A recent graduate of George Washington University, Amanda Rhodes has not wasted time making herself known in the DC theater community. She has burst onto the scene with her own production company, AJ Rhodes Entertainment, as well as a hot, new play, Ecce. Knowing playwright, AP Carroll from her undergraduate career, Amanda she did not know what to expect when she was first approached.
“When AP first mentioned the play to me while I was still at GW, I wasn't all that sure what to expect. But when I read it, I was amazed. Then when I saw the first student production of it after I had graduated, and I was blown away. There were times during that first production that I just closed my eyes and listened to the words, and it was powerful. I didn't know when, but I knew that I would eventually produce this show. It was like a calling.”
Amanda brings a vast amount of managing and producing experience to the table, having managed a student theater company for nearly two years. She is extremely excited to see Ecce become a reality as it is set to premiere at the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival this summer. Rhodes believes the play will resonate with DC audiences.
“What I also found intriguing was how AP took robes and sandals and replaced them with suits and ties, and traded in the King James Bible language that is nearly indiscernible to modern audiences and replaced it with modern business lingo that is much easier to relate to. To me, this show was made for the DC area. If you're a Washingtonian or live in the metropolitan area, you're going to relate to the tender balance between the politics and idealism of life that Ecce portrays.”
See Ecce, a production by AJ Rhodes Entertainment, on July 19th at the Warehouse Theater as part of the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, D.C. Tickets can be purchased online at www.capfringe.org
For more information about Ecce, please contact Lisa Horan or Shaun Loughran of PopMark Media, 410.764.6220, lisa@popmarkmedia.com , shaun@popmarkmedia.com.
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