Mann Woman Productions

06/14/2024

I made my first Patreon post tonight. Trigger warning: It's in memory/honor of victims in the Pulse Nightclub shooting/murders with this week being an anniversary. I'll post happier ones soon...

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06/14/2024

Congrats and thanks to Atlanta's for the wonderful event last night at . I was honored to represent Nana Dara Is Gay on the panel and grateful for the love shown for our screening in the midst of the other excellent films! Special thanks to friends who came to support: Lisa Nanette Allender, Alpha Tyler, Bj Wieland-Doucet and Keith, Cara Haycak, Yolanda Asher, Royce Mann, , and anyone/everyone I'm neglecting to mention! And to the staff for their efforts creating the event. (We missed you, Ava Davis!)

06/06/2024

Atlanta area Friends! June 13! Reserve your FREE tiks now to see the film I star in that went to Cannes plus 5 other excellent shorts, all to celebrate the FUTURE OF Q***R CINEMA! (And I do love that this story of my character, Nana Dara, which I play in my 60's, is part of the FUTURE!) I'll see you there! https://oof.eventive.org/schedule/66465400642d930026a7b079
HE THEY
MAKING “SHE KILLS MONSTERS”
NANA DARA IS GAY
SWEET STAR GRIEF
MY ABORTION SAVED MY LIFE
COME CORRECT

Celebrate Pride Month with an exciting showcase of local LGBTQ short films and a discussion on the future of q***r cinema! Join us for an evening of fun, laughter, and creativity as we celebrate our community's diversity and resilience. We’ll kick off the evening with a beautiful panel of local fi...

06/05/2024

ATL area friends! Wanna get involved in an important, impactful Indie film by top filmmakers (not me this time: friends/colleagues) by helping out with a truck loan this weekend? "We are looking for 2 old (80s, 90s, early 2000s) pickup trucks, 1 of them preferably a king cab. King for both Sat./Sun., other for just Sat. Nothing fixed up - rust, cops, dents, dull are what we’re after. But do want good brakes: King will have a little driving and the other just pulls into a driveway so very little mileage. Looking for donations but planning to give gas cards." If anyone’s interested/able, message me (Sheri) asap and I 'll put you in touch with producer. It takes a village! Thanks!

06/05/2024

In honor of Pride, allow me to share some interviews of GLBTQIA+ and related guests which I conducted 2 years ago as host of the series. Here are some. Enjoy!... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U9YadRd3zE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQZz2Cu5UK4&t=252s

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06/03/2024

In honor of Pride Month, I want to honor a theater pro, an early GLBTQIA+ legend, with whom I had the honor of working long ago (1982ish?) in Hollywood/West Hollywood. I knew him as Smitty. He was John "Smitty" Smith (RIP) and he had founded and ran Deja Vu Coffeehouse and Fifth Estate. Way back then, having graduated from college at age 19, I thought of myself as an ally as I performed a lead role in a comedic play called "Fag Hags" for enthusiastic GLBT audiences. I succeeded in breaking my own boundaries of on-stage (partial) nudity and same-gender physicality and it was pure joy. Smitty himself was a groundbreaking pioneer. Sadly, I feel his name has been forgotten in some more recent summaries of GLBTQ+ history in Hollywood/L.A. theater. I hope my friends who live there might help spread his name/contributions as they are able. With the film in which I star, "Nana Dara is Gay", after screenings in Cannes and around the US (another coming up in ATL this month!) and awards won, and with my new position on SAG-AFTRA ATL's Diversity Committee and other work I've done in the GLBTQIO+ community in ATL and NYC thru the years and awards of which I'm so proud from ATL Pride Committee ("Community Builder") and GAPHR ("Outstanding Contribution Award"), I like to think Smitty is somewhere feeling proud that he recognized something in me before I even did. Thank you for your service, Smitty. You are lovingly remembered and valued. Happy Pride!

John Frazier Smith, a son of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward who became a fixture of the Los Angeles theater scene before moving back home in time to lose everything

05/23/2024

Thrilled to capture a photo I really like (from the parking lot) on Closing Night of , , featuring Tenaya Cleveland and Jason Jamal Ligon (following in the footsteps -- on sand -- of son Royce Mann with his superb beach photos yesterday)!

