The Good Lucks by Maat Atkins at HFF

The Good Lucks

by Maat Atkins

at the Hollywood Fringe Festival (HFF)

It’s awards season and a married couple, The Goodlucks, is on edge when there is buzz from their critically acclaimed stage play they performed and produced.

Produced and directed by Hollywood Fringe Festival veteran Maat Atkins, The Goodlucks is a story about the value of awards in the entertainment industry and how it effects people’s mindset and ego.

Set in Chelsea, NY present day, the cast of characters are the husband, Bert Goodluck, a stalwart theater actor who produced the hit Broadway stage play Ossie and Ruby, on the life of acting husband and wife Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. His wife, Juanita Tyson, who co stars in the play, is a successful film star, who became the star of the play, yet reluctantly wants to continue with a tour of the play.

Conflict ensues when the couple gets anxious of the possibility of becoming the first African American married couple to be nominated for a major theater award.

Rounding out the cast of characters are Bailey Goodluck, the non binary Gen Zer and LGBTian daughter; George Dandridge, the best friend and acting colleague to Bert; and Lynne, the niece and publicist to Juanita.

Cast includes: Tanya Neely, Brandon Davis, Jade Jackson, David Rogers, DeAnna Whitfield, Sheena Mercano, Dia Brown, Aden Ajayi, and Anthony Majors.