Rhonnie Washington plays Curtis Brown in Easy Made Hard. Rhonnie is on the faculty of San Francisco State’s Department of Theatre Arts. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, majoring in Directing, with a minor in Theatre History and Criticism. His most recent SFSU direction project was Tennessee Williams’ A Street Car Named Desire. Recent acting roles include Cal in A.C.T.’s production of The Little Foxes and Carl in Marin Theatre Company’s production of Bus Stop. At Shakespeare Santa Cruz he played Polonius in Hamlet and Aegeon in The Comedy of Errors. Film credits include Michael Shaw Fisher’s Timon of Athens and Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford’s Freedom On My Mind. Washington has received two Goldie Awards from the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Lloyd Roberson II, plays Tyrone in Easy Made Hard. Lloyd has performed in several Regional Theater productions. We first noticed him in his stunning performance of Thami in My Children, My Africa, at Marin Theatre Company. He has appeared in several episodes of Claybah Productions’, Darrell Strawberry, and conquered the role of Othello in San Diego State University Theatre’s production. He is a recent graduate of the American Conservatory Theater M.F.A. Program, class of 2009.
Chipego Miluv Calebra Brown makes her film debut as one of the jump rope girls in Easy Made Hard. Chipego, age 10, loves dancing, soccer, swimming and shopping. She loves animals.
Inglish Amore Hills has been singing, acting, dancing, and modeling for 8 years. She performed in Peter Pan at the Amador Theater and took third place in the Alameda County Fair hip-hop competition. She played Zonia in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at the Berkeley Rep. Inglish has done print and fit modeling for the Gap and Macy’s.
Gianna Kiah Ross, 10 years-old, plays one of the jump rope girls in Easy Made Hard. She appeared as the daughter in a print ad, A Day at the Beach, for Fidelity Investment Banking and was a student in a commercial for Southpeak Games. Gianna sings and plays tennis.
Claudette McClendon makes her film debut as Nana Mary in Easy Made Hard.
Boys At Play:
Clifford Brown
Troy Smite
Noah Ross
Clerk in Convenience Store:
Ronny Ting
On-set Photogorahy by Mark Altenberg
