By AFRO Workers
The stage play, “Anatomy of Love,” has returned for a 3rd yr to the D.C., Maryland and Virginia (DMV) space.
The musical, centered on the intricacies of affection, life and relationship, is on its closing run on the Bowie Middle for the Performing Arts this weekend, with one present operating July 14 at 7 p.m. and two reveals on July 15, at each 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
The present focuses across the Phelps household, made up of the “Triple A Sisters”– certainly one of which, Autumn, is quickly to be married. Along with the upcoming nuptials, older sister Angel and youthful sister Alexis have their very own careers and love lives to contemplate.
Will Angel’s consulting agency make it to the large leagues? Will her husband take over the household restore enterprise? Will Alexis be subsequent up on the altar after Autumn? Or will her struggles with intimacy tank her likelihood at strolling down the aisle?
After arriving residence, issues don’t prove like Autumn and her sisters plan, with love throwing twists and turns. Although they could not have all of it discovered, they’ve the knowledge of Mama Phelps and the comical aid of Uncle Leroy to make it via the tough occasions.
This week, the AFRO sat down with Rickey Solomon II, “Anatomy of Love” author and director to debate the present and what his firm, Solomon’s Phrase Theatre, has in retailer for the longer term.
AFRO: What was the inspiration for “Anatomy of Love?”
RS: I wished to remind folks that love is the best reward that life can ever give- so why would you ever settle in that space?
Irrespective of your age, background or the place you come from – you need to expertise love. Whether or not it’s the connection between you and your loved ones, love from a romantic love that you just’re in or the one that you just hope to have– you must by no means settle in that space.
I appeared around the globe and I observed folks settling– requirements had been dropping. I wished folks to know that the love you need is feasible and it’s ready for you.
AFRO: What do you assume is on the coronary heart of challenges between women and men?
RS: I believe we transfer too quick relating to {our relationships}. I additionally assume we now have the incorrect expectations.
We get into relationships and what folks overlook is that the identical method your coronary heart has a rhythm, there’s a rhythm to courting and {our relationships}.
If we’re shifting too quick we miss the indicators that inform you “that is it” or “this isn’t it.”
Generally, your coronary heart skips a beat and strikes too fast- but when that occurs an excessive amount of, your coronary heart will develop into broken.
I additionally assume that quite a lot of occasions immediately we go into relationships considering “what am i going to get out of this?” after we ought to go in with the mindset of “how can I serve this individual?” In the event you ask any quantity of people that have been married an extended period of time they may inform you that marriage is service.
AFRO: What would you like viewers members to stroll away with after the curtains shut?
RS: I need folks to stroll away from this present and have these conversations with relations and their important others. This present is about love, nevertheless it’s additionally in regards to the bond with household.
Whether or not it’s a dialog with your loved ones, somebody you’re courting or your partner– I wish to begin conversations that assist relationships.
I’ll proceed writing about love, household, friendships and relationships– that’s my coronary heart and that’s my objective as a author.
RS: Are you able to inform us about your writing course of?
I like folks! I like interacting and listening to folks inform their tales. That is the third mainstage present that I’ve written and each story has been impressed by somebody’s precise life or a number of actual life tales I’ve heard.
The primary premise of this present got here to me rapidly.
I used to be on a prepare to New York and I met this lady- I had by no means seen her a day earlier than in my life.
We began speaking.
She informed me a narrative that basically resonated with me; about how she was engaged to somebody, however had a good friend that she had simply met and her coronary heart was torn between the 2. She had made a dedication, however her coronary heart was going a unique method.
It felt so real. It didn’t come off as “I’ve this individual on the aspect and I’m dishonest.”
She was actually torn. It was so genuine and real.
The story acquired interrupted as a result of she was at her cease. She acquired off the prepare and my mind began going.
I started to create tales round her story. I had so many questions that I didn’t get to ask her.
From that, I puzzled what number of different folks discover themselves in a state of affairs that they’ve been in too lengthy. I locked myself in for 2 weeks and acquired the story out– that had by no means occurred earlier than.
That was the spark that birthed “Anatomy of Love.”
How many individuals are in a relationship that they know is wrong- that they know isn’t proper, however they don’t know how one can get out of it?
Love is frightening and weak since you don’t know the result, however you may’t be afraid- don’t flip down love!
AFRO: What’s subsequent for Solomon’s Phrase Theater?
That is slated to be the final run of “Anatomy of Love,” however I like the vacations and I like Christmas. I’m finalizing a script now that I wish to convey out in early December. We will probably be singing a few of our favourite Christmas songs after which in 2024 we will probably be again! We now have a residency with Bowie Middle for the Performing Arts.
AFRO: What recommendation do you must different playwrights?
RS: I don’t wish to be stereotypical– however don’t surrender! I believe that should you proceed to hone your craft there’s area to your voice to be heard and to your story to be heard. One of many best items of success is consistency. Folks noticed me doing this when Carl Felton III and I launched this firm in 2015 with $700.
We’ve grown a lot since then! They ignored us then, however now they see the expansion.
Be constant and don’t surrender!
For extra info on Solomon’s Phrase Theatre, please go to https://www.rickeysolomon.com/solomonsword
To buy tickets to see “Anatomy of Love” please go to https://bowiecenter.org/occasion/solomons-word-presents-anatomy-of-love/
