LIVE PERFORMANCE                   

                                         

 "A ROSE AMONG THORNS"

    A TRIBUTE TO ROSA PARKS  

Created, Written & Performed by  Ella Joyce

Please check "Calendar" or "Tours" page for details & ticket info.

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Encore!!  Encore!!! Plans to bring show back to DETROIT in 2012 are

already underway....

 

click 'TOURS' page or  'CALENDAR' page for regular updates. 

TOURS:  http://www.msthingproductions.com/rose-tours.html

CALENDAR: http://www.msthingproductions.com/rose-calendar.html?selected_month=02&selected_year=2012

See live video clip of  A Rose Among Thorns

Click this link to see 6-minute video clip:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAAAPsXvpkA

STAGE AURORA --Read Review from Jacksonville, FL - July 24th, 2011 :

www.examiner.com/events-in-jacksonville/ella-joyce-smash-hit-jacksonville-review-review

Ella Joyce smash hit in Jacksonville - review

"Shes as lovely in person as she is on the screen. Ms Ella Joyce is

a vibrant actress who embellishes the persona of Mrs. Rosa Parks...." - Examiner.com

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Leshon Jewel Rasheed, Muslim Journal:
I believe this play gives back to the community in so many ways. ...a must see.

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also In the Movies!....

"CALIFORNIA SOLO"  

 

Ella appears as Officer Carol Brody 

 

Ella plays Mrs. Meyers  in "HOPELESSLY IN JUNE"

HOPELESSLY IN JUNE

www.hopelesslyinjune.com

ELLA at "Hopelessly In June" Hollywood premiere. (June 6, 2011) @ Sunset 5.

also-------

Now on DVD - Warner Bros film

PREACHER'S KID

Ella Joyce is "Sister Watkins" 

 PREACHER'S KID Reviews:

 http://www.preacherskidmovie.com/reviews.php

photo Ricky D. Brown

 

Read film Reviews:

http://www.preacherskidmovie.com/reviews.php  

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ALSO:

LOOK FOR ELLA AS REV. SARAH OGALVEE IN

TYLER PERRY'S "THE MARRIAGE COUNSELOR"

see announcement in 'Variety'.  to be released 2012.

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To See   A Rose Among Thorns video clip, click link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAAAPsXvpkA

Keep checking "Calendar" for the next performance in your City.

     (click link below to go directly to "Tours" page):

http://www.msthingproductions.com/rose-tours.html

Read Review of  A ROSE AMONG THORNS - Tribute to Rosa Parks

               

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/aug/06/intimate-rose-like-a-chat-with-parks/   

                                                                  

Intimate: 'Rose' like a chat with Parks              

By Susan Gilmor                                                                        

JOURNAL REPORTER                                                                                                   

Imagine sitting in your living room and having a cup of tea with one of the

most influential figures in American history. 

That's what it's like to watch A Rose Among Thorns: A Tribute to Rosa Parks,

a one-woman show...

(Read entire review at:)                                                                              

http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/aug/06/intimate-rose-like-a-chat-with-parks/

or click-  http://www.msthingproductions.com/rose-press.html

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Review

Mother's Day- Live Performance Sunday, May 10, 2008 presented by

The Houston Ensemble Theatre (click below):

(click onto blue line below to read entire Review) or click here-- http://www.msthingproductions.com/rose-press.html

Rosa Parks Comes Alive in Houston with Ella Joyce's A Rose Among ... By Nicole Zaza Houston's The Ensemble Theatre in celebration of the 9th Annual Heart of the Theater Subscription drive hosted A Rose Among Thorns: A Dramatic Tribute t Rosa Parks, a one-woman show written and starred in by seasoned actress and Ella ... Envy Magazine - http://envymags.com/

PRESS RELEASE

Acclaimed Actress Ella Joyce Performs One-Woman Show to Benefit Ensemble Theatre's Heart of the Theatre Subscription Drive

'A Rose Among Thorns: A Dramatic Tribute to Rosa Parks' Will be Performed Sunday, May 10

Last update: 8:45 a.m. EST Feb. 17, 2009

HOUSTON, Feb 17, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- The Ensemble Theatre, the oldest and largest professional African American theatre in the Southwest, welcomes acclaimed actress Ella Joyce for a special performance on Sunday, May 10, at 5:00 p.m., for the 9th Annual Heart of the Theatre subscription drive celebration at the Wortham Theater.

