Patrice
Johnson (writer/director/producer)
is an award winning actress who was most recently seen on Broadway in the
2002 revival production of Arthur Miller’s THE CRUCIBLE with Academy
Award nominated actors Liam Neeson and Laura Linney where she revived the
role of TITUBA. She was honored to be doing her second Broadway production
with the Tony award winning director Sir. Richard Eyre , director of the
critically acclaimed ‘his”. Patrice also has to her credit, the first
black DESDEMONA, where she starred opposite Patrick Stewart in
Shakepeare’s OTHELLO in what was billed as a photo negative production
of the play. Her credits include TV, and Film. She begins shooting
UNDERTOW this summer with Dylan McDermott (About Schmidt) and Jamie Bell
(Billy Elliot).
Patrice
has come to writing and directing by way of acting and aerospace
engineering via Cornell University where she started her undergraduate
career as an aerospace engineering major then switched to acting. About
five years ago she felt compelled to tell the story of her two brothers on
Wall Street in the screenplay THIRTY FOUR WALL’. It was then that she
discovered a passion for writing that equaled her passion for acting.
Patrice’s career as an actor has challenged her availability to go to
film school so while on the CRUCIBLE she decided to pursue a mentor and
create an environment in which she could learn these skills. The result
was ‘KINGS COUNTY’.
Patrice
was born in Jamaica but raised in and near a number of inner city
communities in New York and Brooklyn. She has sixteen brothers and sisters
that she can count and they have all gone to college. She attributes that
to her parents who had a vision. She did this film for the children of the
inner city who don’t know how to stop repeating the cycle of their
parents and grandparents. May they hold on to their dream and find the
‘yellow brick road’.
Patrice is currently working to produce ‘THIRTY FOUR WALL’ and will shoot her next feature LAUNDROMAT this summer.
Leonie
Johnson-Sean M.D. (Executive Producer)
is a practicing adult and child psychiatrist in Staten Island and owns her
own practice in Jersey City, NJ. She is happy to make her film producing
debut in support of her sister with Kings County.
Bobby
Johnson (Exective Producer)
Bobby
Johnson is the CEO of Ubigwitus Records. He was a stockbroker for eight
years at D. H. Blair before he ventured into artist management. Bobby and
Patrice started their artistic collaborations five years ago when they
began writing their first screenplay, ‘Thirty Four Wall’ based on his
experiences on Wall Street. Through their collaboration Godandallowee
Productions was born. Kings County is their first feature with many more
to come. Bobby has also produced the videos ‘Kings County”, the title
track for the film and “luv my women” featuring his artist, Stro, who
also plays Peenie in the film. He is about to release their second album.
T.I.T.T.S. featuring Stro. The album can be purchased from your local
retailer or on the website, ubigwitus.com.
Bobby is not an actor by trade but made a special cameo as a favor to his sister Patrice. This is based on a story in his life.
Michael Johnson Marsha Johnson Gwendolyn Mulamba Gregory K. Suddeth
Michael
Johnson (Producer)
is a native of Jamaica, West Indies. He is happy to be making his
producing debut in support of his sister and this is only the beginning.
Michael owns and runs his own Data Network project management company, MA
JOHNSON CONSULTING INC.
Marsha Johnson (Producer ) was born in Jamaica, WI, raised in Brooklyn, NY and now resides in Philadelphia, PA where she currently works as a law clerk for a federal judge on the third circuit of the United States Court of Appeals.. She is the youngest child in a family of nine wonderfully, creative, extremely funny, highly educated and passionately dedicated individuals. She credits God’s eternal grace and the power of a loving praying family as
sources of inspiration and support. Marsha has a BA from Harvard University, a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a PHd from the school of Hard Knocks. Although Kings County is Marsha’s first film, she is currently co-writing “The Laundromat”, Godandallowee’s second feature. Marsha’s background has fueled in her a passion to tell stories that reflect the triumphs and battles faced by black youth. She is happy to be collaborating with her sister’s first film.
Gwendolyn
Mulamba
(Producer
), as
a producer on Kings County, wore many hats. At times she was set
decorator, makeup artist, and on occasion the voice of the police
dispatcher. Kings County makes Gwendolyn’s first venture as a producer
of anything. Gwendolyn is primarily and actor and singer. She recently
appeared in the Dreamworks film Head of State, starring Chris Rock. Other
credits include, The Hurricane, starring Denzel Washington, Hand on the
Pump, Two Guns, Lock and Key and Law and Order. Gwen has appeared in
numerous stage plays most recently “The Blacks” and “Two Days”
Gregory K. Suddeth (Producer ) got the call to come on as production manager for Kings County on a Friday in August 2002, drove to New York from Cleveland the next Friday, and lost his job in Cleveland the following Friday. It was the best three weeks he’s had in a long while and he’d do it again in a hear beat for a friend and talent like Patrice. Greg has served behind the camera (gaffer, AD, producer) and in front of the camera for several independent films, most recent being ‘Same Difference’ released in 2002. He was happy to be back in Brooklyn and to help to produce Kings County.
