by Robert Bowie, Jr. | Aug 21, 2018 | ONAJE Update
FringeNYC a Smashing Success!
We’re honored that ONAJE was selected as an official production of FringeNYC, with five sold-out shows, October 13th — 21st, and great audience and critical acclaim.
It was a thrill to have our fantastic director Pat Golden on board, and our phenomenal producer Sue Conover Marinello. Our talented cast was outstanding: Tinuke Adetunji, Adam Couperthwaite, John Dewey, Curtis M. Jackson, Mary E. Hodges, Sheila Joon Ostadazim, Bristol Pomeroy, Tim Rush, and Jay Ward.
Humbly, I must say it was an incredible honor and opportunity, and it’s all thanks to our generous contributors. Please email me to connect — let me know if you’d like to hear about our next production.)
by Robert Bowie, Jr. | Aug 7, 2018 | ONAJE, ONAJE Update
ONAJE Staged Reading in L.A. a great success
ONAJE received a new staged reading at Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills on April 15th, superbly directed by Adrian Cohen and featuring an amazing cast: Travon McCall, Annalee Scott, Cathy Tomlin, David Hunt Stafford, David Welsby, Shaun Savage, Stephanie James, Frederick Dawson, Eric Keitel, and Patrick Hallahan.
We had a full audience, who were kind enough to stay afterward and give us some very helpful feedback. It was a great discussion, as well as a reminder of the impact that live theater can have.
by Robert Bowie, Jr. | Jul 18, 2017 | ONAJE, ONAJE Update
For Artistic Directors and Producers ,we are holding an invitation only reading of “Onaje,” produced by Blue Panther Productions.For information and invitations please email Laura Lundy.
Sunday July 30 2017 at 3 P.M.
At DeSotelle Studio
300 W43rd St,
New York. NY.
THE PLAY
Reno, 1980. A black hitchhiker is hit by a white cowboy and waitress speeding down the freeway on a get-away. The collision becomes much more dangerous when the unlikely trio realizes that two of them are inextricably linked together through the long-buried secrets of their past. In a shocking conclusion, they are forced to return to everything they escaped and stand up against their deepest fears in a vicious stand-off. “Onaje” is set in two worlds, Maryland 1980, and the civil rights riots in the Eastern shore in 1967.
by Robert Bowie, Jr. | Apr 4, 2017 | ONAJE, ONAJE Update, Personal
Several years ago I sold the controlling interest in the law firm I started over 25 years ago. I decided to leave the office behind and the practice of law and start something new.
I’m now a playwright. My play “Onaje “,about the 1967 civil rights riots in Cambridge Maryland, has been optioned for regional production in 2018 by Blue Panther Productions of the San Francisco Bay Area. It received its first professional reading on February 22, directed by the acclaimed L.Peter Callender of the African-American Shakespeare Company in San Francisco. The reading was a great success and Blue Panther is currently reaching out to artistic directors of professional and regional theaters.
by Robert Bowie, Jr. | Feb 28, 2017 | ONAJE, ONAJE Update
Thanks to everyone who attended as we kicked the tires on “Onaje” in its first formal staged reading, February 22, 2017 in San Francisco. I’m so grateful for the talents and contributions of director L. Peter Callender of the African American Shakespeare Company, and producer Laura Lundy of Blue Panther Productions.
The actors all did a fantastic job bringing the characters to life, and it was great to see the shape of the play, to hear the words out loud, and get some welcome feedback from everyone.
by Robert Bowie, Jr. | Dec 20, 2016 | ONAJE, ONAJE Update
“Onaje” will receive Its formal Staged Reading directed by Peter Callender at the African American Shakespeare Company in San Francisco on Feburary 22, 2017. Email me if you’d like to know more.
