A play within a play within a ritual...

BMX-NY Present a reading of a new play, "A Communion with Kings" by BMXNY member, Dyron Holmes.

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For: Friday, October 23rd, 2009 @ 8 P.M.

The Black Men's Xchange, New York  Present a reading of a new play, "A Communion with Kings" by BMXNY member, Dyron Holmes.   A COMMUNION WITH KINGS is a play within a play within a ritual.  The central figure in this piece is HECATOMB, a word that holds the meaning of "a great sacrifice."  HECATOMB is a living soul who is pure and has never been touched intimately by either a man or a woman.  He is an employee at a box office where a performance of a dance concert entitled, "Kings" is being performed.  The Kings in the play are, BLOOD, GOLD and EARTH.  The play asks the question:   In the complex village of  same gender loving brothers, can divine love be found in the dark and light rituals of sex, identity and "dis-ease?"   HECATOMB How do I protect the part of myself that remains innocent while seeking an intimate partnership that will affirm that part of me?   EARTH Am I still worthy of respect, honor and beauty even after I have been tainted by less than holy sexual experiences?   GOLD Why do I need to give a f*ck about the brothers that I have sex with if none of them seem to give a f*ck about me?   BLOOD Can my sexual manipulation of other men be a good thing?   DYRON HOLMES (Playwright) is a writer, actor and spiritualist. His first play, Brothers of Time, was a winner of the National Young Playwrights Festival.  His plays have been presented at Playwrights Horizons, HERE Theater, Lark Theater, Genesius Guild , New York University, Baltimore Theater Project w/ Brave Soul Collective, The New School, Duke Ellington and Off-Stage Bookstore Theater in London . Acting Stage credits include performances at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kennedy Center , Syracuse Stage, Joe's Pub/Public Theater, Crossroads Theater, St. George's Theater in London and the Al-Bustan International Arts Festival in Beirut , Lebanon .  Television/Film credits include: Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Job, NY Undercover, The Hurricane and the upcoming film, Order of Redemption.  He is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts and New York University 's Tisch School of the Arts.  He is the founder of The Peoples Monastery and is presently enrolled in One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and will be an ordained minister in June 2010.