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Biography
David
is the 2003 Ovation Award
Winner
(Los Angeles’ Tony Award) Best Lead Actor for his
role in
Athol Fugard’s ‘The Island'. (The
play was actually
devised by
Athol and the two original actors, John Kani
and Winston Ntshona.) David
also received an NAACP
Nomination and an LA
Weekly Award for the
same
role. He was also one of the
producers
for the play. (Skroll Down)
In
May 2002, David’s life
story
aired nationally on NPR’s
Award Winning Radio
Show
– 'This American Life' (link).
Without giving too much away, David’s discovery
changed
his
ethnicity from Italian to African-American and Italian.
The
'This
American
Life' interview about David's life story has led to offers for its
film/television rights.
Since
that
interview, David used his life story for the basis to write a one-act
play entitled Champion;
in which he
also stars. Champion was
originally produced by
Camelot
Artists Productions (link) in
November of 2004. In August 2005, David, co-actor Ski Carr and director
Tommy
Hicks were invited to perform Champion at the Nation
Black Theatre Festival (link)
in
Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. Champion received
rave
reviews and became the hit of the festival.
Many
producers
around the country have offered David and his compatriots the
opportunity to
perform Champion in their city.
Famed
producer
and director Woody King
Jr. is bringing Champion
to
New York in the spring of
2006. Woody
King Jr's - New
Federal Theatre (link)
In
addition,
David
just finished co-writing his first screenplay, in which he will also
star.
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