“Watermelon---Git It While It’s Hot” 

A funny rites-of-passage journey chronicling one woman’s life growing up Black, female and spiritual in Dallas , Texas.

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Cecelia is a Dallas -born actress who has appeared on Broadway in MULE BONE and in numerous off-Broadway and regional theatres like Ensemble Studio Theatre (DEARBORNE HEIGHTS written by Cassandra Medley), Cherry Lane Theatre (ST. LUCY'S EYES), Blue Heron (WE ARE YOUR SISTERS), Cleveland Playhouse (The AMEN CORNER), Theatre Three -Dallas (THE WAKE OF JAMEY FOSTER and FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO CONSIDERED SUICIDE…) and the Edinburgh Theatre Festival (WORKING and THE CLUB).

On TV, she has appeared on SEX IN THE CITY, THE CHRIS ROCK SHOW, THE APOLLO, THE RICKI LAKE SHOW, LAW AND ORDER and numerous feature and independent films as well as numerous national commercials. Remember the IDT Lady… "I'm taking my business to a better company…"

CECE is currently touring her one-woman rites-of-passage "comedy-doc" show, WATERMELON-GIT IT WHILE IT'S HOT!!! which was recently featured at the Black Theatre Network Conference and the National Black Theatre Festival; Juneteenth Legagcy  Theatre at the Actors Theatre of Louisville; the Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas;  The Nuyorican Poets Café in NYC; Passage Theatre in Trenton, NJ; Cape May Stage in Cape May, NJ; and Brookdale Community College in NJ.

Cece is one of the first female Guest Host of Amateur Night at the APOLLO-the original --when its founder Ralph Cooper, Sr. passed.  She is the Founder/Artistic Director of MOSAIC JEWELS -THE GEMS OF COMEDY-taking funny to a whole new dimension (diverse female sketch and stand-up group).

Cecelia is a member of The Women's Project Directors' Forum, the Frank Silvera Writer's Workshop Directors Pool and The Lincoln Center Theatre's Directors' Lab.

Cece is a a Spoken Word Artist with published and produced works "JUST AS I AM" and "BROWN GAL'S RISING". She loves to  "edu-tain" children of all ages as KOO KOO the Klown  and she is 'on the money' as an MC Extraordinaire.

As always, to Mama. . .

CeceAntoinette@aol.com

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