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Armstrong's Kid by Stanley Bennett Clay
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By Harlequin .
Published on 09/7/2008
 
A gay schoolteacher is falsely accused of child molestation by his best friend's 14-year-old son and ends up spending a year in prison before the truth is revealed. Ten years later, the now-grown accuser seeks out the accused to ask for forgiveness.


 
 

Portrait By: Matt Shallenberger

"Armstrong's Kid," the explosive new stage play written by and starring three-time NAACP Theatre Award-winning playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and actor Stanley Bennett Clay, and produced by Tory Scroggins, opens Friday, October 3, 2008, at Theatre Unlimited, 10943 Camarillo St., off Lankershim and Vineland, in North Hollywood, California.

Clay, best known for his controversial stage play "Ritual" ( he also wrote and directed the film adaptation), is the author of three novels, "Diva," "In Search of Pretty Young Black Men," and "Looker." He will soon be represented on the Broadway stage with his book and lyrics for "Invisible Life," based on the best-selling novel by E. Lynn Harris. Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson wrote the musical score and additional lyrics.

 
 
 
As the falsely accused in "Armstrong's Kid," Stanley Bennett Clay is making his first official dramatic stage appearance since winning the NAACP Best Actor Image Award 22 years ago.

During the late 1960's through the late 1990's Clay starred and guest-starred in over 200 films, television shows, commercials, and stage plays including "Room 222," "Good Times," "The Blue Knight," "The Bill Cosby Show," "Cheers," "Cannonball," the critically-acclaimed CBS dramatic special "Minstrel Man" and gave award-winning stage performances in "Zooman and the Sign," "A Hat Full of Rain," and "Anna Lucasta."

Producer Tory Scroggins, who has had leading roles in such Los Angeles stage productions as "Blues For Mister Charlie," "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," "Before It Hits Home," and "One Flew West," will play the title role in "Armstrong's Kid."

"Armstrong's Kid" will perform Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 7 pm thru November 9. All shows are $25. Tickets are available online at www.ticketmaster.com. To charge by phone call 213.480.3232.

The first two shows, Friday October 3 and Saturday October 4, are sold out.

For further information call 323.737.2612 or go online at armstrongskid@gmail.com.

 

 

Armstrong's Kid by Stanley Bennett Clay
A gay schoolteacher is falsely accused of child molestation by his best friend's 14-year-old son and ends up spending a year in prison before the truth is revealed. Ten years later, the now-grown accuser seeks out the accused to ask for forgiveness.


 
 

Portrait By: Matt Shallenberger

"Armstrong's Kid," the explosive new stage play written by and starring three-time NAACP Theatre Award-winning playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and actor Stanley Bennett Clay, and produced by Tory Scroggins, opens Friday, October 3, 2008, at Theatre Unlimited, 10943 Camarillo St., off Lankershim and Vineland, in North Hollywood, California.

Clay, best known for his controversial stage play "Ritual" ( he also wrote and directed the film adaptation), is the author of three novels, "Diva," "In Search of Pretty Young Black Men," and "Looker." He will soon be represented on the Broadway stage with his book and lyrics for "Invisible Life," based on the best-selling novel by E. Lynn Harris. Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson wrote the musical score and additional lyrics.

 
 
 
As the falsely accused in "Armstrong's Kid," Stanley Bennett Clay is making his first official dramatic stage appearance since winning the NAACP Best Actor Image Award 22 years ago.

During the late 1960's through the late 1990's Clay starred and guest-starred in over 200 films, television shows, commercials, and stage plays including "Room 222," "Good Times," "The Blue Knight," "The Bill Cosby Show," "Cheers," "Cannonball," the critically-acclaimed CBS dramatic special "Minstrel Man" and gave award-winning stage performances in "Zooman and the Sign," "A Hat Full of Rain," and "Anna Lucasta."

Producer Tory Scroggins, who has had leading roles in such Los Angeles stage productions as "Blues For Mister Charlie," "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," "Before It Hits Home," and "One Flew West," will play the title role in "Armstrong's Kid."

"Armstrong's Kid" will perform Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 7 pm thru November 9. All shows are $25. Tickets are available online at www.ticketmaster.com. To charge by phone call 213.480.3232.

The first two shows, Friday October 3 and Saturday October 4, are sold out.

For further information call 323.737.2612 or go online at armstrongskid@gmail.com.