The moving memoir play, Who Killed Bob Marley? is now in full production at the new Gate House performance space in Harlem. The one-man play, conceived and written by Roger Guenveur Smith (writer of A Huey P. Newton Story, and actor from Eve's Bayou and Do The Right Thing, among many other credits), tells a multi-layered story of a young, twenty-something Smith, who plays himself, who meets Bob Marley in both Kingston, Jamaica and London, where Marley imparts a simple, yet profound message of truth.
Speed up to present time: Smith journeys to Jamaica to produce a film about a young poet, but has a close encounter with his own mortality.
The play sound design is courtesy of Marc Anthony Thompson (of Chocolate Genius Inc fame) and the videography is executed by Daughters of the Dust cinematographer, Arthur Jafa.
If you got the loot ($150), you can participate in the opening night festivities with Spike Lee and Ruby Dee. If not, $35 will get you tickets for its 5-day run (24 through 28 October) at the marvelously renovated Gate House at Aaron Davis Hall in Harlem, which used to be a water pumping station.
