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This mockumentary comedy examines the role that the Southen Baptist church plays for members who seek identity and crave love.
Reading of TRIASSIC PARQ THE MUSICAL
Written by Marshall Pailet, Bryce Norbitz, and Stephen Wargo. Best Musical, Fringe NYC 2010 (under the title Jurassic Parq: The Broadway Musical”)
Cast in Alphabetical Order
Velociraptor of Science…………………………………Lori Tan Chinn
Mime-a-saurus……………………………………….Brandon Espinoza
Chorus-a-saurus…………………………………………….Brandon Gill
Chorus-a-saurus…………………………………………….Olli Haaskivi
Velociraptor of Faith…………………………………….Mitchell Jarvis
Chorus-a-saurus……………………………………………..Cara Massey
T-Rex 2……………………………………………………Claire Neumann
Chorus-a-saurus……………………………………………….Tara Novie
T-Rex 1…………………………………………………….Soara-Joye Ross
Morgan Freeman……………………………………………Lee Seymour
Velociraptor of Innocence…………………………….Dashaun Young
Andy Roninson as Pianosaurus/Music Direction
Directed by Marshall Pailet
The Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park South, NYC, (212)475-6116
Thursday Nov. 10th @ 1pm
Friday Nov. 11th @ 11am)
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HAIR DUES DEMO RECORDING
“Hey, what’s up? How you doin?”, as Latavia would say! 
I will be doing the demo recording for the new unbeweavable musical HAIR DUES at UPTIME STUDIOS on Friday, October 28th! I absolutely LOVED playing the leading lady “Latavia Jenkins” in the reading, created by Christopher Derek McDonald, and look forward to singing Paul Nelson’s incredible music with Matt Castle on keys! Here’s to new and exciting roles and musicals!!!
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TRAV’LIN THE MUSICAL is back!!!
Almost the entire cast will get together on October 26th and 27th @ 5:30pm to give possible future producers from all over the U.S. a private performance of select scenes/songs from this intimate 1930′s new musical. Regional Theaters here we come!!!!!
Brenda Braxton as “Billie”, Lee Summers as “George”, Soara-Joye Ross as “Ros”, Randy Donaldson as “Archie”, Karla Mosley as “Ella” and Michael Jean Dozier as “Nelson”.
http://travlinthemusical.com/NYMF2010/index.html
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Jackie The Film has been completely edited, locked and is now being submitted to film festivals!!! I’ll keep you posted!!! Very exciting!! 
http://www.thejackiefilm.com
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HAIR DUES
A new musical
Words by Christopher Derek McDonald/Music by Paul Nelson
Tuesday, October 25th 2011 @7PM
301 West 37th Street
Stage Director Wilfredo Medina
Music Director Matt Castle
Cast
Latavia Jenkins Soara-Joye Ross
Mrs. Hattie Jenkins (Mother J) Robin S. Walker
Kiki Turrell Angela Birchett
Damon/Kenny Jenkins DeMond B. Nason
Susan Sutherland Tiffany Westlie
Salon Customers Danielle K. Thomas
Fushia Brown Curtis Wiley
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THE AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE LAB
presents
THE COUNTESS OFSTORYVILLE
Music by Martin Silvestri Lyrics by Joel Higgins Book by R.M. Cohen
An epic story of lust, love, mystery and murder. Set in New Orleans’ celebrated red-light district, circa 1910, where the voodoo gods know what
the “Countess” does not–family ties can kill you.
starring
Aaron Bantum Julian Brightman Lawrence Clayton Peter Cormican Nikki Crawford Dan Debenport Leah Edwards Christy Faber Allen Fitzpatrick Wendy Fox Kyrian Friedenberg Brittney Lee Hamilton John Herrera Jeremiah James Christine LaDuca Jamie Laverdiere Forrest McClendon Kevin B. McGlynn Doreen Montalvo Soara-Joye Ross
Bart Shatto Jay Sullivan Mark Zimmerman
and
Lillias White
Stage Manager Michael Alifanz Casting Carol Hanzel Casting
Musical Director Jason DeBord
Directed by Michael Bush
THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY!
