Here we are again — one yea later — and yes indeed once again (apologies to my friends who may think I’ve only written ONE DAMN PLAY) it’s happening down in the ATL. Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre is about to start rehearsals. And I’m absolutely “pickled tink” bout it all. Like Kevin Hart explaining the one time his mother let him cuss, it’s ABOUT TO GO DOWN, my friends.

That the play was first produced 30 years is amazing. That they’ve chosen it to open True Colors 20th Anniversary season is equally amazing. That I can watch it unfold is a joyful experience. I never thought — 30 some years later — that I was creating something so long-lasting. I was confident about the play, and have ALWAYS been confident about the play. Even though other plays & movies have included black men and basketball as a setting, I knew mine was still pretty unique. Confident? Over-confident? Well it really doesn’t matter because, as James Brown says in “Money won’t Change You,” — “time will take you on.”

And let me sound the trumpets for my good friends and stellar performance buddies Holly Morse Ellington and Jason Tinney who’re acting in their play “50 Miles Away” at the Barking Legs Theatre in Chattanooga, TN. in August. Directed by the very talented Stevie Ray Dallimore, I think “50 Miles” is a knockout and believe they’ll have a, excuse my French, memorable-ass production.

Updates to come.