#76 Meet the Playwrights: LMareva Ford, LaQuanda McCollum, and Brian Boyd

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LaQuanda McCullom & Brian Boyd 

• Performance company, The MoveMEANT Group
• Importance of producing "Positive Entertainment"
• Inspirations behind plays
• Destiny - Play being presented at NOLA Urban Theatre Festival
• The journey performers take with walking their talent
• How to effectively work with a partner in writing and producing plays
• Overcoming and bouncing back from failure
• Preparing for the NOLA Theatre Festival
• Importance of early preparation versus waiting until the last minute
• Inspirational story of LaQuanda's mother

LMareva Ford (LaSonya)

• Shares her foundation and theatre company A.Maizing Grace Foundation formed to fight Domestic Violence
• A.Mazing Grace Foundation being named after a closes friend's death 
• Series of plays dedicated to fighting Domestic Violence, "Swanlee Series"
• The power of educating others through theatre
• House Full of Trapped Doors- Play being presented at NOLA Urban Theatre Festival
• Inspiration to write plays
• Overcoming and bouncing back from failure
• How to prepare for a theatre festival
• Importance of covering areas of weakness (I.e. Script, actors, stage set)
• Importance of understanding the geographic area one is taking their play to