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The Paintings of Lov-ve Written by Ma’at Atkins
June 7 • 8:30 pm - June 15 • 1:30 pm
$20
The Hollywood Fringe Festival presents the world premiere of
The Paintings of Lov-ve
Written by Ma’at Atkins and Andrea Carlton
Directed by Ma’at Atkins
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The Paintings of Lov-ve (formerly “3 Way Lovve”) is a modernized Shakespearean tragedy with its lead character, William “Willie” Kenwood aka Lovvespear, aka Keepon a talented street painter who is discovered by a narcissistic art tycoon, Guy Kenwood. Kenwood adopts him as a teen and molds him into a famous graphic artist, as well as his secret paramour.
Throughout his artistic journey, Willie develops a relationship with his female muse, Robyn Masters, who helps him early on in his career by giving him solace to paint at her Mafia family-ran coffeeshop that she manages. Willie also meets and marries his college professor, Shareen McKinney, whose age differences (she’s 10 years his junior) and challenges of childbearing become the thrust of their relationship woes.
Told through a flash-forward perspective, with flashbacks to the present, Paintings of Lov-ve is loosely based on the life of the late, renowned painter, Jean Basquiat and his relationships with a then-unknown singer, Madonna, and his mentorship with pop art icon, Andy Warhol.
The Paintings of Lov-ve has been a labor of love for its writer and director, Ma’at Atkins, ever since he and a colleague at a St. Louis newspaper in 2003 decided to write a stage play on a whim. At the time, the script had a different name (“Three Ways to Lovve”) and only went as far as a few rehearsals with a cast.
Fast forward to 2020 and the play was done virtually live on Zoom titled, “3 Way Lovve” and former Los Angeles Talent Agent Andrea Jacobs helped to revise the script and added lines to the play. It was part of the 2020 Hollywood Fringe Festival’s Fringe at Home Series and it was nominated for the 2021 Young-Howze Long Zoom Play Award. It also was virtually staged at the Minnesota and Orlando Fringe Festivals. This year will be the first run of the play being staged in-person. Learn More at shopmystuff.store.
Ages 18+.
Running Time: 1 hr.