05/22/2024

'Celebrating my birthday at the beach with loved ones (some of whom are still en route)! 18 year old Onyx and 63 year old I agree that living our best lives is on our agenda for the day. Please consider donating to your favorite animal shelter or rescue org (such as one of my faves, Canine CellMates in honor of animals and their humans growing old gracefully together!

05/15/2024

Any writer friends out there who want to cross paths with me next Nov.? A couple of spaces left in these top workshops with top faculty in an amazing location! https://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/the-wayward-wormhole-new-mexico-2024/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR35vcULYC5jcESuFoqyKHpX15tSse4VXiaUpH7c7dsllXLHAL9oXH009so_aem_AdcxFrGyqQ1E37CnrioyzquOijFpGcyLVND3-lcws9dG0c22N3wbXpc4vnYuJY6L-kCQqVHuezpg--FiTC3-qFdD

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05/10/2024

'Loving the new release by one of my fave musicians, Malinda , whom I've had the honor to know her whole life thanks to knowing her talented parents, MaryHall and Kevin

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05/06/2024

'Capped off an outstanding aka aka seeing (recommended!), thanks to Lou Simon. It was made even better running into Patricia Hammett Taylor, Richard Taylor Deirdre Walsh, and Amy Linton with Ruth Bull Baker & Naz...Thanks for the week reach back out to Linda Burns - Producer - Plexus Pictures & Tenaya Cleveland. Congrats, Christopher Escobar! Thanks to all the fest & staff too!

05/04/2024

Yet another shout-out for with special thanks to Linda Burns - Producer - Plexus Pictures for her generosity... Kudos to the curator of today's block of shorts "Let's Try This" at The Plaza! Seriously one of the strongest blocks of shorts I've screened anywhere in all the years I've been screening (and making) them! The cherry on top was having 2 stunning young actors approach me in the lobby (recognizing me after who knows how many years)...They are brother and sister who remember studying with me at The Alliance Theatre long ago and "we learned SO much from you!" -- I had completely lost track of them and they both have successful pro careers, Joseph Wood lll https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm5643513/overview and Madeleine Wood, https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm9564128/, with Madeleine https://www.facebook.com/madeleine.wood.3 being one of the stars of the film that brought me and Tendal Mann out today when we saw that his co-star, from Terri J. Vaughn's film, was Executive Producer of it. While DC wasn't in attendance, it was fantastic to see Madeleine's outstanding work and to reunite with both her and her bro. What a powerful, important film, "Don't Wipe Your Tears" in a similar way to the film of which I'm Assoc. Producer, Chris Anthony Hamilton's "Missing While Black", now in post-prod, and similarities with the feature film I'm writing, with the support of mentor Jane Shepard via Ela Thier's https://theindependentfilmschool.com. What an amazing time to be part of the indie film community -- in my hometown of ! Thank you, Christopher Escobar!

05/04/2024

is knocking it out of the park! Today, a genuine chickflick, imho (BABES). Fun to share with these lovely ladies! Kit Vinsick Julie Kendall Lou Simon (and Vivi Sawyer who was attending the short films program but graciously added more beauty to our group photo)...

05/03/2024

Another great event at : Honoring & screening ! Wow! Shout out and thanks to colleagues Gina Barboza for the heads up & Howard Russell Osofsky for including me & to my seatmate, Atlanta's own Cleta Winslow & as always to Christopher Escobar for saving The Tara & heading up the fest!

05/02/2024

Another great time at ATLFF screening friend Jenna Kanell's fantastic horror film, Faceless After Dark! I've never been a horror film fan til the last couple of years when I learned why my women filmmaker friends are making them. Now, I'm seeing more in prep for acting in a horror film shooting this summer, Dayna Noffke's Eidolon!

04/29/2024

I'm fond of the full length photo that Photography took of me on the red carpet! (there's also another one, but my hair needs some work, lol)...and Smart Glass Recycled Jewelry, Kathleen Plate -- I'm still loving wearing your work as I have for years -- this time, the seaglass ring and coca-cola bottle necklace (seemed appropros for the ATLANTA film fest), though wearing them at Cannes and Out On Film and various other fests last year for Nana Dara Is Gay, a few of the circles have gone their own way...just like me -- a little off-center!

04/29/2024

Writer friends! Check this out! "...deadline for the novel workshop is end of day tomorrow (short story one is May 30) ...several partial scholarships still available." Fabulous faculty -- hosted and joined by one near and dear to my heart, the talented, award-winning writer Cat Rambo, https://www.kittywumpus.net/blog/the-wayward-wormhole-new-mexico-2024/ We'll have something else to look forward to besides the Nov. election! (If you go, I'll see you there!)

