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Cecelia Antoinette (Watermelon - Git it While it's Hot!!! - The AWE Series) CECE is a Dallas “boomed”, NYC  groomed, LA blooming actress who was a 2009 NAACP Best Supporting Actress Nominee.  She has appeared on Broadway in MULE BONE and in numerous off-Broadway , International and Regional theatres.  TV and Film appearances include MAD MEN, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, BROTHERS & SISTERS, YES MAN and  CHICAGO PULASKI JONES.

She is an MC Extraordinaire and was one of the first female Guest Hosts of Amateur Night at the APOLLO.   B.A. from the University of OK.  Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

WATERMELON-GIT IT WHILE IT’S HOT !!!
The historical rites-of-passage one-woman comedy about  growing from Negro girlhood into empowered womanhood in Hamilton Park – the first neighborhood built “from the ground up for colored families” in Dallas, TX.

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The AWE Series
Vignettes of Women who have shaped our culture, behavior, life styles and belief systems

Coretta Scott King

Queen Latifah

Minnie Mandela

Nerertiti

Sojouorner Truth

Cathay Williams

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WATERMELON-Git It While It’s HOT !!!

The historical and hystericalrites-of-passage comedy about  growing from Negro girlhood into empowered womanhood                

The stories… the characters… the HER-story by  CECE  Antoinette.  Cece’s one-woman  tour- de- force… In this big ol’ indoor picnic, she delves into her semi-southern roots growing up Negro, female, twin (brother) in Hamilton Park-- the first community “built from the ground up for colored families” in Dallas, TX.  WATERMELON reaches back into the Goddess “myths” and unveils the mystical power of femininity creating a fertile playground for a young wanna-be Goddess who can barely spell, much less explain her own private parts.  Cecelia parallels the girl-experience with fruit and the boy experience with meat.  She uses real fruit, real meat, real sweets and a call-and-response that allows and encourages audience participation. WATERMELON—Git it while it’s Hot! is told through a series of spell-binding personal stories, embellished with some history of mysticism, all infused in some amusingly comedic characters; add a host of pop-up people and mystery guest spirits who spontaneously  claim  their place in the show.

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