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Lee Chamberlin

LEE CHAMBERLIN

  (1938 - 2014)
Nationality:    African American
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Lee Chamberlin (born Alverta La Pallo; February 14, 1938  May 25, 2014) was an American theatrical, film and television actress. She studied at NYU and The Sorbonne in Paris, France receiving honors for her mastery of French grammar both written and oral. She perfected her study of the craft of acting at HB Studios in New York and studied with Uta Hagen. She attended grammar school at Convent of the Sacred Heart School in Harlem. Her acting career began on the New York stage in a production of Amiri Baraka's, then known as LeRoi Jones, "Slaveship." She was an original cast member of "The Electric Company" on PBS from 1971-73, along with Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno and others. Her first love was the theater, however, and in 2010 she founded the Playwrights' Inn Project in France. The Playwrights' Inn Project developed works of diverse American playwrights, including women and people of color, traditionally underserved in the play development process. http://playwrightsinnproject.org/

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below is a list of Lee Chamberlin's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Objects In the Mirror (Are Closer Than they Seem)         Struttin'

Objects In the Mirror (Are Closer Than they Seem)

Synopsis:
People's indifference to the death of others

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1st Produced:
Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, New York    10 Feb 2010

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Genre:
one woman reading

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Struttin'

Synopsis:
Innocent Ida Mae from Asbury Park, N. J., learns so much so quickly in wicked New York cabarets in the 1920's that it's no trick at all for her to cross the pond and become the queen of the naughty nightclubs of the Paris of the 30's. Ah, but the feisty black entertainer has perils to face and troubles to overcome along the way in Lee Chamberlin's musical, ''Struttin','' being presented at the Amas Repertory Theatre. Even at the end a new threat looms, but by then we know she has the strength to triumph, no matter what the challenge. - New York Times

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Music, lyrics And book by Lee Chamberlin

1st Produced:
Rosetta LeNoir AMAS Repertory Theatre located on Was 104th Street    Feb 1988

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Genre:
musical

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