Beginning Thursday, Dec. 12, the Front Porch Arts Collective will put on staged readings of popular Black sitcoms like 'The Jeffersons' and 'Family Matters' at Central Square Theater.
The cast of the TV sitcom"The Jeffersons" circa 1977. The Front Porch Arts Collective is staging holiday scenes from beloved Black sitcoms. Parent, who’s also the co-founder and co-producing artistic director of the Front Porch, will portray the role of wise-cracking business owner George Jefferson from the groundbreaking hit “The Jeffersons.” The show tells the story of George and Louise, a Black couple that moves to a New York apartment on the city’s sought-after East Side.
The idea for the “Holiday Feast” came about years ago after Parent worked with an actor who reminded him of Jackee Harry’s beautiful, slick-talking character Sandra on “227.” At the time, Parent and the team mused about staging readings of episodes of Black sitcoms to offer audiences a reason to gather during the holiday season.
Then, Parent explained, the group considered the actors who could play the characters and what would fit together. In the chosen episodes, laughter and life lessons are on offer. This includes the haunting of the spoiled but kind-hearted Whitley Gilbert, a student at the fictional Hillman College on “A Different World;” a guardian angel teaching compassion to Laura Winslow who is fed up with her nerdy, relentless pursuer, Steve Urkel on “Family Matters;” and Louise’s discovery of mysterious monthly payments her husband George was making on “The Jeffersons.
And since offering presents—along with decorating, gathering, and noshing with family—one of the central tenets of Christmas, the collective aims to give the gifts of laughter and connection when some might need them most.Jacquinn Sinclair is a freelance arts and entertainment writer whose work has appeared in Performer Magazine, The Philadelphia Tribune and Exhale Magazine.
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