ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Matthew López

is an American playwright and screenwriter. He was born in Panama City, Florida. His play The Inheritance premiered at the Young Vic in London in 2018, where it was called "the most important American play of the century."(Young Vic website.) It opened in New York on Broadway in 2019. The play swept awards both in London and the U.S. with López garnering a Tony Award as the first Latino writer to win a Tony for Best Play.

Other works include The Whipping Man, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Somewhere and Reverberation.

The Legend of Georgia McBride is being developed into a full length film starring Jim Parsons as Miss Tracy Mills.

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Pride Week:

April 10 - 14, 2023

Eddie .......................... Jeffrey Blair Cornell*

Rexy/Jason .......................... Jamar Jones*

Jo .............................. Saleemah Sharpe*

Tracy .............................. Jamison Stern*

Casey ............................. Adam Valentine*

Stage Managers Sarah Smiley* Aspen Blake Jackson*

*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Time: Right now

Place: Panama City Beach, FL

"The Legend of Georgia McBride" is performed without intermission

Jeffrey Blair Cornell Eddie

PlayMakers: This marks Jeff’s 28th season with PlayMakers. Recently: Polonius/Gravedigger in “Hamlet,” Mr. Weston/Mr. Woodhouse in “Emma,” Frank in “Native Gardens,” Brutus in “Julius Caesar,” Father in “Ragtime,” Uncle Peck in “How I Learned to Drive,” Sipos in “She Loves Me,” and Darren (the Woodchuck) in “Bewilderness.” Some favorites: Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady,” Caliban in “The Tempest,” Colonel Brandon in “Sense and Sensibility,” Roy Cohn in “Angels in America” and Herr Schultz in “Cabaret.” New York: “Two by Two,” “Down to Earth,” “Serious Business.” Regional: Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Paper Mill Playhouse, Geva Theatre Center, among others. Education/Other: Carbonell Award nominations for Best Actor – “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me” and “Falsettoland” (Caldwell Theatre – FL). Studied at HB Studios in New York with Uta Hagen, Austin Pendleton, and Elizabeth Wilson and received his MFA from the PATP/UNC-Chapel Hill. Serves as Teaching Professor/ Associate Chair in UNC’s Department of Dramatic Art.

Jamar Jones

Rexy / Jason

PlayMakers: Company member in their second year of UNC’s Professional Actor Training Program. “Hamlet,” “Emma,” “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” “A Wrinkle in Time,” “Stick Fly” (U/S performed), “The Skin of Our Teeth”. “The Tempest” (PlayMakers Mobile). “Den of Thieves,” “The Brothers Size” (PlayMakers Ground Floor). Assistant Director: “How I Learned What I Learned”.

Regional: “Black Like Me” (Chautauqua Theater Company); “Everybody” (Cadence/Virginia Rep); “Fires in the Mirror,” “Passing Strange” (Firehouse Theatre); “Fences,” “Akeelah and the Bee” (Virginia Repertory Theatre); “Red Velvet” (Quill Theatre); “An Octoroon,” “Topdog/Underdog” (TheatreLab); “Free Man of Color” (The Heritage Ensemble Theatre Company); and “Choir Boy” (Richmond Triangle Players/THETC). Education/Awards: The College of William and Mary, B.A. Sociology and Theatre. 2022 RTCC Award, Best Lead Performance- Play for “Fires in the Mirror,” 2020 RTCC Award, Ernie McClintock Best Ensemble Acting for "Passing Strange," 2019 Richmond Theatre Critics Circle Award, Best Actor in a Leading Role – Play for “An Octoroon”.

Saleemah Sharpe

Jo

PlayMakers: Company member in second year of UNC’s Professional Actor Training Program. “Hamlet,” “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” “The Skin of Our Teeth”. “The Tempest” (PlayMakers Mobile). “The Mountaintop,” “Den of Thieves,” “A Doll's House, Part 2,” “Gloria” (PlayMakers Ground Floor). New York: “King Lear” (NY Classical). Regional: “Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea” (Rhinoleap Production NC). University: “As You Like It” (Stella Adler Studio of Acting); “King Lear,” “Soon Again Not Yet,” “Sopita” (Royal Social Distance Company); “Sins of the Father” (Eden Theater Company); “Significant Other” (The Theatre Project); “The Block” (Lakai Dance Theatre); “Ubu Roi,” “Straight Outta Kansas,” “Antigone” (Montclair State University). Film: “The Girl With the Eyes” (Independent film), “Remission Accomplished” (Student film). TV: “iCarly” (Nickelodeon), “The Electric Company” (PBS Kids).

Education: Montclair State University B.A. Theatre Studies & a doubleminor in Myth Studies & Business.

Jamison Stern

Tracy

PlayMakers: Debut. Broadway/ National Tours: “By Jeeves,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” and Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”. Regional Theatre: “Into the Woods” (NC Theatre); “The Legend of Georgia McBride,” “Fully Committed” (Hartford Theaterworks); “La Cage Aux Folles” (Goodspeed Musicals and Pioneer Theatre); “Torch Song Trilogy” (The Human Race Theatre Company);

“Young Frankenstein” (Fulton Theatre); “Sweet Charity” (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma); “[title of show]” (Theatreworks); “Black Comedy,”

“Invention of Love,” “As Bees in Honey Drown,” “Flea In Her Ear,”

“Comedy of Errors” (Alley Theatre). Film & TV: Currently starring as Paul on the Amazon Prime series “AFTER FOREVER” (6 Daytime Emmys including Best Digital Drama), Season 3 coming soon.

“Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket,” “My Bakery in Brooklyn,” “Day Zero,” “Hightown,” “Law & Order,” “The Entrepreneurs”. @jamisonstern @jamisonstern @jamisonstern

Adam Valentine

Casey

PlayMakers: Company member in their second year of UNC's Professional Actor Training Program. “Hamlet,” “Emma,” “A Wrinkle in Time,” “The Skin of our Teeth”. “The Tempest” (PlayMakers Mobile). “Den Of Thieves,” “Gloria” (PlayMakers Ground Floor). Regional: “Small Mouth Sounds” (Cadence Theatre); “The Tempest,” “The Heir Apparent” (Richmond Shakespeare); “The Curious Incident...” (Virginia Rep); “Hand To God,” “LEVEL 4,” “Heathers: The Musical” (TheatreLAB); “Maple & Vine,” “Stupid Kid” (Firehouse Theatre). Education/Awards: Virginia Commonwealth University, B.A. 2021 RTCC Ernie McClintock Best Ensemble Acting for “Small Mouth Sounds”.