Wendell
Yuponce (Composer)
Recent
works of note include “Curb Your Enthusiasm” HBO, “Maxim Magazine”
for VH 1, “The Nick Cannon show” for Nickelodeon and “A Night Of
Stars! A Fox New Years Eve Special”. Past credits include music for NBC,
ABC, CBS, FOX, Paramount, ESPN, and PBS. In addition to television, film
and commercials, he has several “Neo-classical” published pieces being
performed across the US.
Pascale Armand Kalimi Baxter Nurridin Brathwaite Bobby Johnson
Justin Johnson Tiffany Johnson J. Kyle Manzay Nick Micozzi
Roger Mitchell Donnell Rawlings Jeremy Richards Adriana Sevan
Pascale Armand
(Tina)
Pascale’s regional theatre credits include Pericles (A.R.T.),
Jitney, Blues for an Alabama Sky (Syracuse Stage) The Piano Lesson (Actors
Theatre of Louisville), A Raisin in the Sun (Pittsburgh City Theatre). Off
Broadway credits include, Four (MTC), Breath Boom (Playrights Horizon).
She has traveled to Europe with Peter Sellars performing a piece about the
recent war. On-camera credits include Law and Order: Criminal Intent and
director Seith Manna’s award winning short film, Five Deep Breaths. She
is a graduate of NYU’s MiFA Acting program.
Kalimi
“Mimi” Baxter (Asia) Kalimi
was overjoyed to be part of the cast of “Kings County”. She recently
played Ruby in the independent feature “Brooklyn” and Zebany in the
short film Driving Fish”. She is the female lead, Semanji, in the newly
released Artisan independent feature “Bloody Streets”. Her stage
credits include Malika/Socs~ Breath Boom, Beneatha~ A Raisun in the Sun,
Lottie; Watermelon Rinds, Woman #1 in the Mississippi Delta. Her TV
credits include Law and Order and Third Watch. “Art is to the soul, what
bread is to the body”. Kalimi dedicates her performance in Kings County
to all the young and wounded female teenagers in America. She is a
graduate of Boston University.
Nick Micozzi
(Tom)
Nick has been involved in over sixty productions in the last ten
years. He trained and worked ith Jim Slowiak (Grotowski’s Objective
Drama) and Shakespeare & Co. Nick is originally from Northeast OH,
where he founded Prodigal Theatre Group. In New York he has been a member
of Esperance Theatre Company and Pure Pop Rep, is a founding member of the
Splinter Group. Credits include Fringe NYC, the Chekov and Vaudevilles
Festival, the Pure Pop 2000 Festival, Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, Lucio in
Measure for Measure, Bernard in Death of a Salesman, Sam in Pervy Verse,
Luka in the Bear and lago in Othello.
Roger Mitchell
(Drury) Roger
Mitchell is a native of Miami, FL currently living in Los Angeles. He has
appeared in supporting roles in The Legend of Bagger Vance,
directed by Robert Redford, HBO’s Boycott and the upcoming summer
release of S.W.AT. both directed by Clark Johnson. He has done some
regional and local theatre. His TV credits include Mama Flora’s Family,
The Shield and ABC’s new upcoming drama, Threat Matrix. Roger is truly
honored to have worked with Patrice on Kings County and dedicates his
performance to the memory of his friend Philip Glover.
Donnell
Rawlings (Mr. Winston) Donnel
started out in the business as a comedian. He is a veteran of stand-up.
His TV credits include The Wire, The Corner, Law and Order and other NY
Television. He can currently be seen on the ground breaking new hit
series, The David Chapelle Show on Comedy Central.
Jeremy
Richards (Andre) Jeremy
is a veteran of TV, Stage and Film. His theatre credits include Francisco
in Hamlet, Orsino in Twelfth
Night, and Edgar in King Lear at
the Cleveland Theatre Company. N.Y. Theatre; Percy in Woza
Albert at Lincoln Center Institute; You
Can Clap Now New York Stage and Film; In
Case You Forget Hip Hop Theatre Festival at P.S. 122; Historic Times 78~ St. Theatre Lab; On the Hills of Black America Imua! Theatre Company at HERE; Film
and TV One Life To Live Short films: Pharaoh Jones, Shadow
Boxer, The Three Mohammeds, and Man in Love. Feature
films: Thin Like Paper, and Downtown with Genevieve Buj old
will be released in Christmas 2002. Training: Phoenix Theatre
Conservatory, SUNY Purchase, M.F.A. NYU. Jeremy
is happy to be a part of Kings County.
STRO
(Peenie)
The self proclaimed “black Maxximus” of the underground hip-hop
arena is putting the fininshing touches on his eagerly anticipated new
project “Fat Girl Shoes” featuring the productions skills of Triple
Double, Big Rome, 2 beats Arthur and Lord Jamar. Currently receiving
commercial burn is the club-ready first single Kings County” featured on
the taking it to the streets compilation (T.I.T.T.S) showcasing UBIGWJTUS
RECORDS. Standing as the premiere MC of Ubigwitus records, Stro is poised
to take the hip hop game to the next level. Stro describes his music as
“music you feel not just listen to.. it’s not rap.. it’s a lyrical
revolution. ..it’s hip hop.” Check out Stro’s cipher cameo in the
newly released Artisan film Bloody Streets” By Gerald “GEE BEE”
Barclay.