"The Yard" comes to Illinois State University 10-29-11

ATTENTION CENTRAL ILLINOIS COLLEGES!!: Saturday, October 29th, 2011| "The Yard: An A'Capella/Hip-Hop Musical" comes to Illinois State University in Normal, IL to the Bone Student Center's Braden Auditorium for a full production.....oh and FREE ADMISSION(1,400 seats available) #SeeYaThere House opens at 8:30pm, Showtime is at 9:00pm SHARP!

"The Yard" Hosts Auditions at Illinois State University in Normal, IL)

"The Yard" comes to Illinois Central College(East Peoria, IL) - 6/12/10

"The Yard" comes to ICC for the "2010 Hope Renewed Conference"!!!

DATE: Saturday, June 12th, 2010 | Doors open at 7:00pm

LOCATION:
Illinois Central College(ICC)
1 College Drive
East Peoria, IL 61635
-ICC Performing Arts Center-

***ADMISSION=$10.00 for general public***
For more info email us at TheYardScreenplay@gmail.com or Text 404.585.REAL

"The Yard" Returns to Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (SIUC) for Semester Finale! (5-8-10)

"The Yard" returns to the alma mater of it's producer (Brandon A.

Williams) to put on a Spring 2010 Semester Finale! This performance

will take place in Shryock Auditorium which seats just over 1200.

Grab your tickets ASAP! This show will feature an intermission Live

Music performance from the director himself, 2 scholarship giveaways

and a Q & A session immediately following the production. Tickets go

on sale via Ticketmaster.com next Friday(4-23-10)! $10 in Advance,

$15 on the day of.

For more info, send emails to: TheYardScreenplay@Gmail.com

Author/DJ/Poet/Emcee Brandon "Real T@lk" Williams named "Unsigned Hype" in The Source Magazine

Official Preview Trailer: "The Yard" (TC Productions)

"The Yard" official preview trailer

"The Yard" goes to SEMO (Southeast Missouri State University)

The men of the Mighty Xi Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. (sponsored by Student Government) bring "The Yard" to SEMO's campus in Cape Girardeau, MO to top off their Fall 2009 week of events. The show is $FREE ADMISSION and will show on Friday, November 20th, 2009 @ 7pm SHARP in the Academic Hall Auditorium.

*for more info email us at TheYardScreenplay@gmail.com.

Photos From the Debut at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Photography by Adam Milton

1.Intro
2.The Television (Tell-Lie-Vision)
3.Mo’ Better Music (Produced by Matcy P)
4.SoulFresh Anthem (Like Me) Produced by Choice Teflon
5.Basment Boogie/UMC/Hot Music
6.R.A.W./Shimmy Shimmy Ya (feat. Point Of View and Add-2)
7. Nerd (Produced by Authentik Made)
8.Let’s Go!/GreenLight
9.So Different (Produced by Authentik Made)
10.Sleepwalking (feat. Chris Mathien and DJ Honest Abe) Produced by Chris Mathien
11.Outta My Head (feat. George Jackson III) Produced by Authentik Made
12.Hip-HopPopTop40R&BUrbanContemporaryEasyListeningFunkLove (feat. George Jackson III)
Produced by Authentik Made
13.Meechie Hall Speaks
14.Let Em’ Know/You Can Do It Too
15.Wordsworth (feat. Roe) Produced by Authentik Made
16.Addicted (Produced by Authentik Made)
17.DJ D’Loose Speaks
18.A Little Bit (Produced by Authentik Made)
19.Outro
20.Ill Will Speaks
21.Bonus Track…Turn It Up (The Message) Produced by Authentik Made

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"The Yard" at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

The Cast includes:

THE LADIES...
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Simone Biles
Michara Canty
Sade DeRamus
Christine Fowler
Olamide Giwa
Leslie Jordan
Jere' Moore


THE FELLAS...
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Marcus Gibson
Sean Grigsby
Lester A. Hill
Cory Hopson
Daryl Jackson Jr.
Cortez Johnson
Dante Jones
Matthew Simpson
Marcus Sumrall
Theodore Williams

Set Designer: George Vaughn

Photography:
Adam Milton

Art Designer: Carl James

Videographer:
Trenton Carson

Original Score Production:
George "Authentik Made" Jackson III

Lighting and Sound: Robert Holcombe

THE YARD"

With the title stemming from college greek slang referring to the "schoolyard" (i.e. campus), "The Yard" is a screenplay written, produced, and directed by 23 year-old Southern Illinois University-Carbondale alumnus Brandon A. Williams. This particular piece of work is a story portraying college life involving characters from different backgrounds, upbringings, cultures and etc. It tells stories from the different perspectives of the various students, faculty, and members of the university and local community; some of these stories come from Williams's personal experiences with his alma mater. The author labels this screenplay as a "acapella musical". Similar to a musical, the characters' lines transition from dialogue to verbal cadences and rhyme as a form of expression. However, instead of using song, the characters' lines transition from dialogue to "spoken word" or acapella rap. Williams brings one of the major elements of hip-hop to the stage; being an independent hip-hop artists as well as an overall writer of comedy, poetry, songs, and plays, he decided to merge two of the talents together for his newest creation of artistic expression that is "The Yard".

If you would like to Bring The Yard to your school send your info via email to:

TheYardScreenplay@gmail.com - SoulFreshEnt@gmail.com - RealTalkThePoet@gmail.com