Caleb Peterson has it all-a great job, plenty of money, and a fine fiancée in former model Paisley Terrell. They’re all set to get married just as soon as she signs a prenuptial agreement, but there’s just one problem…”Paisley don’t do pre-nups!” As war wages and trusts start to crumble, it turns into an all-out battle of the sexes.
Award-winning playwright Je’Caryous Johnson takes on the complexities of finding a good companion. Johnson’s insight will inspire you, unearth new truths, heal some hurts, and provide every good man and good woman with the tools necessary to conquer the obstacles that have dissuaded some and intimidated others in their search for a good relationship.
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Friends and Lovers, tells a story of two sets of best friends: Leonard and Tyrel, and Debra and Shelby. Leonard meets Shelby and Tyrel meets Debra. The two couples fall in love and the challenges abound. When Debra meets Leonard, a successful comedian with complications of his own, she has just gotten off the sex-before-marriage merry-go-round. If he wants to ride, he will have to produce the gold ring. Tyrel, a sexy architect, has troubles finding a good woman and certainly doesn’t think he’s capable of loving one. This changes when he meets the cynical, yet good natured woman Shelby. Both are in for a life change when they have to face their fears, challenge jealousy and test friendships in Friends and Lovers starring Leon, Miguel Nunez, Mel Jackson and Monica Calhoun.
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Starring Allen Payne, Richard Roundtree, Rhona Bennett, Christopher Williams and Lavell Crawford, Men Cry in the Dark delves into the lives of four men looking for love in all the wrong places. The play is an entertaining and down-to-earth experience about relationships, fatherhood and interracial dating from the man’s perspective. Baisden has courageously stepped outside the boundaries to prove once and for all that men do love their children, cherish their women, and yes, even cry.
A full house recently turned out in Houston for the live DVD taping of Je’Caryous Johnson’s hit stage play, “LOVE OVERBOARD.” The Johnson, along with his partner, Gary Guidry (both Houston natives) have transformed the world of urban theatre under the helm of their music and production company, I’m Ready Productions.
Colorfully candid and comedic actors gave “LOVE OVERBOARD” all the elements necessary to create one of the most unforgettable romantic comedy stage plays this year. The ensemble cast, included actors Khalil Kain (“Girlfriends” & Juice), Carl Payne (“The Cosby Show” & “Martin”), comedian Joe Torry, actresses Karen Malina White (Lean On Me & “A Different World”)and Tammy Townsend, (“Lincoln Heights), R& B Singer and actress Rhona Bennett, handsome singer Samson Logan, Grammy-nominated gospel singer Zacardi Cortez, as well as comedian Derrick Kenner and actresses Vienessa Castanos and Kelly Jenrette.
Whether you want to call it “The Love Boat” meets “Sex & The City” and “Entourage” or “The Love Boat” meets Ship of Fools, “LOVE OVERBOARD”, is a romantic comedy stage play that focuses on all the high energy high jinx and everyday hysteria that exists when men and women have their way, hook up and even have it out on the high seas. Produced against an immaculately constructed set created to rival any Royal Caribbean or Norwegian cruise line ship, “LOVE OVERBOARD” takes audiences on a high sea adventure where sexual healing becomes just what the doctor ordered and love will either save or spoil the day.
“LOVE OVERBOARD” will be released on DVD and available nationwide later this year.
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When a married couple is ready to call it quits, they always want different things. Esteemed lawyer Koren Lyles has been known to slay hearts, but what happens when each of her past romantic casualties, end up at a premarital weekend retreat all together? It’s a date with disaster!
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Starring Vivica A. Fox, Boris Kodjoe and Richard Roundtree, “Whatever She Wants” takes us into the life of forty year old Vivian Wolf. Vivian Wolf has suffered one heartbreak too many and has no room left for unfulfilling relationships. Now she has come up with the solution to every woman’s problem, a private social club called “Whatever She Wants” where men have to qualify to get in. No baby daddies, no bad credit, no car, no pot bellies, and living with your mama will get you NO ENTRY. To be in the presence of these women you have to be able to give them whatever they need. Witness the power, laughter, strength and honesty as Vivian searches for the perfect man who just may not come in the perfect box. “Whatever She Wants” is the story about one woman’s determination to rediscover who she really is.
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Chastity Moore believes there are three ways a woman can get a husband….love him, live with him, or leave him. She tried loving her man but he chose to serve his country instead. She tried living with her next boyfriend and that didn’t work. So Chastity’s mother, Patricia, wants her daughter to use her three ways to get a husband – love him past his pain, let him be a man and if all else fails wait on God. Experience one woman’s ultimate fight through heartbreak, forgiveness and discovering what really matters in an explosive stage play that will have you looking at love in a whole new light, starring Leon, Billy Dee Williams, Shirley Murdock and Lenny Williams.
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When a married couple is ready to call it quits, they always want different things. Raymond Mays wants a divorce and Morgan Mays wants alimony. When the fed-up judge bangs her gavel, she decides Morgan doesn’t deserve half… she deserves it all. Morgan gets everything—the house, Raymond’s retirement, and some would say even his self-esteem, leaving him with nothing but the thought; it would have been cheaper to keep her. Raymond has two options to prevent him from paying alimony: kill Morgan or get her married off to someone else. As ex-husband and ex-love face off with each other, broken hearts will get revenge and hearts and marital matrimony will collide only to discover if it’s easier to love her as his wife.
When a married couple is ready to call it quits, they always want different things. Raymond Mays wants a divorce and Morgan Mays wants alimony. When the fed-up judge decides Morgan deserves it all, the two face off with each other, only to discover it s easier to keep her as his wife.
