Breathe Love--- Even on a Rainy Day: THE LAST OF THE LOVE LETTERS

Monday, August 30, 2021

THE LAST OF THE LOVE LETTERS

Beautiful People,

I attended a brilliant performance of THE LAST OF THE LOVE LETTERS written by Ngozichukwuka Anyanwu and starring Ngozichukwuka Anyanwu and Daniel J. Watts at The Atlantic Theater on 20th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues in NYC.

This play, written during the pandemic is alarming, shocking, humorous and terrifyingly good. It shares two different perspectives of lovers and takes us to the depths of the often unspoken. Though we may not have experienced the journey of these characters, many of us have experienced the duality that love can bring.

This evening was made even more special by the assortment of artists and Black theater professionals in attendance.

On hand were Woodie King Jr. and Elizabeth Van Dyke (New Federal Theater) Sade Lippincott and Jonathan McCrory (National Black Theatre), Lawrence Evans (National Black Theatre Festival), Erich McMillan-McCall (Project 1Voice), Ezra Ezzard (ARTIFICATION NYC), as well as a host of talented actors, directors, and lovers of the arts including Cyrus Aaron, Ayodele Alli and Jamil Mangan.

BRAVO #ATLANTICTHEATER for making sure that we were all vaccinated and wearing our masks inside the theater.

Please try to attend this show that caused me to take deep breaths and far exceeded my expectations!

Thank You ChiChi Anyanwu for inviting me. Seeing live Theater made me feel alive. The energy of the audience was colorful and vibrant.

From ChiChi Anyanwu ...

THE LAST OF THE LOVE LETTERS by Ngozichukwuka Anyanwu starring Daniel J. Watts directed by Patricia McGregor! Catch at the Atlantic Theater Company through Sept 26th!

Tix are on sale and sharing with you a special offer!

“Access25 tickets for #TheLastATC are now on sale! To ensure our programming reaches and connects with a wide range of audience members, our Access25 initiative aims to make our tickets more accessible. These $25 tickets are available for every preview performance on a first come, first served basis. But book quickly, they'll go fast!"

Tickets available here: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1063218

Also, Check out BLACK THEATER NIGHT on Thursday, Sept 9 at 8pm. The code is "TLBTN15" and folks can also use URL:

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Rev.Melony McGant aka Miss Mellie Rainbow

Melony McGant, poet, storyteller, humanist and world lover of children lives on HOPE; works to breathe in love, and exhales fear (false expectations appearing real). She says "Perhaps our current challenges are wake-up calls for our collective awakening to truth." And she believes that the truth is, there is no need for our constant bickering, our disdain for eachother, for wars and killing, for world hunger, massive disease, for discrimination, subjugation, or oppression. She maintains that LOVE, even on a rainy day, is the answer to our dreams, our individual quests, and our future collective identity. "If we can learn to value our children, our elders, ourselves, and our Mother EarthHeart, then surely we have the power to impact society and to create a world filled with JOY."

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Rev. Melony McGant Bio

Rev. Melony McGant, aka Miss Mellie Rainbow loves to travel, explore cultures, connect with people, and dreams of a compassionate World with safe, loving communities, equal opportunity with justice and peace for the next seven generations (and beyond) of All the Earth's children.

She truly believes that "peace is possible through compassion, cooperation, courage, creativity, deep listening, faith, forgiveness, good purpose, healing, hope, humility, integrity, joy, kindness, mercy, patience, respect, understanding and the gift of Love!", and uses social media platforms to inspire others.

She is a storyteller, thought-leader, poet, & compassionate communications professional with more than 30 years’ experience in assisting both people and organizations discover and promote their professional or personal life missions. From business and not for profit CEO's to job seekers, elders, parents and children; through deep listening, Melony has quietly impacted, coached or supported thousands of people on their life journeys.

Currently a resident of New York City, Melony has worked as a marketing professional, owned her own full-service marketing firm and was assistant to cultural icon, choreographer and Oprah Legend, Miss Katherine Dunham. She worked for many years as a Labor Services Representative for New York State Department of Labor where she was able to hone her skills as a career/life coach and personal empowerment workshop facilitator; has a BA in Communications from Marshall University, is a Certified Level One Trainer in Kingian Nonviolence (University of Rhode Island Summer Institute), and is a Vietnam era war veteran (United States Navy).

An avid reader, in 2018 she appeared in two episodes of the Great American Read, an eight-episode national television show on PBS that "explored the many ways in which novels affect, reflect and connect us all."

An ordained Interfaith Minister, and author of the coming of age novel "Sunshine & Olivier: A Parable of Love" (IUniverse), which will be reissued for the 20th anniversary of its publication in the fall of 2019, Melony is also the primary author of "The Healing Adagio: A Love Symphony In Five Parts" and the journal, empowerment workbook "Seeker Dreamer: Amazing, Brilliant, Compassionate YOU!" (both published by Authorhouse). Her books are available on Amazon.

Rev. Melony McGant's writing is also featured in several other books, magazines and newspapers including the first edition of The Poetry Cafe (Art for Awareness), W & Art (an international women's premium art talk magazine), African Voices Magazine, MBE/WBE Magazine, Our Time Press, and the Chicago Citizen. Early in her career she was a columnist for The New Pittsburgh Courier.

Her writing also appears in GLORY: A Life Among Legends by Dr. Glory Van Scott (Water Street Press), "Passing It On: Moving Stories of Activists 1960 to 2000" by Bev Jenai-Myers (Archway Publishing), "Go Tell Michelle: African American Women Write to Michelle Obama" (SUNY Press), "The Book of Hope" and "The World Book of Healing" (both by Beyond Borders Press).

While living in Pittsburgh, PA, Melony served on the boards of Big Brothers and Sisters and the Pittsburgh Branch NAACP. An avid supporter of the Andrew Goodman Foundation VOTE EVERYWHERE program, she strongly believes in embracing the values of good citizenship.

She has received the New Mexico Not Even One Service Award, the 911 Red Cross Volunteer Award in NYC, the Pittsburgh City Council Women's Recognition Award, and the Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense and Education Fund Award for Service (MBELDEF).

To contact Rev. Melony McGant, email: melonymcgant@yahoo.com

Breathe Love--- Even on a Rainy Day

Monday, August 30, 2021

THE LAST OF THE LOVE LETTERS

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