Trey Anthony
Trey Anthony (born 1974) is a Canadian comedian and playwright.
Born in England, Anthony is a regular on the Canadian comedy circuit. She began doing stand-up comedy during African Nubian Comedy Nights at Yuk-Yuk's.[1] She has performed as well at The Second City, the Urban Womyn's Comedy Festival and Toronto's St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts.
She was also a writer and performer for Kenny Robinson's sketch comedy show After Hours with Kenny Robinson and a writer for The Chris Rock Show.[1]
Her first theatrical play, Da Kink in My Hair, debuted in 2001 at the Toronto Fringe Festival.[1] Anthony says that coming out as a lesbian to her family inspired her to write the play.[2] In 2005, it was adapted into a television movie by Vision TV, with a cast that included Anthony, Mimi Kuzyk and Sheryl Lee Ralph.[3] Da Kink in My Hair went on to a US premiere at the San Diego Repertory Theatre with a cast including D'bi Young, Amina Alfred, Abena Malika and Karen Robinson.[4]
A television series version of Da Kink in My Hair began airing in 2007 and Anthony is a cast member.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c DeMara, Bruce (2007-12-04), "When doors closed, she hired herself", Toronto Star, http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/282216
- ^ Swartz, Shauna (2007-03-28). "Trey Anthony Brings Black Women Onstage". After Ellen. http://www.afterellen.com/people/2007/3/treyanthony. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- ^ Bailey, Pamella (Fall 2007), "’Da Kink takes on the small screen", Sway Magazine, http://swaymag.ca/fall2007/theatre.html
- ^ Hebert, James (2005-09-11), "She relied on 'trust and fate,' and a play was born", San Diego Union-Tribune, http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050911/news_1a11kink.html
- ^ Serafin (2007-10-11), "ON TV: 'Da Kink in My Hair", Xtra, http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/ON_TV_Da_Kink_in_My_Hair-3719.aspx
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