M.U.D. Life by Willie Round and G. Riley Mills
In a run-down recording studio on the West Side of Chicago, two cousins, Anthony and Devontae, hustle to make money and create music under the tutelage of the strip club-owner known as Littles. When a mysterious stranger appears on the scene with promises of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, loyalties are tested, alliances are formed, and events are set in motion that will forever change the lives of everyone involved.
Saturday, Aug 14 at 6pm
The Playwrights
Willie “Prince Roc” Round is a songwriter, playwright, videographer, mentor and hip-hop artist hailing from the West Side of Chicago who has performed across the country and opened for Grammy Award-winning artist Lil Wayne as well as Grammy-nominees Gucci Mane and Ralph Covert. Round does extensive outreach in the North Lawndale neighborhood in Chicago (also known as “The Holy City”) and has mentored inner city youth as part of the College Mentoring Experience as well as his own youth movement called M.U.D. LIFE (Motivating the Urban to be Determined). He holds a BA in Communications Radio and Television Broadcasting from Central State University. He recently performed in Her Honor: Jane Byrne at Lookingglass Theatre and his play, Lift Every Voice, (co-written with G. Riley Mills) was recently published by Dramatic Publishing.
G. Riley Mills began writing for the professional theatre at age 17 and has twice won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work. His musical, The Hundred Dresses, was produced Off-Broadway at The Atlantic Theatre Company in New York City. His plays have been seen on stages such as Mixed Blood Theatre, Collaboraction, Prop Thtr, Timeline Theatre, The Apollo Theatre, Midnight Circus, Royal George Theatre and Orlando Repertory Theatre, among others. He is also the co-writer of two award-winning children’s books, Sawdust and Spangles and A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas.
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