The Crandles at Cites des Arts!

An original comedy play called The Crandles by Keisha Orphey will be presented at Cité des Arts April 19-21.  Showtimes are 7:30pm on Friday and Saturday, and 2:00pm on Sundays.  Tickets may be purchased at the door, or with paypal from www.citedesarts.org

The Crandles centers on a blue-collared, African-American family.  In the first episode (scheduled for production at Cites des Arts April 19-21, 2013) Charles Crandle has won the lottery!  Three hundred and sixty eight million dollars!  What does a construction worker of twenty-plus years do with that kind of money?  

A native of Lafayette, Louisiana, Keisha Orphey is known in the industry for Pacific Northwest Screenwriting Competition's Best Dramatic screenplay, Ella, a tribute to legendary jazz vocalist Ella Jane Fitzgerald. In 2008, she completed a second biopic,Trouble Man.  August 2008, Keisha adapted Vanish by New York Times Best-Selling author Tess Gerritsen, who personally read several drafts and made suggestions to the final script. Keisha also worked on Blues Boy with Director’s Guild member Peter Claridge of Peter Claridge Pictures (Germany).