 

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See  A Rose Among Thorns  --YouTube clip (6 minutes):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAAAPsXvpkA

see highlights  from play ! 

click:  www.ellajoyce.com/rosepresskit 

 Ella Joyce's  acclaimed one-woman play

- a Tribute to ROSA PARKS 

see highlights from live performance, go to:  www.ellajoyce.com/rosepresskit 

TO BOOK A PERFORMANCE CALL:

LANDMARK ARTISTS MANAGEMENT

(818) 848-9800

A ROSE AMONG THORNS  was presented by the              

Rosa Parks Museum with Troy University  

on the beautiful and  prestigious                                                            

Alabama Shakespeare Festival Stage                                       

in honor of Mrs. Parks' 95th birthday on Feb. 4th, 2008.    

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Nominated by NAACP !! (Los Angeles-Hollywood Branch) 

Over 70 Performances delivered since Feb. 4, 2007 !

Traveled to over 26 cities ......and  continues...

"A ROSE AMONG THORNS"

 TRIBUTE TO ROSA PARKS                                   

returned from FLORIDA !                                                   

SPONSORED BY:  JEBA & 

Awarded by: Concerned African Women (C.A.W.)

also:

Ella Joyce received                                                   

The Key To The City Of Ft. Lauderdale                     

 " ...thoroughly fantastic, energetic and powerful. 

It is like sitting and watching Rosa Parks..." 

                --Vice Mayor Carlton B. Moore, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

"Joyce Channels Rosa Parks..."  The Chronicle, Winston-Salem NBTF 

 " 'A Rose Among Thorns'  is a well-crafted play on Rosa Parks".

              --Jack Zink, South Florida Sun-Sentinel (1/23/08)

EDUCATING USING THE ARTS!  Ella Joyce Doesn't play Rosa Parks--she channels her in "A Rose Among Thorns"...  JEBA   "Educating using the Arts" .

"...It becomes hard to remember that it is Joyce, not Parks,

who is holding court, educating and entertaining the audience".

                                                                      --WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL

"Ella Joyce is spellbinding." -Ed Bumgardner, Winston-Salem Journal

"...Joyce transformed herself completely...."  

                                                                               --Mary E. Montoro, Los Angeles Sentinel

"refreshingly intimate. ...Ella Joyce's writing deeply echoed

the love for Rosa Parks..."                                                       

                                                                --Nicole Zaza, Houston Arts

See A Rose Among Thorns video clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAAAPsXvpkA

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a Big THANK YOU ! 

to all  Presenters & Sponsors  of    

"...magnificent job.  I urge every community, religious and

educational organization to bring this play to their community."   

Nominated by NAACP (Hollywood Branch)

&

Awarded by -- 

Concerned African Women (CAW) in Miami, FL

Given Actor of the Year

Award from the 

Houston Ensemble Theatre.

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Ella's enjoys brief  appearances in other plays like

THE POCKETBOOK MONOLOGUES 

and Eve Ensler's  THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES 

Ella: Beauty emanates from deep within, from the soul, she says. There is an outer beauty that we, as females, carry, and of course, it attracts the opposite sex, its significant in that way, but theres a deeper meaning to beauty and thats when it emanates from within. Theres an old saying that the eyes are the window to the soul. And usually when I look at women of color, I look at whats emanating from our soul and thats what carries our beauty as a people. If you look into the eyes of our First Lady right now, she just radiates...just emanates with beauty. Shes loved and you can see that shes loved. She has a beautiful family, life is good and that radiates from her soul, right from her eyes. And so that is usually where beauty comes from for me, and for black women especially.    Ella Joyce Performed in "The Vagina Monologues" on Tom Joyner's Fantastic Voyage Cruise Sunday, May 18th, Ella Joyce performed in the Arcadia Theater on the Royal Carribean International Cruise as part of the official opening night of entertainment on the annual Tom Joyner's Fantastic Voyage Cruise.

