Samuel L. Jackson, Audra McDonald, et al. Set for Leon's True Colors Gala, 5/22

On May 22, Anthony Chisholm, Jasmine Guy, Samuel L. Jackson, Audra McDonald, and Phylicia Rashad will be participating in Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company Celebrity Golf Tournament at Bear's Best in Atlanta. The event will also feature a gala party in a private Buckhead home for an evening of fine dining and blues entertainment.  

Leon and Jackson will headline the event, and be among the participants competing for the "Kenny Cup."  The tournament will conclude with the awards ceremony.

Later on, the gala party will begin, which will feature an art exhibit.  Additional guests include Julius Erving, Frank Ski, Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker.

Tickets start at $200. For more information, contact LaTeshia Ellerson at 404.588.0308 ext. 203 or at lellerson@truecolorstheatre.org.

True Colors Theatre Company was founded by Kenny Leon in 2002. He remains the Artistic Director of the Atlanta based company which he founded to further his personal and professional mission of preserving and refreshing the African American classics, while also producing works by and for all Americans.

Prior to founding True Colors, Kenny served an unprecedented 11-year tenure as Artistic Director of The ALLIANCE THEATRE Company, and commissioned and directed three new works from Pearl Cleage, Flyin' West, Blues for an Alabama Sky and Bourbon at the Border. Also while at the Alliance, Kenny produced the premieres of Disney's and Elton John's Elaborate Lives: the Legend of Aida and Alfred Uhry's The Last Night of Ballyhoo.

 For more information, visit: http://truecolorstheatre.org/.