Episcopal Actors' Guild To Present A BOY & HIS BOW By Kareem M. Lucas

This piece by Kareem M. Lucas tells the story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Born in the mid-18th century, Chevalier was the son of a wealthy European planter and an enslaved African woman.

Against all odds, he became a champion fencer, a virtuoso violinist, the conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris, an abolitionist, the leader of the first all-black regiment in Europe, and the first classical composer of African ancestry.

The Episcopal Actors' Guild is located at 1 E. 29th St. 2nd floor, NY, NY 10016. Doors open at 6:40 pm. Readings will be followed by a wine and cheese reception. Suggested: $20 General Admission/$15 EAG & QSTC

In 2007, the Episcopal Actors' Guild established a special award to honor the legacy of actor, playwright and EAG member Thomas Barbour (Arthur, Great White Hope) whose support for emerging artists was an inspiration to many. This month, The Barbour Playwrights Award continues with readings of three new plays by writers from Quick Silver Theater Company. One of these finalists will be awarded a prize of $500.

The Barbour Award was established and endowed by Janet Barbour Carhart, Alison Barbour Fox, and from a portion of the gift left to EAG by Mr. Thomas Barbour's estate.

Kareem M. Lucas is a Brooklyn-born and Harlem-based Actor/Writer/Producer/Director. His solo pieces include The Maturation of an Inconvenient Negro, From Brooklyn With Love, RATED BLACK: An American Requiem, A Boy & His Bow, and Black Is Beautiful, But It Ain't Always Pretty. He has performed his solo work at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, The Center for Arts & Culture at Restoration, Harlem School of the Arts, Flushing Town Hall, Pregones Theater, The Greene Space, Aaron Davis Hall at City College, The Town Hall, The Fire This Time Festival, IRT Theater, The Slipper Room, Teatro Circulo, Studio Tisch at NYU Grad Acting, Jimmy's No. 43, MAGIC TIME at Judson Arts Wednesdays, New York Theatre Workshop, and The Public Theater. He is currently co-collaborating on the development of the immersive theatrical piece The Black History Museum...According to the United States of America, as a writer and performer with the Smoke & Mirrors Collaborative as a part of their Residency at HERE Arts Center. He most recently presented his solo piece, RATED BLACK: An American Requiem, as a part of New York Theatre Workshop's Next Door Series, and will next mount his solo piece Black Is Beautiful, But It Ain't Always Pretty in December at JACK in Brooklyn, NY. This past spring, he concluded his participation in the Devised Theater Working Group, a 6-month residency program of the DTI/Devised Theater Initiative at The Public Theater, which included showings of his work in the 2018 Under The Radar Festival. Plus, he's a teaching artist with The Classical Theatre of Harlem, and The 52nd Street Project. MFA: NYU Graduate Acting Program. For more info you can visit www.KareemMLucas.com or follow him on Instagram @KareemMLucas.

The Episcopal Actors' Guild was established in 1923 and is a charitable organization offering emergency assistance and career support to professional performers "of all faiths, and none." We also host a full calendar of events and fundraisers including concerts, variety shows, play readings, and professional workshops. Learn more at www.actorsguild.org.