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During the month of February Torrey will be in Burning Coal’s production of Pentecost. This play is written play David Edgar and is directed by Jerome Davis. The play takes focuses on a dozen fellow refugees from Turkey, Palestine, Azerbaijan, Kurdistan and other countries in turmoil storm a church seeking asylum and take hostage some Westerners who are there trying to determine if a painting (a fresco) on one of the walls of the church is the most significant art discovery since the Chinese Terracotta army.
Torrey Lawrence will be portraying Antonio, a refugee who from Mozambique who has
been trapped in Russia when the Iron Curtain fell. He is an African who speaks fluent Russian. The performance dates are January 25 - February 11, 2007 and will be shown at the Kennedy Theatre ( Progress Energy Center), 2 E. South Street, Raleigh, NC.
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NORTH CAROLINA SHOWING
Friday, Sept. 22nd Show time - 8 pm
Saturday, Sept. 23rd Show time - 4 and 8 pm Opening Night Special
Admission - $10.00 in advance Admission - $12.00 - in advance
$15.00 at the door
Group rate for 10 or more people - $8.00 per ticket - in advance only
Ticket available at The Know Book Store
250 Fayetteville St.
Durham, NC
(919) 682-7223
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GEORGIA SHOWING Friday, Sept 29th
Show time - 8:00 pm Saturday, Sept 30th
Show time - 4 and 8 pm Ticket available at The Art Place Mountain View Theatre
3330 Sandy Plains Rd, Marietta, GA 30066 Tickets now available for purchase online via Pay Pal. Torrey Lawrence will be reprising his role of Henderson Hill in The Justice Theatre Project’s production of Still…Life, premiering at UNC’s Bingham Hall on July 30th at 7:00 pm. During the month of September Torrey has been cast in B & M Entertainment Enterprise’s short film “Can’t Call in Dead. This film is based on a short story written by Brian Davis from his acclaimed book “Amusing Stories From The Royce Casket Company”. The story focuses on the lives of people in the debt collection business and Betty who happens to be Sonny’s wife tries to get her husbands dead body to work so she can collect the insurance money. Torrey Lawrence will be portraying Mr. Griswall, the manager of Wegetem Collection Agency.
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During the month August Torrey will start rehearsal for “Hell of a Situation”, another hilarious play written by Brian Davis. Here’s a brief synopsis of the production, Odessa and Barry Walker have been married for twenty years. After a big argument they accuse each other of infidelity. Odessa throws Barry out of the house and she knows that she will have a tough time paying the rent so, she decides to rent her daughter Angel’s room out, since she was away at college. Odessa realizes she can’t deal with possible tenants; an undertaker and an escaped convict. Barry shows up and he’s apparently having a difficult time finding a place to stay. He pleads with Odessa to rent him their daughter’s room. Odessa reluctantly agrees to rent Barry the room, but realizes it was a mistake when he invites his new girlfriend over. Odessa finally meets a new man; a rich and successful lawyer. She entertains him at her home, but Barry does everything that he can to disrupt their relationship. Finally, Odessa has had enough and gets the aid of Sandy, Smitty’s wife to help evict Barry from the room because she made him sign a lease and to complicate matters even worse, the Walkers radical daughter angel gets kicked out of school for leading a protest, demanding that the university take down their statue of George Washington and put up a statue of Malcolm X. She returns home, with her boyfriend in tow, and she wants her room back. A family reunion, this is not. This is a hell of a situation.
Torrey Lawrence will be portraying Smitty, a jealous landlord who’s having marriage problems of his own. The performances dates are Sept 21 – 24 at the Durham Arts Council at 8 pm and 3 pm for the Sunday show. The show will be premiering in Atlanta on Sept. 28 – Oct 1, 2006. Please stay tune for ticket information.
The Justice Theatre Project will reopen the production of Still…Life. It will be performing on May 8th at 8 pm at Shaw University. "Still...Life" is a 1.5 hour workshop performance of an original piece that will be performed in it's entirety in September of 2006. "Still...Life" is based on actual interviews with North Carolina residents that have been directly affected by both sides of the Death Penalty issue. Torrey B. Lawrence will be portraying Henderson Hill and an inmate facing the Death Penalty. http://www.thejusticetheaterproject.org/ns/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=50 Walltown Children’s Theatre presents “FLAKES”, a Musical on the Dangers of Lead Paint by Joseph Henderson. Torrey Lawrence will be portraying Mr. Fox, a disgruntle landlord of the neighborhood who’s feed up with tenants and the EPA. Performances during the will be for the Durham Public School System (May 16th – 18th), in addition to community performances (May 19th – 20th) at 8 pm. Show times: Tuesday, May 16
9:30 am Y.E. Smith Elementary 1:30 pm Eastway Elementary Wednesday, May 17 9:30 am W.G. Pearson Elementary 1:30 pm Burton Elementary Friday, May 19 7:00 pm Salvation Army- 810 N. Alston Ave. Saturday, May 20 7:00 pm Lions Park Recreation Center For more information please go to: http://www.walltownchildrenstheatre.com Walltown Children's Theater presents “BANGIN”, an original play by Joseph Henderson. Show times: May 26th and 27th The tragic play deals with local teenagers struggling with the moral decisions surrounding gang membership and violence. Will the community rise up together to battle the injustice or falter under the brutality. The play is based on real life events. Also Torrey Lawrence will be reprising his role as Pastor Daniels in Walltown Children’s Theatre production of “BANGIN”. The production will be toured nationally during the first and fourth week of May. For more information please go to: http://www.walltownchildrenstheatre.com My Father's Son will premiere at Saint Augustine's College on Wednesday, May 3rd at the Fine Arts Building.
Admission is FREE. My Father’s son is written and directed by John Henry. The story is a suspense thriller that revolves around two delinquent brothers name Darrin and Marcus with a seemingly dark past and their loyalty between one another gets tested when infidelity is compromised. Torrey Lawrence will be portraying the younger brother Marcus. Torrey Lawrence is also in final negotiations to star in a new independent film. Hip Hop is Dead, written and directed by Troy Malik McNish. This story is a poetic yet political one, about a communities struggle in their quest to gain there right to freedom of speech. Torrey Lawrence will be portraying a U.S. Senator. Principle photography is set for mid March 2006. Second Cinema presents….
An exclusive interview with the cast of the hit independent film “TORN”followed by a showing of the 2 minute trailer.
April Mial will be interviewing Torrey Lawrence, Angela Ray and Rita Damules. about there experiences while working on the production.
This segment will be aired on Friday, February 3rd at 9 pm on Time Warner Cable Channel 24.
Check out Second Cinema’s web site for more information: http://www.secondcinema.com/index.html
If you happen to miss the trailer of TORN go to the New Online Reels link or http://www.lilacfilms.com
Workshop Performances "STILL... LIFE " "Still...Life" is a 45 minute workshop performance of an original piece that will be performed in it's entirety in September of 2006. "Still...Life" is based on actual interviews with North Carolina residents that have been directly affected by both sides of the Death Penalty issue. Torrey B. Lawrence will be portraying Henderson Hill and an inmate facing the Death Penalty.
For more information please go to: http://www.thejusticetheaterproject.org/ns/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=46
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