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Mike showed up to every project with something that can't be taught. It was generative. It was collaborative. It was real. He had a way of filling a room with energy that made everyone around him rise, and he carried that into every single thing he put his hands on.

He holds a permanent place in the history of the very first We Will Dream: New Works Festival, as part of Cris Eli Blak's Sons of Liberty reading. That moment was something. A stage full of Black men in New Orleans theater, doing the work with full presence and full power. Mike was right there in the middle of it, bringing that authenticity that made you forget you were watching a performance. What I loved most was that he wasn't just showing up. He was always working on himself, always asking how he could go deeper, get better, grow. That kind of commitment to craft is rare.

And there are so many who loved him and had plans with him. Future projects. Conversations still mid-sentence. Work that was supposed to happen that now never will. That part is its own kind of grief.
And now we are still holding the loss of R'myni Watson. Our community is carrying so much, and I won't pretend this doesn't feel like too much.

There is a real hole in Black theater in New Orleans. There will never be another Michael Forrest.

Mike, you will be missed more than words can hold. And to everyone who loved him, I'm hugging you a little tighter today.
Rest well. 🕊️

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“Hi, I’m Megan😊”
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#HelloBeautiful #lakeshalogan #hollywoodsouth #neworleansfilm #setlife #supportblackcreatives #supportblackcreatives #production #horrormovie #independentfilm

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When your friend is a filmmaker you tell him pull up at the crib💁🏽‍♀️🎥 (Rough Cut:” Hello Beautiful”)
Property Of: Kenneth @charleesummer Productions
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#IndieFilm #Filmmaker #horrorfilm #indiefilmmaking #lakeshalogan #KennethCharleeSummer #HelloBeautiful #nolaroyalqueenie #hollywoodsouth #setlife #actress #actorslife

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2024 @blackfilmfestival_neworleans Awards Show!

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#bffno2024 #blackfilmfestival #blackfilmfestivalofneworleans #hollywoodsouth #neworleans #supportblackcreatives #neworleansfilm #filmproduction #eventslife #nolaevents

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2024 @blackfilmfestival_neworleans Awards Show!

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#bffno2024 #blackfilmfestival #blackfilmfestivalofneworleans #hollywoodsouth #neworleans #supportblackcreatives #neworleansfilm #filmproduction #eventslife #nolaevents

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New Orleans Night was a huge success. It was more than standing room only for this celebration of indie New Orleans filmmakers. We had a great time and hopefully everyone in there left inspired to be in that room again.

📸: @heshooting

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Come check out New Orleans night films and festivities. Locally made independently filmed featuring New Orleans cast and crews. We’ve also got some of our favorite entertainers as part of the lineup. This promises to be a good time had. Get there at 5:30 and the wine is on us! Stay for the dance party to round out the night @curate.nola.events

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So some film friends and I did a thing last year!😱 #HelloBeautiful 🔪 From the mind of @charleesummer Creator of “Stay At Home”
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#trailer #indie #filmmaker #shortfilm #production #horror #trailerfilm #movietrailer #horrorfilm #thriller #thrillerfilm #charleesummer #lakeshalogan #lakeshaglover #danzelsquare #hollywoodsouth #shortfilmmakers #stayathome #filmmaking #producer #scarymovie #horrormovie #setlife

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Cris Eli Blak is the final playwright to present his play “Sons of Liberty” at the inaugural WE WILL DREAM: New Works festival. “Sons of Liberty” opens tonight at the @accneworleans and has two staged readings tomorrow, June 11th, at 2pm & 7pm.

Enjoy this excerpt from our interview with Cris. You can watch the full interview this Friday on @howlround!

Tickets available in our bio!

🎥: @jmixplainsitall + @axlcheco + @east_duvernay

#WeWillDreamFest #WWDF23 #SonsOfLiberty #CrisEliBlak #Playwright #BlackPlaywright #NewWorks #NewOrleans #Houston #NOLA #BlackTheatre #BlackPlays

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“Sons of Liberty” written by @criseliblak & directed by John “Ray” Proctor, kicked off rehearsals yesterday at @accneworleans!

The play is about two brothers, one of whom is dealing with PTSD after suffering combat injuries, and the impact on their family and what it means to be a veteran.

STARRING:
@dominiquemcclellan as “George”
@mike_luchini as “Barry”
@actressldglover as “Eve”
& @charleesummer as “Lenny”

You have THREE CHANCES to experience the staged reading THIS WEEKEND:
1️⃣Sat June 10th at 7p
2️⃣Sun June 11th at 2p &
3️⃣June 11th at 7p!
🎟️Tickets available in bio

#SonsOfLiberty #StagedReading #MeetOurCast #NOLATheatre #BlackTheatre #WeWillDreamFest #WWDF23 #NewOrleans #CrisEBlak

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I’m literally in a space with most of the people that have molded my acting career…God don’t make no mistakes 🙏🏾💯 #actorlife #godsplan #nodreamdeferrednola

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Touched down in New Orleans for SONS OF LIBERTY. I've been waiting patiently for a while and the time is finally here. We've got a great director, a stacked cast, and the support of the folx at @nddnola who are making it all happen, who gave me this opportunity, who is giving this show a place to be seen and heard.

This is an important story to me. Not only because it focuses on topics and subjects important to me: mental health, masculinity, family relationships, and the treatment of veterans. And not only because this is a Southern story that's going up in the South, a story about the week Katrina hits going up in New Orleans. But because this was one of the first shows I wrote and possibly the first that sounds like me, that was written unapologetically in my voice, in the voice that has gotten me to where I am today and wherever I'll go tomorrow.

If you're in the area, come through! June 10th at 7pm and 11th at 2 and 7pm! Ticket link in bio. Don't miss out. It's gonna be good. Lez get to work. 🪕🇺🇲🌀 #sonsofliberty #writingmywayout #nola #southernboy

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