OCTOBER 17 @ 6:00 OCTOBER 18 @ 3:00 & 7:00
THE PLAYERS THEATRE
115 MacDougal Street
For Reservations call: 212-563-2565
or email HUboxoffice@amasmusical.orgUH HUwww.amasmusical.orgU
The Amas Musical Theatre Lab is a development series for writers,
lyricists and composers to mount staged readings of their new musicals.
THE COUNTESS OF STORYVILLE is supported by the NEA, the NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, with public funds from the NY State Council on the Arts, and by the ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund, the BMI Foundation, the Dramatists Guild, the Edith Meiser Fund,
and through the generous support of many individuals.
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Allan Harris musical CROSS THAT RIVER @ O’Neill Summer Conf. 8/11
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You are invited to a reading of our musical Cross That River. This show debuted at the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2009 and received rave reviews (see below). We hope you’ll join us is to see this new version with a fantastic new book.
PLUS I’ll be doing this new piece as well the next day!
40 Naked Women, A Monkey, and Me
a new musical in concert
Directed by Michael Bush
Music Director: Steven Ray Watkins
The musical story of a songwriter and his quest for legitimacy on the Broadway stage, only to be side-tracked by his success writing and producing Las Vegas industrials. Open mic to follow show.
Buy Tickets
http://www.theoneill.org/tickets-and-calendar/
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Hi everyone! I booked the role of Saige in the East Coasts Premiere of “Summer of Love” at The Ogunquit Playhouse! It was an incredible ride and I hope to do the show again in the future. 
Watch a snip-it of the performances!
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Hi everyone! 2011 is all about doing things that you only dream about! That being said, I will be riding a bike 45 miles to raise money for Tour de Cure! Please help me reach my goal of $500 so I can set my goal even higher! Cheers! To the year of dreams coming true!
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Pleased to have on board one of the finest groups of young performers I could ask for to help develop a new musical. Meet the Fabulous Four of Wrrrk: Tess Soltau (Cassidy), Nick Cosgrove (Tristan), Soara-Joye Ross (Kenya) and Sarah Kathleen Farrell (Bev). So excited to begin a new musical adventure!
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Soara-Joye will be singing her favorite new song written by the fabulous Tina Lear, a sexy sassy tune Bette Midler made famous and an Ahrens and Flaherty favorite! Hope you can make it!
All proceeds go to the Abingdon Theatre whose mission is to produce American Plays by American Playwrights.
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Hallelujah!!!!
Hey there! So, the One Healing Arts Center benefit was last night and it was spectacular! Below is a picture of Tina and I and her amazing song I sang! Enjoy!
“Soara-Joye Ross made my songwriting life worthwhile last night, January 31, 2011. Here she is singing “Don’t Wanna Sing Hallelujah” (wrote it a few months ago). Brian Whitted at the piano.” Tina Lear
Soara-Joye will be performing two Tina Lear works in this concert of songs by emerging musical theater writers, to benefit ONE Healing Arts COMPANY. Check out the article below posted on Broadway World!
ONE Company Assembles Tony-Nominated Talent For SONGS OF SPIRIT 3/31
Monday, January 24, 2011; Posted: 08:01 PM – by BWW News Desk
Today, ONE Healing Arts COMPANY, a New Theatre Company devoted to producing theatrical work that opens hearts and minds, announces the cast of performers for it’s inaugural event at Joe’s Pub, SONGS OF SPIRIT.The program will include TONY Award nominees Sally Mayes (She Loves Me) and Bobby Steggert (Ragtime), as well as Broadway and theatre veterans Soara-Joye Ross (Les Miserables), Jamison Stern (By Jeeves), Sarah Farrell, Grace McLean (Composer/lyricist), Pamela Winslow Kashani (Into the Woods), Zak Resnick (Broadway Boys/American Idol), Marie-France Arcilla, Tom Stuart (lyricist), Andy Mills (Memphis), and Kate Ferber,.
