Kenyetta Lethridge
Latest News on Kenyetta Lethridge:
Maryam Myika Day Debuts LOVE ME RICHIE! at 2013 Hollywood Fringe, Now thru 6/28 (Jun 10, 2013)
Maryam Myika Day to Debut LOVE ME RICHIE! at 2013 Hollywood Fringe, 6/10-28 (May 2, 2013)
Photo Flash: National Meningitis Association Celebrates Starry GIVE KIDS A SHOT Gala (Apr 25, 2012)
Maryam Myika Day Debuts LOVE ME RICHIE! at 2013 Hollywood Fringe, Now thru 6/28 (Jun 10, 2013)
Maryam Myika Day to Debut LOVE ME RICHIE! at 2013 Hollywood Fringe, 6/10-28 (May 2, 2013)
Photo Flash: National Meningitis Association Celebrates Starry GIVE KIDS A SHOT Gala (Apr 25, 2012)
Kenyetta Lethridge BIO
Writer and Director of the 2012 off-Broadway production of "Innocent Flesh", a new play that melds together some of Lethridge’s own personal experiences as a teacher and research over the years to tell the sad reality of these four young girls and the hardships they face as underage prostitutes in America. Written in a multi-layered style that uses poetry, dance, and a modern take on the classic Greek Chorus, the play unveils the secrets of how girls from all walks of life can find themselves on the streets, selling their bodies to men. Their stories deal with love, abandonment, rape, abortion, and molestation.
A native Angelino and 2011 NAACP Award winner, Miss. Lethridge’s dedication to educating young people has inspired her career in the Arts. She has assisted in developing several Arts Education Programs within the Los Angeles area, and has worked directly with students of various grade levels and backgrounds teaching Language Arts, Theatre, Poetry, Speech and Debate, and Creative Writing. Kenyetta has produced several stage productions in Los Angeles, including For Colored Girls who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf, and Company Policy. Some of her stage credits include the National Tour of Portraits of Courage produced by the Will and Company Theatre, The Greenway Court Theatre’s Butterflies of Uganda, Crumbs from the table of Joy, and The Crucible.
2011 was Kenyetta’s big break out year. Winning an NAACP Award for her performance in “Transitions”, produced by the Robey Theatre Company. She appeared in the film “Mr. Sophistication, graced her presence in the films Fast Lane, and Lover. And She also joined the cast of the animated show American Dad. And recently assistant directed “AGAPE: 25th Anniversary”, and Truth Be Told: Fundraising Event to Benefit Premiere Oncology ...produced by Dottie Archibald (Punchline) and hosted by Bradley Whitford (The West Wing). Miss. Lethridge makes her directorial debut with Innocent Flesh, which is also her first produced stage play.
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