Madea's Family Reunion (play)

Madea's Family Reunion
Madea's Family Reunion
Written by	Tyler Perry
Characters	Madea, Jackie, Reverend Johnny Lewis, Cora, Mr. Brown, Vickie, A.J. Mattie, Kevin, Lisa, Ronnie and Tina
Date premiered	January 4, 2002
Place premiered	Augusta
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy-Drama
Setting	Madea’s Backyard
Tyler Perry Plays chronology
Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Madea's Class Reunion

Madea's Family Reunion is an 2002 American stage play written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry. It stars Tyler Perry as Madea, D'Atra Hicks as Jackie, David Mann as Mr. Brown, and Tamela Mann as Cora. The live performance released on VHS and DVD was recorded live in New Orleans at the Saenger Theatre in January 2002.

Synopsis[edit]

The Simmons family has a funeral, a wedding, and a family reunion all in the same weekend, and it is up to no-nonsense matriarch Madea to keep things in order.

Just as the southern matriarch Madea buries her younger sister, Irene, her granddaughter Lisa is marrying a successful, rich man named Ronnie at the house. But Lisa's fiancé is secretly beating her, and Lisa's ex-boyfriend and first love, A.J., Madea's mechanic, is going to do something about it. While Lisa is trying to cover up her bruises, her sister Tina is getting into more trouble: neglecting her baby, trying to seduce her cousin Jackie's husband Kevin, and stealing money for drugs from her mother, Cora. Madea's granddaughter Jackie and her ex-con unemployed husband Kevin live with Madea, and Jackie finds out she is pregnant and might have a miscarriage. When she goes to tell Kevin the news, she finds her cousin Tina trying to seduce him. Although she's upset with him, Jackie urges Kevin to get a job for the sake of their child. Meanwhile, Madea's know-it-all niece Victoria is being romantically pursued by her minister. Later, Tina and Lisa tearfully reveal to Cora that when they were kids, their father sexually abused them, and Cora reflects that it will take days of praying to get over this bombshell. Madea must endure the craziness of neighbor Leroy Brown and of the dysfunctional relatives all staying under her roof for the weekend. During the family reunion, Lisa tells everyone that Ronnie has been hitting her. On the wedding day, Lisa decides to marry her first love, A.J.

Tour Dates[edit]