04/27/2024

Atlantans! Georgians! Film Lovers! We can all use some breaks from the daily news grind and emotional events of the days. Luckily, we have our very own Oscars-qualifying film festival which opened this week. Maybe I'll see you at the Plaza or the Tara theaters! In the meantime, here are a few shots from Opening Night of , thanks to the generosity of friend Tenaya Cleveland...And the fantastic Opening Night film, The Idea of You, followed by a Q/A with the Director!

04/14/2024

Dreamy weekend in NYC spending time with family and old friends, meeting new ones, & relishing seeing friends turn in spectacular starring roles in 2 Broadway and 1 Off-Broadway show. Memories for a lifetime...

04/01/2024

Many thanks to Wendy Braun and "Team Wendy" https://actorinspiration.com/ for walking the walk. She's the real deal. I feel I can attribute some of the good things that have come my way over the past couple of years to her/them as well as things I'm now working on with more confidence and focus that will hopefully come to fruition in upcoming chapters. Check it out if you haven't already. Thanks, y'all! Wendy Braun I'll be back when I can! Peace.

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02/27/2024

Shout out (again) to Lisa Brathwaite, Playwright! If you turn on tonight (now til 9pm), Lisa is upcoming for the interview about her new book getting so much attention nationally, "Miles of Style: Eunice W. Johnson and the Ebony Fashion Fair". My own connection with Lisa was having the honor of directing her play some years ago, "Saved in Seventeen Syllables", with the all-star cast of Gordon T Danniels Joan Q. Scott and with Onion Man Productions. Go, Lisa!

02/12/2024

What a treat & an honor to share Super Bowl 2024 with 2 of my home state’s best State Legislators…Thank you, Rep. Ruwa Romman & Rep. Long X Tran!

12/19/2023

I decorated a few spots in the house with all the combined decorations from my mom & my various houses & memories, & now it feels like I'm home for the holidays...May it feel that way for my "boys" too...Next up: cooking some fave holiday dishes to have at home & share with family & friends...Even in these turbulent, complicated, & tragic times, may we each find spots of joy where & when we can as we work for change & peace.

12/17/2023

'So proud that 2 folks I/we can actually call friends, Rev. Duncan Teague and Shuler Hensley, have been chosen by the AJC as everyday heroes 2023, and that I've met several others who are amongst the group. Duncan has been a friend and family friend for a couple decades. He graciously visited my mom in hospice and fulfilled her long-time wish that he sing Old Rugged Cross for her Celebration of Life at the Carter Center. Since he was already booked at another event that day, he generously videotaped himself singing (with accompaniment) and we played it for the gathered friends/family that day. He graciously appeared as a guest/interviewee on my Youtube pandemic "series", A Mom for All, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=MEyunN4P7Ts . There are more chapters during which I felt his support, but I'll leave it here for now. Thank you, Duncan, for always being there, and thanks to the AJC for recognizing your lifetime of heroism. As for Shuler -- he was such a great support for son Royce when Royce played him as a boy in the Alliance Theater World Premiere of Stephen King's/John Mellencamp's Ghost Brothers of Darkland County and we enjoyed wonderful times at cast/crew events at his beautiful home with his beautiful family. Congrats to all the honorees!

Welcome to Episode 2 of "A Mom For All", a series for GLBTQIAP Youth and the Adults who wish to support them. Host is Sheri Mann Stewart, M.A. This episode t...

12/06/2023

RIP, : A kind, brilliant, generous man, from what we experienced. He was invited to come to for a few days to observe rehearsals for the world premiere of Stephen King's / 's musical " at , in which son Royce Mann for Atlanta Board of Education played a role (the younger version of Shuler Hensley's character). He was kind to Royce & it was a thrill for me to talk politics with him -- definitely a soulmate! With the great election result last night for the race in which we were very involved ( for ), I like to imagine it may be one of Norman's last nods before transitioning...Thanks to him for all his creative and political influence,

12/05/2023

Today's the last day to vote (or No if you chose, but I voted YES)! Let's get back to work! https://www.instagram.com/stories/sagaftra/3250586371469702792/

11/20/2023

Please enjoy the Rosalynn Carter video I posted earlier today...