Kila Kitu Named as Producer of DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER to be Staged at Inglewood Amphitheater in the Spring

Kila Kitu, producer of the critically-acclaimed Black Women: State of the Union and the Los Angeles engagements of The Every 28 Hours Plays, will produce and co-direct Playwright Henry Ong's epic six-hour stage adaptation of "Dream of the Red Chamber." Funded, in part, by an Inglewood Growing Artists Performed Project (IGAPP) Creative Services Contract, the program exposes Inglewood audiences to the practices of contemporary artists and supports the work and growth of artists. Dream will be performed at the Inglewood Amphitheater in Ed Vincent Park, behind the Willie Agee Playhouse, 714 Warren Land, Inglewood, in the spring.

Known for the depth of character and humorous insight she brings to her roles, Ms. Kitu is also a successful director, author, producer and audiobook narrator dedicated to bringing to life stories reflecting our global spectrum. After having produced the L.A. engagement of the nationwide movement, The 24 Hours Plays, Ms. Kitu is working on the next Los Angeles engagement, sponsored by the Office of Assemblymember Mike Gipson (CA-64) in February 2017. Acting credits include: How to Get Away With Murder (ABC); E.R. (NBC), Frasier (NBC), The Shield (F/X), Tree (EST-LA), Black Women: State of the Union (BWSOTU), Playing Juliet/Casting Othello (Folger Shakespeare), and Merchant of Venice (Washington Shakespeare Company). Directing/Producing credits include: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Playing Juliet/Casting Othello, As You Like It, Pericles, Measure for Measure, and The Colored Museum. Ms. Kitu's Kids of Color series includes three titles: Kiki Gets a Village, When Daddy Snores and Butterfly Pigtails & Longstockings available now on Amazon. www.KilaKitu.org

Dream of the Red Chamber, based on Ts'ao Hsueh Ch'in's romance novel, tells a moral fable intertwined with realism and the supernatural. The lively comedy of manners revolves around two central characters (Pao-yu and his cousin, Black Jade), detailing the decline of the Chia family during the early Ching dynasty (1644-1912).