SONGS OF SPIRIT is a concert of original songs by emerging musical theatre writers benefiting ONE Healing Arts COMPANY. Composers and lyricists were asked to submit material expressing what spirituality means to them, and the result is insightful, funny, authentic and unexpected. The event will also feature a raffle with prizes that include massage therapy, acupuncture, and a month of free yoga.
The evening will be hosted by Memphis cast member James Monroe Iglehart, along with ONE Healing Arts COMPANY artistic director, Nick Demos (Producer: Memphis). Music will be under the direction of Mike Tilly and the concert is directed by Nick Demos and ONE Company founding member, Carolyn D. Miller.
Performer and contributing lyricist Tom Stuart had this to say, “To be part of a company devoted to creating a nurturing community for theatre artists is a rare gift. Creativity is a process of mind, body, and spirit, so it’s natural and exciting to produce work that acknowledges and encourages the process.”
SONGS OF SPIRIT is being presented Monday, January 31st at 7PM at Joe’s Pub. Tickets are $20 and may be obtained by calling the box office at 212-967-7555, or online at www.joespub.com. More information on ONE Healing Arts COMPANY and what they are doing can be found at www.onehealingartscompany.com.
Private Reading of CROSS THAT RIVER
Jan. 27th. 2011 in NYC
Private Reading of TRAV’LIN the Musical
Jan. 26th, 2011 in NYC
Beauty shop owner, plays the role of Archie’s long-suffering woman but knows how to put it on and get what she wants.
Rose Morgan established herself as one of the preeminent businesswomen in the United States with her “House of Beauty” and school. She was briefly married to Joe Louis, himself a great friend of J.C.’s.
Soara-Joye’s played her 1st major role in a film!!!
JACKIE by Tamika Guishard
November 2010 photo gallery
Hi!
So I just finished shooting an NYU Student Thesis Film. It was extremely exciting! I played a young mother with Type 1 Diabetes who seeks out her birth daughter she had taken from her by the system at the age of 13. The reason Sharon Jacqueline Hamilton, my character, seeks Jackie out, her daughter, is because she has a 4 year old son who has leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant. Soooooo deep, right! Yeah! It was very challenging and such a blessing. I had no idea doing film was soo different than theater. I have soo much more respect for film actors now. It’s crazy!!! What a challenge and what an amazing opportunity!!!
http://rooftopfilms.com/blog/2010/11/support-tamika-guishards-jackie.html
November 2010
ACT1 Diabetes
Adults Coping With Type 1 Diabetes
So, I performed in a benefit for this AMAZING new not-for-profit organization ACT1: Adults Coping with Type 1 Diabetes. It was wonderful and we raised a nice amount of $$$! Yay!! I sang “I Dreamed A Dream” from Les Miz, of course and “The Rose”, the song Bette Midler made famous. Check out pics courtesy of Christina Conaty etc, below. http://www.act1diabetes.org/2010/11/16/life-is-a-cabaret/
Celebrating 10 Years!!!
Renee Glicker has been my agent for 10 years! We celebrated our anniversary in October 2010!!! Yay! Here’s to another successful 10 +!!!
at TBG Theater
Monday, Oct 11th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Tuesday, Oct 12th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Wednesday, Oct 13th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Friday, Oct 15th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Saturday, Oct 16th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Sunday, Oct 17th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
George, unofficial mayor of 132nd Street and a self-proclaimed expert on matters of the heart, believes love should never be taken seriously. He finally meets his match when he befriends a down-on-her-luck stranger who is not what she seems. A funny and heartfelt look at the romantic travails of three couples learning about love in 1930′s Harlem, this musical features a tuneful and jazzy period score by Harlem Renaissance songwriter J.C. Johnson, a colleague of artists such as Fats Waller, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters and Billie Holiday.
Approximate Runtime: 2:30 with intermission
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