Nikkieli DeMone Joins the Cast of BLACK NATIVITY NOW 12/3-1/2/2011

Two-time Emmy Award winning actor and ordained Bishop, Nikkieli DeMone, has joined the cast of Alfred Preisser and Tracy Jack's BLACK NATIVITY NOW.

BLACK NATIVITY NOW will be performed December 3, 2010 - January 2, 2011 Off-Broadway at the Theatre at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th Street in New York City.

BLACK NATIVITY NOW is a holiday gospel pageant for our time and for all people, with an original score and musical direction by Kelvyn Bell, choreography by Tracy Jack and direction by Alfred Preisser. Set inside a fabulous show-biz church in the midst of the famed and scabrous landscape of Times Square, BLACK NATIVITY NOW tells the story of the birth of Christ. This setting provides a colorful world of seekers, hustlers, and lost souls, providing the perfect jump off for an evening of exuberant music and dance that celebrates humanity's need for hope and grace.

Presided over by a pastor heavily influenced by the likes of JAmes Brown and supported by a choir of singers and dancers who perform musical sets infused with gospel, pop, funk, and soul, BLACK NATIVITY NOW is the universal journey of our search for salvation and "peace on earth."

Nikkieli DeMone has appeared on stage in Miss Saigon, Rent, Ragtime, Jesus Christ Superstar, Ain't Misbehavin, Once On This Island, Crowns, The Best Of Both Worlds, Memphis Soul and Sideshow , among many others. On the screen, Nikkieli has appeared in The Women Of Brewster Place (with Oprah Winfrey), Amen (with Sherman Hemsley and Clifton Davis), Bad Street (Emmy Award: Best Supporting Actor in a Drama), and In The Eyes Of God (Emmy Award: Best Actor in a Documentary Short. Directed by Spike Lee).

In addition to his award-winning career as an actor, Nikkieli DeMone is also an ordained Bishop who attended Union Theological Seminary in NYC, Chicago Theological Seminary and Howard University School of Divinity in Washington D.C. He has been blessed to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ all over the world, and has ministered for the likes of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., Bishop Paul Morton, Bishop Charles Blake, Rev. Dr. Floyd Flake, Rev. Dr. Ray Allen Berryhill, Pastor Donnie McClurkin and Bishop CharLes Brown. He is currently working on his first CD entitled Sacred Songs.

BOX OFFICE & PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE: www.BlackNativityOffBroadway.com
TICKETS: $47.50 - $67.50 | Student and group rates available
Theatre at St. Clement's is located at 423 West 46th Street between 9th & 10th Avenues