AGP... Arthur Gets a Perry
From two productions of ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ to ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ณ to ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, everything I've done in community theatre in and out of Perry houses in New Jersey has made this moment possible. Starting with Katie Sillitti recruiting me via inbox while I'm in Cleveland to do a play at Villagers, which led to Diane L. Parker stalking me (true story) to play Troy Maxson. From doing work with Dunbar Repertory Company after connecting with Darrell Willis and Mark Henderson, to becoming an ACE member of the New Jersey Creative Arts Collaborative, to having a home theatre in ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ, it's been one helluva ride... and the journey's been awesome. I salute Sharon Coyle, Mark Papa, and the First Avenue Playhouse as well, as ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ also took home the Perry for ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐. We all should be proud of our work. Until our paths cross again... "Success, and nothing less."
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