    So. Much. Happening. It’s been a happy and busy May so far. I’m gonna throw in one April thing because it was the end of the month and a fun gig. Friend and director Dev Bondarin asked me to do stage directions of a reading of a development project of The York Theater. Kilgallen and Kennedy is musical in progress dealing with a reporter and her hunt for the truth about the assassination of JFK. The following week, I did stage directions, again with Dev, as part of Vinyl Vanguard by fabulous up and coming playwright Marcus Scott, which was part of The National Black Theater’s Keep Soul Alive series. High school! Race! Culture! And all the cool music; can these kids be a band, or will it all blow up? A few days later, as part of the Fresh Draft Series put on by The Latinx Playwright’s Circle, I got to continue my exploration of the role of ‘Alex’ in Kendra Augustin’s play “The Beauty of My Youth is Gone, But The Chemicals Remain” which is a post-apocalyptic tale that has some serious Handmaid’s Tale vibes. And then came BinderSuze: Mashup Mixtape at The Green Room 42. Binder and I debuted this show at Don’t Tell Mama last December and , and, after the response, brought it back. We even added new material and had a great night. Lastly, I just did a reading of MJ Perrin’s The Absurdity of Life as part of New Perspective Theater’s Sweet Noise Festival. This piece covers a lot of ground, from being a black queer woman, to childhood trauma, to parenting; so much to tell and I can’t wait to see how it evolves.
Coming up: Come on over to The Triad for James Beaman in his critically acclaimed solo cabaret Lived Experience. After a fab debut back in October, he is bringing it back June 1st. I’ll be returning with MAC Award winners Sierra Rein and Goldie Dver as back up singers for the show. *6/14 I’ll be back at Otto’s Shrunken Head, back behind the kit for the June No Name..And A Bag O’Chips show. There might be a BinderSuze appearance as well! In the meantime, I hope your are able to get out and enjoy the good weather while we got it. And if you need this merry mezzo for your next project, go on and smash that CONTACT button! Peace ✌🏽
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I have finally started a website! I just got these beautiful new headshots done by L Morgan Lee of BLUEphotography, and at last have a place to display them. I've also been getting this self-tape thing DOWN. Madison Avenue Baptist Church, with whom I've been the alto for going on twelve years, like most churches, has gone virtual, so we are making videos of solos and hymns for the time being. (Someday, I'll release an outtake reel.) There've been other opportunities, as well, for practicing this process: virtual choir and concert videos. I've been lucky enough to work with Prospect Theatre Company and, thus, was asked to be part of their lovely video featuring Peter Mills' tune "Two Buoys". (I come in with the alto part and drums>) Two Buoys Next, a dear friend - a jazz musician and choir director, presently living in Italy - started up Singers Without Borders and asked me to be part of this uplifting number: How Can I Keep From Singing? Lastly, The Rigano Songbook asked 42(!) of their closest friends to help out with this wonderful song about an all too relevant and growing segment of our lives as we try to communicate with proper social distancing: Screen To Screen The Rigano has a concert planned for 3/13...and then the world shut down. But far be it for them to not have a show. Yes, the Ides of March Extravaganza is now the Ides of APRIL and will be in virtual form. When those videos go up, I'll be sure to share here. In the meantime, contact me here if you would like me to be part of YOUR virtual - and/or, eventually, LIVE - project. Peace ✌️ AuthorAlexandra de Suze is a singer, actor, drummer who also writes a bit and occasionally makes silly videos Archives
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