Luna Stage to Present Keith Hamilton Cobb's AMERICAN MOOR, 8/11

Luna Stage presents a special presentation of American Moor, written and performed by Keith Hamilton Cobb. In this 90 minute solo play, Mr. Cobb, best known for his starring roles on All My Children, The Young and the Restless and Andromeda, asks the questions "What is the role of a lifetime?" and more importantly, "What is the role of a life?" as he explores Shakespeare's Othello, race, and America... and not necessarily in that order. American Moor is directed by Paul Kwame Johnson.

American Moor plays one night only. Monday August 11th at 7:30pm. Ticket are $20. $10 Student Rush tickets available one half-hour before curtain upon availability. Tickets can be purchased at lunastage.org, by calling 973-395-5551 or in person Tues.-Fri. 10am-3pm.

American Moor is not Mr. Cobb's first play, but it is the one that is most timely, most truthful, and the one for which he is most suited to perform, for it is a vision of race in America with the entertainment industry as microcosm. And he is now able to reflect upon a lifetime in that industry where no one who was anything like him ever wrote the rules. American Moor is his song to the unheard, unseen other.

Most widely recognized for the landmark roles he created for television, including Noah Keefer for ABC's All My Children, for which he garnered a Daytime Emmy Award nomination; galactic mercenary Tyr Anasazi for Gene Rodenberry's Andromeda; Damon Porter for CBS's The Young and the Restless; and Quincy Abrams for the series, Noah's Arc on the Logo network, Keith Hamilton Cobb has spent the majority of his working life on stage.

He is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in acting, whose regional theatre credits include such prestigious venues as The Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Shakespeare Theatre of Washington DC, and the Denver Theatre Center, performing such classical roles as Laertes in Hamlet, Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, Tullus Aufidius in Coriolanus, Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as more contemporary roles in David Mamet's Race, August Wilson's Jitney, and Lynn Nottage's Ruined.

In 1996 Mr. Cobb was named to People Magazine's list of The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. The span of his career includes twelve years in Los Angeles where he has guest starred on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Boston Common, Suddenly Susan, One on One, The Twilight Zone, and CSI Miami, to name a few.

For over two decades, Luna Stage has produced thought-provoking theatre that gives voice to emerging American playwrights and re-examines contemporary and classic plays that speak to our times. As producer, educator and innovator, Luna Stage is committed to collaborating with artists of multiple disciplines and community partners to illuminate the diverse perspectives of society.