[LASHELLE ROBINSON] FEMALE 27-35 AFRICAN-AMERICAN is a modern, ambitious financial planner working in New York City. She is estranged from her family and lives with her white fiancé Todd Decatur - the love of her life. Her worse fear is to end up unmarried and alone like her mother. But even as she excitedly prepares for her wedding, something strange and haunting just won’t let LaShelle marry Todd. LaShelle must travel back into her doomed ancestor Inka’ s past, disguised as a slave, to discover the story that has been swept under the rug for centuries - or lose Todd. But can LaShelle save Inka in order to save her marriage?

Role requires a strong musical actress, singer / hip-hop artist.

[INKA] FEMALE 19-26 AFRICAN-AMERICAN, is a fiery slave queen full of beauty and promise. But her beauty is also her doom. For years her master Quincy watches her, trying to separate her from her husband Moses. Although she does everything in her power to avoid his advances, she cannot fight him off. When Moses is brutally punished, Inka attempts to sneak away while pregnant with her master’ s child - only to be captured as a runaway lave. She is lynched on an apple tree. But even past the gave she vows not rest until her story is told.

Role requires a strong musical actress, singer / hip-hop artist.

[QUINCY] MALE 45-65 CAUCASIAN is the conflicted, powerful 1845 villain who changes the destiny of an entire family forever. He is a slave master and former traveling pastor, with lust and desires he can’t control. He’s trapped in the taboo attraction for his young black slave girl Inka. He wants to live by his Christian principles, but there is a fire within him that just won’t be quenched, causing him to do the unthinkable. His one act of lust would destroy an entire family.

Role requires a strong musical actor, singer.

[TODD DECATUR] MALE 29-37 CAUCASIAN

Love is in the air when the dashing journalist Todd Decatur sweeps LaShelle off her feet with a tear-jerking proposal of marriage. Todd constantly asserts his love for LaShelle, rejecting any family or interracial hurdles in order to be with her. But when she runs from him at the altar on their wedding day because of a horrifying haunting, he goes on the adventure of a lifetime to discover the truth behind the haunting - and get his wife back from the time warp before it’ s too late.

Role requires a strong musical actor, singer / hip-hop artist.

[ABIGAIL] FEMALE 35-45 CAUCASIAN is the dutiful wife of Quincy. She longs for his affection and attention but is constantly ignored. Her suspicions turn to rage when she realizes that he is infatuated with Inka, the slave girl right under her employ. Desperate to keep her man, she orders a pregnant Inka sold in the hopes of regaining her dignity and his love. But will she ever win the love of her husband?

Role requires a strong musical actress, singer.

[MOSES] MALE 25-35 AFRICAN OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN PREFERABLY DARKER SKINTONE. Moses is a revolutionary and bible-literate slave carpenter. He inspires the other slaves to run to freedom. When his eyes fall on the beautiful Inka at a church meeting, he falls in love. But their love must be hidden. He marries her in secret and plans their escape. But when his wife is raped on his wedding night by Quincy, vengeance is the only thing Moses can see. In defense of his wife, Moses endures one of the most painful agonies a man can go through.

Role requires a strong musical actor, singer / hip-hop artist

Deborah Jane, Creator: Deborah Jane is a screenwriter trained at USC Masters Screenwriting Program and at Stanford University. She originally wrote Strange Fruit: The Hip-Hopera as a play at Stanford. After an immensely successful run, and a plaque for artistic excellence, Deborah Jane decided to adapt the play into musical screenplay form. Deborah Jane is Bill Cosby Television Fellowship winner and a Disney Screenwriting Fellowship finalist. She has interned at several production companies, including Paramount, BET, Mara Brock Akil’s The Game, and TBS. In addition to screenwriting, she is a hip-hop recording artist and infuses her passion for hip-hop and theatre into her work.

Jamie Burke, Producer: Jamie Burke is an actress and producer who has acted in independent films like “Close Call,” “The Garden” and the “The Pink Conspiracy.” She studied digital filmmaking in Paris. Before entering the artistic world she graduated from UCLA with an Electrical Engineering degree. She produced the successful Strange Fruit photo shoot, as well as several short films. Jamie Burke enjoys Brazilian martial art Capoeira in her spare time.

Undenyable Muzic and Motion Picture Group: Executive Film and Music Producers: Pave Diamond, Perry McBride

Undenyable Muzic and Motion Picture Group, LLC is a multi- faceted music label and motion picture company that promotes a positive universal message of love and unity. Undenyable is currently developing a hip-hop musical in conjunction with C/E Entertainment and Paramount Pictures. They are extremely excited to embark on Strange Fruit.

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