SOAPM Meet the Cast: Cathy Simpson as "Stella Barnes"

CATHY SIMPSON, has been a company member of the People’s Light  Theatre Co. since 1994.  She is also a member of the “Freedom Rising” Company at the National Constitution Center, and the American Historical Theatre Company, Philadelphia. Her work in local theatres include InterAct Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Philly Shakes, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, Hedgerow Theatre, Theatre Catalyst, the Arden and the Wilma. Regional theater credits include, Arena Stage, The Kennedy Center, The National Theatre, Studio Theatre, Source Theatre, Wooly Mammoth, Olney Theatre Center, St. Louis Black Rep, St. Louis Rep., Indiana Rep., Big Arts.\Fla. and Florida Rep.

Film and TV credits include the award winning PBS, Maple Ave. Outreach Film, “PS I Love you”, numerous industrials and commercials for local Fox TV. A three, time Barrymore nominee and a winner for the Freedom Theatre production of The Old Settler, and a Kevin Kline Award winner for St. Louis Black Rep’s production of, A Song for Coretta.  She has also been nominated twice for the Helen Hayes Awards in Washington D.C. and won the Best Performer Award in Toyama, Japan.

"Stella Barnes" is Junior's mother, and while she means well, she is a source of confusion for our main character. The matriarch of the family, she seams to be the last to know about two very important things in the play.

Son Of A Preacher Man follows the relationship between a preacher’s son with a not so conventional lifestyle and a preacher who allows the secular to take over his spirituality.This play will make you laugh out loud, shout, cry and most of all think about the consequences of super-human expectations and ridiculous judgements.


Show dates/times:
Friday November 25, 7:30PM
Saturday November 26, 3PM and 7:30PM
Sunday November 27, 4PM
Friday December 2, 7:30PM
Saturday December 3, 3PM and 7:30pm
Sunday December 4, 4PM

Tickets:
$15 in advance / $20 at the door
Students/Seniors $10

Purchase tickets online: http://brownpapertickets.com/event/208148

Location:
Christ Church Neighborhood House - 20 N. American st. Philadelphia, PA, 19106