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Books by Marvin X
Love and War: Poems /
In the Crazy House Called America /
Woman: Man's Best Friend /
Beyond Religion Toward Spirituality
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X Show Coming Home
to
San Francisco's Tenderloin After
a smash performance on San Francisco's Potrero Hill (where O. J.
Simpson grew up), Marvin X's Recovery Theatre will perform his
recovery classic ONE DAY IN THE LIFE in San Francisco's
multiracial ghetto The Tenderloin, a poverty stricken, dope
addicted area next to downtown. This area was actually the
location for the play, written while Marvin was in the recovery
program at Glide Church that feeds over 2000 poor, homeless and
addicted persons daily under the leadership of Rev. Cecil
Williams, immortalized in the play.
Recovery
Theatre will perform for the St. Anthony Foundation that also
feeds thousands of the Tenderloin's homeless daily. Performance
nights are Friday, Saturday, April 4,5, 11,12, 7 PM. No one will
be turned away for lack of funds. The cast includes Salat
Townsend as Marvin X, Ayodele Nzinga as Crack Ho, Natasha as
Karima, Geoffrey Grier as Dr. Huey P. Newton and Rev. Otis Lloyd
as Rev. Cecil Williams. Music by Destiny and Tacuma King.
Choreography by Suzzette Celeste and Raynetta Rayzetta. This
event is made possible by support from the San Francisco Art
Commission and the San Francisco Department of Public Health,
Treatment on Demand Council.
For
more information, call Geoffrey Grier at 415-241-6506.
Immediately following this performance, the company will begin
filming on location ONE DAY IN THE LIFE for a feature movie,
directed by Dennis Leroy Moore whose masterful film AS AN ACT OF
PROTEST was called the best black film of last year.
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About
the Play
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is our current production. It is Marvin X's autobiographical
descent into the hell of drug abuse and the joy of recovery,
including his last encounter with his friend, Huey P. Newton, in
an Oakland crack house. After each performance there is a
discussion with members of the audience -- primarily persons and
groups in recovery. ONE DAY has been repeatedly described by
audience members as a Reality Check.
The play forces
the addict to see himself, especially in relation to his
children, woman, family and peers.It forces him to view his psychosexuatlity as a drug addict Through this process he
becomes even more determined to recover his sanity and human
dignity.
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ONE DAY
also shows family members the addiction ritual so they will
better understand the nature and process of addiction. After
performances many family members have testified to their
ignorance of what the addict suffers in his daily round.
ONE DAY
IN THE LIFE has relevance to addicts in general, no matter the
drug of choice because the ritual is very similar in all cases
and all ethnic groups, i.e., a dope fiend is a dope fiend: they
all lie, cheat, steal, suffer psychosis, are homicidal and
suicidal, they emotionally and often physically abuse their
families and friends.
Finally,
we want the general community to gain knowledge of the drug
addiction and recovery process, so it will better understand
that addicts are sick persons rather than criminals who need
imprisonment.
For more information on Recovery Theatre: www.marvinx.com
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update 1 August 2008
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