I was going through some old photos to update my gallery here on my site and I came across this wonderful production shot of Latrelle Bright, as Billie Holiday. The Renaissance Guild in San Antonio, Texas featured “Scent of Magnolia” in their OneAct Series back in…..gosh, I want to say 2003. Originally I was the playwright, Latrelle was directing it and we had an actress who could sing. We lost our actress so Latrelle (an accomplished actor) stepped in as Billie Holiday and I stepped up as director. Happy Accident time! She was fabulous! Sang all of Billie’s songs acappella. Who knew she had such a lovely voice? Standing “O’s” every performance with lots of tears from the audience. (A writer’s dream)
Latrelle is now a happy resident of Chicago (where it all started for me with this script; funny how that worked out) and is pursuing her teaching career in the performing arts.
What a journey Billie and I have had. Originally I wrote this stage play for a friend Continue reading “Where will your writing take you?”