of his West London house. Maria, a struggling but determined Polish immigrant, will have none of it, and the cantankerous and xenophobic Alfred realizes that he may indeed still have a role in life.





Somewhere among the soulful lyrics of Nat King Cole and the mutual struggle of making a life in a foreign city, these flawed humans will find a path to solace from their haunting past.

Directed by Todd Thomas

March 24 - April 15, 2023
- Evening Curtain: 7:30PM
- Matinee Curtain: 2:00PM

ABOUT THE CAST

Dwight Mahabir has been wowing MCT audiences since 2017 with incredible performances in Looking Over the President’s Shoulder, Driving Miss Daisy, The Whipping Man, and last year's standout production Satchmo at the Waldorf.

Charlie Vershay, a regular on the boards at MCT, was last seen in 2022's King Lear, Exit - Pursued by a Bear, and Doubt: a Parable.

Jessica B Thiessen a newcomer to MCT's stage, is an actor and producer of theatre in Portland, including the all-woman theatre troupe, Whisper Skin Theatre Company.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Kwame Kwei-Armah is a British actor, playwright, director, and broadcaster. In 2018 he was made Artistic Director of the Young Vic, where he has directed Twelfth Night and Tree.

From 2011 to 2018 he was previously the Artistic Director of Baltimore Center Stage where he directed: Jazz, Marley, One Night in Miami, Amadeus, Dance of the Holy Ghosts, The Mountaintop; An Enemy of the People, The Whipping Man and Things of Dry Hours.

Other work as a director includes: Tree (Manchester International Festival), Twelfth Night, Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, Detroit’67 (Public Theatre, New York), The Liquid Plain (Signature Theatre, New York and Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Porgy and Bess (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) the Olivier Nominated One night in Miami for Best New Play 2016 (Donmar Warehouse) and One Love (Birmingham Repertory Theatre).

As a playwright his credits include Tree (Manchester International Festival, Young Vic), One Love (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), Beneatha’s Place (Baltimore Center Stage) Elmina’s Kitchen, Fix Up, Statement of Regret (National Theatre) Let There Be Love and Seize the Day (Tricycle Theatre).

Kwame was Artistic Director for the Festival of Black arts and Culture, Senegal, in 2010. He conceived and directed the opening ceremony at Senghor National stadium. He was an Associate Director of the Donmar Warehouse and has served on the boards of the National Theatre, Tricycle Theatre, and Theatre Communications Group. Kwame was the Chancellor of the University of the Arts London from 2010 to 2015, and in 2012 was awarded an OBE for Services to Drama.

In 2012, 2013 and 2014 Kwame was named Best Director in City Paper’s Best of Baltimore Awards and in 2015 was nominated for the prestigious Stage Directors and Choreographers Zelda Fichandler Award for Best Regional Artistic Director. In 2016 he was awarded the Urban Visionary Award alongside House Representative Elijah Cummings by the Center for Urban Families for his work in the Baltimore community. In 2019 he was the Chair of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. Kwame is a patron of Ballet Black and a visiting fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University.

TICKET PRICING
Children (12 and under) : $16.00
General Admission : $32.00
Senior (65+)/Student/Group : $26.00

RUNNING TIME

2 hours with one 15 minute intermissions.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Refund/Exchange Policy: Refunds/exchanges are allowed up to 24 hours prior to booked performance. Cancellations within 24 hours and no-shows will be processed as a tax deductible donation to MCT.

Content Note: This production contains some profanity and racial slurs.

Late Seating Policy: There will be no late seating. Please plan to arrive early.


This event repeats weekly every Friday Saturday until 04/15/2023



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It's " You are Innocent Until Proven Guilty" not the Lib/ left of you're guilty unless you can prove innocence.
Posted on: 2023-03-31 06:36:40   By: Anonymous
 

Let there be Love.
Like the love of our laws according to Democrats like Nancy PUlosi who like the majority of DUMBacrats have no idea of our Rights and our Constitution when talking about the Trump Indictment where she stated "No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence. Hopefully, the former President will peacefully respect the system, which grants him that right."
Like so many of the idiots on the left who are using their powers disregarding the rights of the people, our Constitution and/or going after a political rivial just like Communist China or Russia does, Nancy and all DUMBACRAPS, it's " you are innocent until proven guilty" it's not the socialist version of you're guilty until you prove you're innocent.
That's why this Administration is so dangerous, not only because in just over two years they have the USA turning into a third world country while our POTUS family is bringing in millions of dollars from our Enemies, and trying to stop every investigation in to his family's business dealings, this administration is trying to take out their political rivals, ignoring American citizens their Constitutional Rights, and turning our country into a socialist country to keep hold of their power.
The democrats have turned into a disgustingly dirty party, ignoring our Constitution dozens and dozens of times, jailed American citizens without due process, abandoned American citizens in a hostile country by THEIR OWN PRESIDENT, let a Communist country that his family does business deals with fly their spy balloon completely across our entire country gathering sensitive pictures, send them back to China, then after the mission is completed the Traitor Biden then says to shoot it down? After all the information is sent back to China? Really? Is that the mind of a Dementia Patient, or a Compromised President who was told by a Communist Business Partner to do what we tell you?
Those Investigations will be gaining steam everyday Joe. They've already proven even the First Lady has received TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHINESE DOLLARS . YOU'RE GOING DOWN JOE. YOU ARE ALREADY OUR WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY, NOW IT'S COUPLED AS THE MOST CORRUPT AND DUMBEST

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    Re: It's " You are Innocent Until Proven Guilty" not the Lib/ left of you're guilty unless you can prove innoce
    Posted on: 2023-03-31 07:02:08   By: Anonymous
     
    Oh, I think it's the democrat way if you're not guilty, prove it. I guess the other way is better though.

