Lamar Legend: A Joy to Behold

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Lamar & Rhonda talk about empathy, meditation, self-awareness, directing, practicing grace, and so many inspirations from National Geographic to Jurassic Park to Jo March, The Muppets, TV Variety Shows, and lots, lots more - what are you waiting for?! Press play!  Please take a moment to share Past the Blue Mailbox with your friends, and be sure to follow on your favorite streaming service to be notified of new episodes!

Lamar Legend is a non-binary actor/writer/director and began their career at The High School for the Performing Arts (aka The "Fame" School/LAG Arts) in New York City as an actor. They then trained as a dancer at The Alvin Ailey Dance School. And later in Chicago they combined their love of classical works with physical theatre beginning their career as a director. Since then Lamar has worked at The Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Seattle Opera, Seattle Repertory Theater, The Intiman, Teatro Franco Parenti in Milan and many others. As a playwright they’ve written and adapted original and classical works for companies in New York, Chicago, Seattle, and LA, as well as abroad in Italy, Prague, and Mexico. And as a screenwriter Lamar's pilot scripts have won up to fifteen finalist awards in competitive competitions, featured on The Black List's Top Recommended Scripts and ranked in the Top 1% on Coverfly's Red List.  They’ve been honored with The Rising Star Award by The Broadway League in New York and a Seattle Gregory Award.

Upcoming theater projects for Lamar you heard about while listening include Directing both Fellow Passengers for Strawberry Theatre Workshop and It's a Wonderful Life for Theater Anonymous in the fall.  

Lamar is also in the process of editing and self-publishing their YA fantasy novel, THE MIDNIGHT HEIR. Link to the GoFundMe page, which supports literacy and representation for trans youth. 

For more information about the artist and to keep up with their work, link to Lamar Legend's artistic website HERE.