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Innocent Flesh
INNOCENT FLESH is a new play written and directed by NAACP Winner Kenyetta Lethridge. With both darkness and humor, Lethridge reveals a side of human nature that is often neglected and ignored.

Contents
 * 1) Early Development Stages
 * 2) About Author
 * 3) Cast
 * 4) About Producers
 * 5) Los Angeles Debut
 * 6) New York City
 * 7) References
 * 8) External links

Early Development Stages
Kenyetta Lethridge, playwright and director of Innocent Flesh, has always been dedicated to educating young people through the Arts. Lethridge tackled the controversial and sensitive issues of molestation through monologues of four diverse women. Innocent Flesh originally premiered in Los Angeles at the Zephyer Theater. A smash success in Los Angeles, Lethridge and the original cast have transferred the play Off Broadway in New York City.

About Author
An acclaimed off-Broadway Writer/Director/Actress, and 2011 NAACP Award winner, Kenyetta Lethridge's dedication to educating young people has inspired her career in the Arts. She has assisted in developing several Arts Education Programs in the Los Angeles area, and has worked directly with students of various grade levels and backgrounds teaching Language Arts, Theatre, Poetry, Speech and Debate, and Creative Writing. Lethridge’s most recent production Innocent Flesh, made it’s off-Broadway debut at The Actor’s Temple Theatre in 2012. Lethridge shined as the Writer, Director, and Producer on the much talked about production. Innocent Flesh also gained notoriety during its limited run in Los Angeles at the Zephyr Theatre (2012). Lethridge has produced several stage productions in the New York and Los Angeles including: For Colored Girls who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf, and Company Policy, Beautiful Black Boys (Documentary), Talida (Short film) BuyBuyChild (Charity Event), Revolve 1 and 2(Charity Events). Some of her stage credits include the National Tour of Portraits of Courage produced by the Will and Company Theatre, The Greenway Court Theatre's Butterflies of Uganda, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, and The Crucible. 2011 was Lethridge's big break out year. She won an NAACP Award for her performance in "Transitions", produced by the Robey Theatre Company. Lethridge also appeared in the film Mr. Sophistication and lent her presence to the films Fast Lane and Lover, and she joined the cast of the animated show American Dad. Lethridge recently assistant directed "AGAPE: 25th Anniversary", and Truth Be Told: a fundraising event to benefit premiere oncology which was produced by Dottie Archibald (Punchline) and hosted by Bradley Whitford (The West Wing). Lethridge makes her off-Broadway directorial debut with Innocent Flesh.

Cast
Daphne Gabriel (Candance) Gabriel is a Los Angeles native. She is an original cast member of the Los Angeles cast, and is honored to be part of the Off Broadway transfer. She is trained in the Meisner Technique under the Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown Studio in Santa Monica, California. She has studied Viewpoints under Tanya Kane-Parry (NYU-Tisch), Commedia Dell'Arte under Jon Kellam (The Actors' Gang), and Le Jeu/Clown under Dominique Serrand (The Moving Company). She is a member of The Actors' Gang (Artistic Director Tim Robbins).

Clara Gabrielle (Danna) Being multi-passionate, Clara's career goal last year was to use her work as a catalyst in creating positive social change. While realizing this is a life-long goal, she's nonetheless grateful that Innocent Flesh has helped cross it off her bucket list - for now. Clara studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute before attending The Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. She has since continued expanding her training with the likes of Caitlin Adams of The Acting Lab and The Upright Citizens Brigade. Her recent achievements include the staging of her adapted play, The Skeleton Lady and two nominations at The Method Fest Film Festival: Honoring the Cinematic Achievements of Actors, fo her work in Coons and Guignol. Her latest festival film, The Yellow Ribbon, has just marked its debut with a win at The Directors Guild of America. She is looking forward to going into production with her first short as a director, and is currently in development for her first feature film.

Jameelah Nuriddin (Lisa) Nuriddin's definite chief aim is to spread profound happiness through the art of storytelling, affecting what we see and conceive. Nuriddin is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and began acting in films in her early teens, playing opposite such notable actors as Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Dule Hule and Kimberly Elise. She has been cast variously on Warner Brothers, HBO, CBS, Disney and FOX.

Angelina Prendergast (Lupita) Prendergast grew up on the stage dancing and acting. She has trained with Exeter Little Theatre Company UK, The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles, Jeff Cohen's Voice for Actors, Boston Ballet, Perry Mansfield Performing Arts School, Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet NY, and Cirque School Los Angeles. She has also starred in numerous short films, and recently made her television debut in MTV's DISconnected. Besides dancing and acting for a living, Prendergast works as a choreographer, teacher, stilt walker, and Yamuna Body Rolling Instructor.

===About Producers===

Diana C. Zollicoffer (Producer) Ms. Zollicoffer began her career on stage in Washington, DC and New York. She has a recurring role in The War At Home a FOX TV series with Michael Rappaport. Currently she is developing two new features The Myrtles to be directed by Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project) and My Type of Woman a romance starring Dennis Haysbert (24, The Unit, Far From Heaven, "All State Insurance Spokesperson.) In fact, My Type of Woman, was her first screenplay; it was written specifically with Haysbert in mind and she proudly got his attention and he optioned it immediately. She produced and directed, AGAPE: 25th Anniversary; Q: The Secret Agent Next Door, Doogie Bag, Pizza Man and Ides of Eve. She recently stage directed a special event produced by Dottie Archibald (Punchline) and hosted by Bradley Whitford (The West Wing). In addition to writing and producing, Diana also directs music videos for underground LA Bands. Diana was also one of the pioneer members of The SideWalk Theater Company, in Burbank. Diana has a background in marketing and advertising and also once worked at the United Nations in New York.

Michael Mann (Producer) Michael has been in the entertainment industry since age 5. Through his late teens he appeared in over 300 live television shows, appeared on Broadway and off Broadway and Film. In 1978 he formed Michael Mann management, a theartical management company representing Actors, Writers, Directors and Film companies. During that time, Michael also produced Come Blow Your Horn at the Doolittle Theatre in Los Angeles and Boychick in New York. He is currently executive producing his first feature film, Worried Minds, starring Elliot Gould, which beings filming in Los Angeles in 2012.

Los Angeles Debut
Innocent Flesh debuted in Los Angeles on January 17th, 2012. Praised by the Los Angeles Theatre Review, "Innocent Flesh very clearly and quite provocatively breaks the forth wall placing us often in the story as other girls on the street getting the “low down” and sometimes as a sort of social worker to whom each spills out her life. It is direct and honest, often funny and more than a little ugly when you get down to the heart of the matter." Following a run of sold out performances, the show was brought to New York City by playwright and director Kenyetta Lethridge, and producers Diana Zollicoffer and Michael Mann.

New York City
Driven by the massive success in Los Angeles, Innocent Flesh was recently transferred to New York City. The New York City cast are all transfers from the original production in Los Angeles. It is currently playing at The Actors Temple Theater. Tickets can be purchased through Telecharge: http://www.telecharge.com/BehindTheCurtain.aspx?ProdID=8842