Meet the Actors of

Losing the Light

Jackie Alexander (Victor) – Jackie was last seen as "Michael" in The Billie Holiday Theatre's production of "Imperfection Flawed" (Audelco Nominee-Best Actor). Other theatre credits include productions of "The River Niger", "Tell Pharaoh", "The Death of Bessie Smith", "The Author's Voice", which he also produced on Theatre Row, and "Raisin Hell", a musical premiere by Smokey Robinson in which he originated the role of "Prophet Solomon Jones". He has worked with master jazz musician Weldon Irvine on 2 projects, 1997's "Spoken Melodies" and 1999's "The Price of Freedom-The Amadou Project", dedicated to Amadou Diallo and victims of police brutality everywhere. Jackie was also featured in the short film "RAGE", winner of the D.G.A.'s and Black Filmaker's Hall of Fame 1997 Best African-American Film. He received his training at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He dedicates his performance as always to his mother and father, Shirley and Willie Jackson for their continued love and support.

J King (Jayson) – J is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, where his acting career began as a teen, doing t.v. commercials, industrials, voice-overs and numerous stage productions. J has been working in the New York area since 1995. He is very proud to be a part of such a talented cast and is thankful to the INNERACT staff for this opportunity. J can be seen as “Spin” in the new play Natural’s In It at the Greenwich Street Theater June 16th-July 10th. He would like to say thanks to all his family and friends in Ohio, Kentucky, New Jersey and New York. “ONE LOVE!”
This run is dedicated to his little brother, Darryl King. “Keep ya head up! Don’t let’em take your
light! It’s all for you!”

Reginald James (Chris) – Reginald just recently starred as Karson in the short film Nice Guys by Shawn Hamilton. Also appeared as boxer Shabadoo, in Box Marley, the current film project of Hav Plenty director Christopher Cherot. Other performances include: the musical Children of the House Afire (Jet), Ain't Misbehavin' (Andre), Ruthy (Larry; African Globe Award for Best Actor), Measure For Measure (Lucio), Twelfth Night (Sir Andrew), The Tempest (Ferdinand), Medea (Jason), Othello (Cassio), Oedipus Rex (Teiresias), Cover (Frank). Film: starred in Miramax's Hav Plenty. TV: As the World Turns (Frank Corbin), and national spots for Burger King. My love to you Kbay, you are the absolute best. Many thanks to Haila Strauss, Linda Rose Iennaco, and Lynn Starling. 
Visit Reginald James Dom@in: www.reginaldjames.com.

Sam Currie (Howard) –  Sam, a veteran actor, is in his debut performance with Inneract Productions Inc. A few of his favorite shows he's performed in are Oedipus, Ain't Misbehavin, Zoo Story, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Raisin and Spunk. Sam is also a Standup comedian, and is featured regularly at Standup New York Comedy Club. Sam says, "I saw this show at the producer's Club and yearned to be part of such a high quality production. I was ecstatic when I learned that I was cast as Howard and I am honored to be working with such a wonderful cast and staff." Sam's performances are dedicated to his father Samuel D. Currie.

Read about the Playwright/Director, john shévin foster
and the Producer, Lester P. Grant

Losing the Light - Introduction

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