If you were to put all that fatherhood encompasses in one word, what would that word be?
Love. Responsibility. Tolerance. Provider. Protector. Parent. These were some responses I received after posing this question to a group of friends. Although these were worthy answers, they just didn’t’ speak to me.
Then it came to me!
PRESENT.
The word is PRESENT. PRESENT to read her stories at night. PRESENT to help her with her homework or to color with her. PRESENT to constantly watch episodes of Wow Wow Wubbzy on demand over and over and over again, when you would rather be watching Law & Order. PRESENT financially, PRESENT emotionally, PRESENT in mind and body. Like a high school student raising his hand at the beginning of homeroom I have to be PRESENT. As an entrepreneur and traveling performer, fulfilling the promise of being PRESENT is something I struggle to accomplish every day.
Growing Up Daddy was written to continue the conversation of fatherhood in our communities- in America and to stress its importance.
But I know I cannot do it by myself. I need your help. Please support Growing Up Daddy and spread the word that this play exists. This is a call to action for fathers. This is not just a play for me, this is a movement.
Be PRESENT with me, join the movement.
Urbintel, Inc in association with Real Dads Network
Present:
GROWING UP DADDY
......Written & Performed By
Kraal KAYO Charles
Directed By
Leslie “ButtaFlySoul” Taylor
Harlem School of the Arts
645 Saint Nicholas Avenue at 141st Street, NYC 10030.
All Seats
$25.00
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Saturday, June 11th, 2011 @ 8 PM
Doors Open 1/2 Before Show Time
GROWING UP DADDY
"Growing Up Daddy," the groundbreaking one-man play by spoken-word phenomena, Kraal “Kayo” Charles. In his semi-autobiographical piece, Kayo combines poetry, hip-hop and humor to explore what happens when an upcoming artist and businessman is on the verge of professional breakthrough... and then facing the dilemma of whether or not to embrace fatherhood. He recalls key experiences with the women in his life, the so called friends he looked up to and his strange Caribbean father.
Growing Up Daddy - An honest depiction of what every man endures when their passion is challenged by their sense of responsibility.
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