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POPULAR BLACK STAGE PLAY, "SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY," ANNOUNCES THE AWARD-WINNING CAST FOR NYC PREMIERE
Nationwide -- Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein has announced the cast for the New York premiere of "Surely Goodness and Mercy," a truly Keen story about an exceptional boy living a troubled life in Newark, NJ who does a good deed for an often unnoticed person. Sarita Covington, Jay Mazyck, Brenda Pressley, Courtney Thomas, and Cezar Williams will star under Jessi D. Hill's direction. The design team includes Lee Savage (scenic), Nicole Wee (costumes), Devorah Kengmana (lighting), and Sadah Espii Proctor (sound).
Sarita Covington is a multi-disciplinary artist/activist from Harlem with over ten years' experience acting in theater, TV and film including Shakespeare the Remix (Capital Rep); Lulu (Mark Lamos, director), Miss Julie, The Clean House (Bill Rauch, director), all at Yale Rep; The Whale Play (Shana Cooper, director), Forgiveness (Tribeca Performing Arts Center). Her play Things Went Horribly Wrong will be produced this spring in Rochester, NY. She is a co-founder of ACRE (Artists Co-creating Real Equity), a multiracial grassroots organizing group of artists committed racial equity in the arts. She holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.
Jay Mazyck is 19 and from Brooklyn NY. He received his training at Rutgers University. This will be his Off-Broadway debut after having participated in many high school & college shows and readings. He is an alumnus of LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.