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      Re: It's " You are Innocent Until Proven Guilty" not the Lib/ left of you're guilty unless you can prove innoce
      Posted on: 2023-03-31 07:57:57   By: Anonymous
       
      Trump's inability to control his own mushroom sure has caused him a lot of grief.

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    Re: It's " You are Innocent Until Proven Guilty" not the Lib/ left of you're guilty unless you can prove innoce
    Posted on: 2023-03-31 07:45:24   By: Anonymous
     

    PODUNK EVENT

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    Re: It's " You are Innocent Until Proven Guilty" not the Lib/ left of you're guilty unless you can prove innoce
    Posted on: 2023-03-31 11:15:46   By: Anonymous
     
    Somehow, it appears you're missing the point about love.

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    Re: It's " You are Innocent Until Proven Guilty" not the Lib/ left of you're guilty unless you can prove innoce
    Posted on: 2023-03-31 11:18:12   By: Anonymous
     
    When I was teaching and preparing students for standardized testing and when you couldn't even make an educated guess on a true or false question, a general rule was that it took more words to state a mistruth. I think you've summed that up pretty convincingly.

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    Re: It's " You are Innocent Until Proven Guilty" not the Lib/ left of you're guilty unless you can prove innoce
    Posted on: 2023-03-31 11:22:33   By: Anonymous
     
    Indicted by a jury of his peers. Not appointed, not elected, but everyday citizens and he couldn't get one to register an iota of reasonable doubt based on evidence presented. Let that one sink in as the other lawsuits in Georgia and elsewhere follow.

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No Subject
Posted on: 2023-03-31 07:39:42   By: Anonymous
 
My name is Jill Biden and I'm the husband....no..no...that's not it. My name is Joe XiDen and I'm the wife of presiden......ha ha...no no.. it's.... just ahh... I'm here because I love Jen's ice cream after a mentally ill tran girl guns down a bunch of kids and adults, just kidding everyone.
I'm here today to put an end to the oil industry and this is how I intend to do it. "Wednesday with auctioning more than 73 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil and gas drilling just weeks after approving the controversial Willow oil project in Alaska." The big oil now will spend millions and millions of dollars drilling and won't find oil and go out of business. And thank you for voting for me to this great position of the new Communist party of China.... America yeah yeah it's America I ...I made that mistake in Canada too....China sure has been on my ....that thing...you know, and I've never talked to my son about his overseas business...but boy does my wife Jill sure likes those checks rolling in it really makes her day.
Thank you all for voting me...you know...whatever it is I do...they won't let me take any questions...so ...where's my ice cream

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    Re: Stonewall Biden, and the collapse of the Biden Family Corruption
    Posted on: 2023-03-31 08:50:25   By: Anonymous
     

    Boy oh boy, did Hunter Biden ever F U C K U P. The Drug ADDICT is taking the ENTIRE FAMILY DOWN.
    Let's do this the way Democrats do it, as Nancy PU-losi thinks the Rights of those accused of a crime, Joe is Guilty and Must prove his innocence.
    So might as well Execute the Entire Family as Traitors, because face it, We All Know They're Guilty!

    The Biden family and its attorney will "keep stonewalling" on the investigation into connections with the Chinese Communist Party even after the House Oversight Committee uncovered bank transaction reports revealing family members received $1.3 million from a Chinese energy company, committee Chairman James Comer said.

    "The problem is, we're getting bank records, and they never dreamed we would get bank records," the Kentucky Republican said on Newsmax's "John Bachman Now." "We also have access and have staff in as we speak looking at the bank violations. There are two different things here with the bank records and the bank violations. The Biden attorneys tried to block us from both."

    Now they can't come up with an explanation about "why this family and so many members of the family took millions and millions of dollars from the Chinese Communist Party," Comer added.

    There has been one statement issued saying the first million that was received was divided between three or four family members that went for "seed capital," said Comer, but he doesn't believe that will turn out to be accurate.

    "We haven't found a legitimate business that the Bidens were involved in, so stay tuned," said Comer. "We're getting information in as we speak, and I think that the American people are finally going to be given the truth and have facts as to the extent to which the Biden family were influence peddling."

    Comer said the information the committee has now is "just the tip of the iceberg."

    "I'm confident we're going to have many more transactions in many more accounts that we're going to be able to present to the American people to show just how dishonest this president's been about the extent of his knowledge of his family's shady business dealings," said Comer.


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    Re:
    Posted on: 2023-03-31 11:19:34   By: Anonymous
     
    Why don't you go out and support Trump by purchasing one of his designer ties made in China? Or maybe just sign up for the $45 a month plan to help him pay his legal bills.

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      Re:
      Posted on: 2023-03-31 14:17:38   By: Anonymous
       

      ^How convenient the libtards “forgot” the illegal business dealings of Hunter Biden in china! Don’t worry beastyality engaging products of incest libtards we have not forgotten! The truth of the illegal deals and money laundering of the Biden Crime Syndicate will come to light soon!

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        Re: Biden Derangement Syndrome
        Posted on: 2023-03-31 18:31:39   By: Anonymous
         
        A little love coming to you.

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        Re:
        Posted on: 2023-03-31 20:51:38   By: Anonymous
         
        ^Dude!!! Hunter isn't even registering on the news front anymore. Its all Donald, Donald, Donald!!! Your'e backing a loser Boceefus. Get on your dial up and find out what is pertinent. Its the criminal Don doofus. He's fuked, your'e fuked. Losers a pair.

        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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No Subject
Posted on: 2023-03-31 11:16:09   By: Anonymous
 
What the world needs more of, for sure.

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