RAP

LA WEEKLY - PICK OF THE WEEK

 

Playwright Alan Aymie takes swipes at gangster rap, the music industry and consumer culture in this boldly refreshing one-act. While performing on Hollywood Boulevard, street musician from Ghana, Kwame (James Black), is “discovered” by an executive (Wylie Small) from Gang Rape Records. Despite the fact that he’s a soulful folkie who doesn’t rap, he’s made over into a gangster rapper. At the urging of another company executive (Abner Genece), Kwame reluctantly accepts a phony identity intended to boost his street credibility and takes on a new name: MC Bling Bling. (Ironically, Gang Rape’s motto is “Keeping It Real”). Thrust into the media spotlight, Kwame maintains the charade of MC Bling Bling but finds the hoax increasingly burdensome, especially after a young fan is killed at one of his concerts. The cast is excellent under Rodney Nugent’s direction, and Black demonstrates amazing range in the lead. Aymie’s audacious one-act has much to recommend it. 

- LA Wk

CHILD'S PLAY

"What's remarkable about writer/performer Alan Aymie's one-man show Child's Play is the super-abundant energy, tight scripting and furious pacing - so fast the audience can barely keep up as Aymie morphs into a disparate cast of characters. With his spitfire delivery, the indefatigable performer never misses a beat, careening from an estranged girlfriend bearing his child to an unctuous paternity lawyer, a no-nonsense-talking cousin back in New York and in a distinctly uncomic about face, to the brutally dysfunctional kids he teaches. Aymie's performance is quite electric...." - LA WEEKLY

A Child LEFT BEHIND

 

"PICK OF THE WEEK- GO!" - LA WEEKLY

“Compelling... Aymie proves first rate.."

-LA TIMES

 

"Excellence” is the one word I would use to describe Alan Aymie’s highly energetic and dynamic one-man show.
Audrey Linden – LA Examiner

"This is a play that should be seen by all teachers, by anyone who has a child in the Los Angeles Unified School District, anyone who is concerned about education and those whose taxes support out schools. Have I left anybody out?"
Ingrid Wilmot – Will Call

“A Child Left Behind” written and performed by Alan Aymie at the Katselas Theatre Company, is one teachers response to his “below average” rating and a truly touching and thought provoking evening of entertainment."
Kat Michels – Culver City News

"As a parent and a teacher, Alan Aymie’s one-man show is heartfelt, informative and moving"
M.R. Hunter – EyeSpyLA