SEGREGATION AT RYDELL HIGH BANNED! Based in the 1960’s, a group of teens sing, dance and fight to try to find their way. Stuck between color lines, the greasers and what it means to be American, they experience friendship, romances and adventures. Sheen, the musical named after hair sheen, a product used by African Americans for decades is the answer to Grease you never knew you needed, but are damn sure glad you have! This workshop production, in residence with WOOF, is an interactive, musical based in the 1960’s, where a group of teens sing, dance and fight their way through colorlines, while the audience laughs, learns and can’t help but to sing along. Featuring: Alexis Braxton, Aaron LaRoche, Jeffrey Copeland, Amber Bloom, Kalynn Coleman, Arlene A. McGruder, Ronnetta Ranay, Jeff Kitt, Javana Mundy, Kristen Gonzalez, Shem Pennant, and Stephanie Anuwe
Cast and Creative team for Sheen the Musical at Brooklyn Comedy Collective
Cast
Arlene A. McGruder
Mom/Mrs. Ledbetter
Arlene A. McGruder, actress, writer, comic, producer. Proud member of SAG-AFTRA. Judge for the African American Women in Cinema Film Festival (AAWIC)
www.arlenemcgruder.com
Alexis Braxton
Dorothy aka "Dot"
Alexis Braxton is an actress who’s performed with the sketch comedy groups To Karen, With Love, The Black Pantherettes, and Golden Gals. She loves Beyoncé!
Aaron LaRouche
Lenny
Aaron Laroche is a Brooklyn based creative. He can be seen performing with his improv team Branded Silk and with his band Skorts.
Javana Mundy
Smokey
Javana Mundy Quesada is an Actor, Producer, and Multidisciplinary artist.
Her love for new works in theater have garnered roles at the Signature Theater, Cherry Lane Theater, and Dixon Place Theater. You can find out more about her artistic work at www.javanamundy.com or follow her journey on IG.
Jeffrey Elizabeth Copeland
Claretha
Jeffrey Elizabeth Copeland is a writer, director, and actress.
Her work has premiered at the American Black Film Festival, Upright Citizens Brigade, and NBC.
You can catch her performing at the Harlem Comedy Club, the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, or on IG.
Kristen Gonzalez
Debbie
Kristen is a Nuyroican comedian, writer, and rapper born and raised in Bushwick, NY. Her new track titled "UPE" is available on all streaming platforms!
Amber Bloom
Frenchie
Amber Bloom is an actor, dancer, writer and singer on stage and in film. Check out her website: www.amberbloom.com
Jeff Kitt
Rueben
Jeffrey Kitt is a writer/actor and comedian from The Bronx New York. He has studied improv and sketch at UCB NY. He can be seen around the city doing sketch with his team Young Douglas and Improv with Branded Silk.
Shem Pennant
Slick Pronounced Craig
Shem Pennant is looking for love in all the wrong places. He is also a London-born, Brooklyn-based martial artist turned comedian and musician.
Kalynn Chambers
Junebug
Kalynn Chambers is an actor, model, writer, and improvisor. Her credits include UCB, Amanda Seales’ Smart, Funny, & Black, and the PitNY Saturday Night Live Scholarship Program.
Stephanie Anuwe
Dr. Niger/ Rosy Rossette
Stephanie Anuwe (Ensemble) Theatre: Bethune (TheatreLab NYC), Surrender (Columbia), Lack of Milk (NYTF), MaRainey (Bedstuy Theatre Company), Film: Between the Pages (Amazon Prime) www.StephanieAnuwe.com
Ronnetta Renay
Ronnie
Ronnetta Renay is a Baltimore Native and NYC based actor, writer, sketch comedian, director, host, and producer. Credits: “That Damn Michael Che Show”; AMC’s “Fear HQ”; "Let Me Go The Right Way" ; with 25+ national commercials. www.ronnettarenay.com
Creative Team
Kaili Y. Turner
Creator/Director
Kaili Y. Turner is a Black Indigenous (Natick Nipmuc) comedian, writer, producer, puppeteer and an award winning actress and director.
Michele Baldwin
Producer
Michele Baldwin, award winning producer, actor, director, writer and content creator. Innovative visionary and storyteller, inspirer and a true life learner...Find her at www.michelebaldwin.com
Xavier Rodney
Producer
Xavier Rodney, home grown and raises in Brooklyn, is a SAG-AFTRA actor/comedian/filmmaker/producer/director. He enjoys life being jack-of-all-trades and traveling the world.
Martin Majeske
Producer
Martin is an Arts Lawyer and Managing Director of the Act Now Foundation, producers of programs which educate and showcase the work of emerging, independent film and theater artists.
Damany Mathis
Music Director
American actor, musician, and writer Damany Mathis has self-produced an astounding seven studio albums under the stage name Rugz D. Bewler or BWLR. Along with cinema, music, and museum curations.
Rj Williams
Asst. Music Director
RJ performs with world renowned comedy troupe Baby Wants Candy, North Coast Improv, and writes/performs music for various productions.
Myriam Moss
Choreographer
Choreographer, Actor, Singer, Writer, Sketch comedy member and ultimate creative. Brooklyn native, Myriam is skilled in Latin Dance, Hip-Hop, Chicago-Stepping, Jazz and more.
Amber Bloom
Asst. Choreographer
Amber Bloom is an actor, dancer, writer and singer on stage and in film. Check out her website: www.amberbloom.com
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