Scheduled shows
Date	City	Venue
January 4, 2002	Augusta	Bell Auditorium
January 5, 2002	Augusta	Bell Auditorium
January 10, 2002	Memphis	Orpheum Theatre
January 11, 2002
January 12, 2002
January 13, 2002
January 15, 2002	Philadelphia	Merriam Theatre
January 16, 2002
January 17, 2002
January 18, 2002
January 19, 2002
January 20, 2002
January 22, 2002	New Orleans	Saenger Theatre
January 23, 2002
January 24, 2002
January 25, 2002
January 26, 2002
January 27, 2002
January 29, 2002	Philadelphia	Merriam Theatre
January 30, 2002
January 31, 2002
February 1, 2002
February 2, 2002
February 3, 2002
February 5, 2002
February 6, 2002
February 7, 2002
February 8, 2002
February 9, 2002
February 10, 2002
February 14, 2002	Columbia	Township Auditorium
February 15, 2002
February 16, 2002
February 17, 2002
February 20, 2002	Chicago	New Regal Theater
February 21, 2002
February 22, 2002
February 23, 2002
February 24, 2002
February 26, 2002	New Orleans	Saenger Theatre
February 27, 2002
February 28, 2002
March 1, 2002
March 2, 2002
March 3, 2002
March 5, 2002	Chicago	New Regal Theater
March 6, 2002
March 7, 2002
March 8, 2002
March 9, 2002
March 10, 2002
March 12, 2002
March 13, 2002
March 14, 2002
March 15, 2002
March 16, 2002
March 17, 2002
March 27, 2002
March 28, 2002
March 29, 2002
March 30, 2002
March 31, 2002
April 2, 2002	Washington, D.C.	Warner Theatre
April 3, 2002
April 4, 2002
April 5, 2002
April 6, 2002
April 7, 2002
April 9, 2002
April 10, 2002
April 11, 2002
April 12, 2002
April 13, 2002
April 14, 2002
April 16, 2002	Atlanta	Atlanta Civic Center
April 17, 2002
April 18, 2002
April 19, 2002
April 20, 2002
April 21, 2002
May 7, 2002	New York	Beacon Theatre
May 8, 2002
May 9, 2002
May 10, 2002
May 11, 2002
May 12, 2002
May 13, 2002	Trenton	War Memorial Auditorium
May 14, 2002	Trenton	War Memorial Auditorium
May 16, 2002	Memphis	Orpheum Theatre
May 17, 2002
May 18, 2002
May 19, 2002
May 21, 2002	New York	Beacon Theatre
May 22, 2002
May 23, 2002
May 24, 2002
May 25, 2002
May 26, 2002
July 16, 2002	Washington, D.C.	Warner Theatre
July 17, 2002
July 18, 2002
July 19, 2002
July 20, 2002
July 21, 2002
September 3, 2002	Philadelphia	Merriam Theater
September 4, 2002
September 5, 2002
September 6, 2002
September 7, 2002
September 8, 2002
September 9, 2002	Columbus	Palace Theatre
September 10, 2002
September 12, 2002
September 13, 2002	Washington, D.C.	Warner Theatre
September 14, 2002
September 15, 2002
September 17, 2002	Detroit	Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts
September 18, 2002
September 19, 2002
September 20, 2002
September 21, 2002
September 22, 2002
September 24, 2002
September 25, 2002
September 26, 2002
September 27, 2002
September 28, 2002
September 29, 2002
October 1, 2002
October 2, 2002
October 3, 2002
October 4, 2002
October 5, 2002
October 6, 2002
October 8, 2002
October 9, 2002
October 10, 2002
October 11, 2002
October 12, 2002
October 13, 2002
October 24, 2002	Indianapolis	Murat Theatre
October 25, 2002
October 26, 2002
October 27, 2002
October 29, 2002	Baltimore	Morgan State University
October 30, 2002
October 31, 2002
November 1, 2002
November 2, 2002
November 3, 2002
November 5, 2002	Dallas	Bruton Theatre
November 6, 2002
November 7, 2002
November 8, 2002
November 9, 2002
November 10, 2002
November 28, 2002	New Orleans	Saenger Theatre
November 29, 2002
November 30, 2002
December 1, 2002

Cast[edit]

Tyler Perry as Madea
D'Atra Hicks as Jackie
Terry Phillips as Kevin
Tamela Mann as Cora
David Mann as Mr. Brown
Isaac Carree as Reverend Johnny Lewis
- Quan Howell (filmed version)
Pebbles Johnson as Vickie
sonya Evans as Lisa
Gary Jenkins as A.J.

Zakiya Williams as Tina
Mike Storm as Ronnie
Regina McCrary as Mattie
James Tittle IV as Brian
Kim Easterling as Aquaneesha

The Band[edit]

Elvin Ross - Musical Director
Mike Frazier - Bass
Eric Morgan - Drums
John Forbes - Keyboards
Jim Gorst - Sound
David Sears - Sound

Musical numbers[edit]

All songs written and/or produced by Tyler Perry and Elvin D. Ross.

"I Miss My Old Friend" – Cora
"Old Time Mix (consists of Jesus Will Fix It, On the Battlefield, Trouble in My Way, and Have You Tried Jesus?)" - Reverend Johnny, Mattie, Cora, and Brown
"It Ain't Over" – A.J.
"How Much Can One Heart Take?" – Jackie
"Open My Heart" – Vickie
"Marriage Can Be Love" – Reverend Johnny
"I Can Say I'm Sorry" – Kevin and Jackie
"A Family That Prays Together" – Company