Roz & Craig Blog

Too sad about the passing of Israel Hicks

This is the only photo I can find of  us together. Sadly.

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He really inspired my work and my life.

Israel Hicks was born in Orangeburg, S.C, and was raised in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Boston University, earned his master’s at New York University and obtained his law degree from Harvard. He also played professional football for the New England Patriots and ran his own restaurant.

That crazy path to being one of the greatest director of theatre whoever lived. I want to be like him. I want to try many things and use them all to inform my work.

Mr. Hicks’s first marriage ended with the death of his wife, Catherine. They had a daughter, Victoria, who was permanently injured in a 1993 automobile crash and remained in a persistent vegetative state until she died several years later. He is survived by his wife, whom he met in 2001.

His life was special to me because he indured such loss and continued to make art. Such pain with knee replacements, he carried on. I want that strength. And he loved my son and husband. He supported our dreams. He helped us by sharing his experineces with us.

I will miss him so much. Heaven is just crowded. Crowded. They got enough folks up there to make some awesome plays.

Casting "Cool Kidz" Short Film

Good girl Jahirah, determined to get an invite to the "cool kidz" party, resorts to desperate measures, with life changing consequences.

Written by Shana Solomon and Craig T. Williams

Directed by Rosalyn Coleman Williams

Shoot dates: June 3, 5-6, 2010

SEEKING:

JAHIRAH - Cast                       

SIRUS, African American, 60’s spiritual and old school, no nonsense  grandfather of Jahirah.           

DANIELLE, Black, 17, best friend to Jahirah, she’s spirited fun loving and loyal.           

JUSTIN, Black, 17, gangly prankster, the school clown desperate for attention                       

ALLEN, Black, 17, a good soul, has a not so secret crush on Jahirah.

SECURITY GUARD, any ethnicity, 30’s, takes job very seriously.                       

PRINCIPAL GREEN - Cast           

CHERIE, Black, 17, the “it’ girl, fly and fabulous                       

REPORTER, 30’s any ethnicity, sensationalist.

SAG LOW-BUDGET - Pay available.

Please send headshot/resumes and links to reels to: redwallcasting@gmail.com

Yay! Screening in Chitown

Thank you for submitting your film BFF for consideration for the Gene Siskel Film Center's 16th Annual Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video, August 6 - September 2.  I'm pleased to inform you that the film has been selected for the festival.


Please let me know if you are able to confirm the participation of BFF in the festival for up to two public screenings in our 197-seat theater.  

Congratulations on making such an impressive and well-crafted film. I look forward to receiving confirmation from you soon.

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