In Movies & Film -- 

Ella plays Sister Watkins in Warner Bros. film:

"PREACHER'S KID"  

AND

an hilarious CAMEO as "Earlene" in "OUR FAMILY WEDDING" (Forest Whitaker, Regina King). 

Other films on DVD  --   "Uncle P"

 A SIMPLE PROMISE  now at Netflix.

"Bubba Ho-Tep"  (Ella plays "The Nurse") see video clip at:   http://www.msthingproductions.com/reel.php

"Who Made The Potatoe Salad" (on DVD)

"Dead Of Winter" (aired on Chiller Network, now on DVD)

 
LOOK for new comedy !  -- "HOPELESSLY IN JUNE..."

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See A Rose Among Thorns live video clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAAAPsXvpkA

facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/ella.joyce2

Awarded the prestigious Beinecke Fellowship at Yale School of Drama   REPRESENTATION: LANDMARK ARTISTS MANAGEMENT 818.848.9800   ___________      More Theatrical News:     Ella Joyce winner of the Jefferson Award & The Black Theater Alliance Award for juicy portrayal of ' Lily Ann Green' in Lynn Nottage's "CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY"   at downtown   Chicago's  GOODMAN THEATRE   Ella Joyce   ... winner of Chicago's JEFF AWARD  and The Black Theatre Alliance Award  (BTAA) for the role of --Lily Ann Green  at The Goodman Theatre for  "CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY"    by  Lynn Nottage, Directed by Chuck Smith                         Reviews for "Crumbs From The Table Of Joy":  "...If she can't make you laugh, you aren't breathing.  It's hard to imagine anyone else taking over this role, JOYCE so fully inhabits it." --Rick Reed, Windy City Times, Chicago   "JOYCE sinks her teeth into this juicy role, then tears it wide open". --Time Out Chicago   "JOYCE is a whirlwind -- ferocious,  funny, tender and defiant.  She is an enticing ingredient in a truly satisfying feast." --Barbara Vitello, Daily Herald   "JOYCE also invests her characters with enough humanity to make her scenes of sadness heart-rending." --Jenn W. Goddu, Chicago Free Press   "ELLA JOYCE... is worth the price of admission". --Al Bresloff   "...so rich with humor, insight and subtlety... her performance is like a winning lottery ticket for everyone in the audience." --Venus Zarris, Gay Chicago Magazine   "...mesmerizing... sexy temptress who is so charasmatic that you're riveted to her every move." --Betty Mohr, Theater critic, Daily Southtown Reviews for "Crumbs From the Table of Joy" by Lynne Nottage   www.goodmantheatre.org  and  www.jeffawards.org.    _________________   Read Review for the movie - "A Simple Promise"   -available on DVD:   http://filmcriticsunited.com/asimplepromise.html       See A Rose Among Thorns clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAAAPsXvpkA   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------  PREACHER'S KID Reviews:  http://www.preacherskidmovie.com/reviews.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Ella Joyce - Awarded Yale Beinecke Fellowship  from Yale School of Drama while performing in world premiere of-- "BOSSA NOVA"  by Kirsten Greenidge at YALE REPERTORY THEATRE in New Haven, CT Read REVIEW: http://www.examiner.com/arts-in-hartford/bossa-nova-adds-new-rhythms-to-self-discovery-tale-review   Click this link to see and enjoy The BEST OF ELLA JOYCE ON 'ROC' http://www.msthingproductions.com/roc.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 LIVE INTERVIEW --Pepper Jay on ActorsE Chat Show: http://bit.ly/fqimjd