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Aq&Ree: Brother Fire, Sister Fly – Reading
November 18, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Free
Brother Fire, Sister Fly.
Written by Jake-ann Jones. Directed by Erica Sutherlin. Music by Sky Hayward.
A staged reading on Saturday, November 18 @ 3 pm, Creative Pinellas, 12211 Walsingham Rd, Largo, FL 33778
Presented as part of the 2nd Tampa Bay Afrofuturism Festival.
Siblings separated by time and space must reunite when tragedy strikes.
The third reading in a developmental series, this play with music and media was written by Jake-ann Jones, playwright, author, and co-founder of Pinellas Diaspora Arts Project, during her year as Creative Pinellas Artist Laureate.
FREE and Open to the Public
Meet the Playwright and Artist Laureate
Jake-ann Jones
Jake-ann Jones also works under the name J.A. Jones and J.A. Morton (she, her, hers), is the 2022 Creative Pinellas Artist Laureate, and author of the Black Classic Press release SometimesFarmgirls Become Revolutionaries: Notes on Black Power, Politics, Depression, and the FBI. She works extensively with community organizations through the SOW Fund at Pinellas Community Foundation, is part of the team at PinellasDiasporaArtsProject, writes for The Weekly Challenger Newspaper in St. Petersburg, FL, and lives between Clearwater, FL, and Harlem,…… Read More
Meet the Director
Erica Sutherlin
Erica Sutherlin is a powerhouse multi-hyphenate executive, filmmaker, and theatrical director who serves as the Artistic Executive Director of The Studio@620. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Television Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. A career spanning over 20 years, Erica has established herself as an award-winning visionary, making her network directorial debut with the Lifetime hit Kirk Franklin’s A Gospel Christmas. Her diverse portfolio includes the feature film Stratosphere, the short film ATONE,…… Read More
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