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E.P.
MCKNIGHT IS A GRADUATE OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY LINCOLN CENTER,
NY,NY WHERE
SHE RECEIVED HER MASTER'S DEGREE
IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.SHE
IS A POET, ACTRESS, WRITER, PRODUCER, HOST, TEACHER, DIRECTOR,
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, TOASTMASTER'S MEMBER, A MEMBER OF SCREEN
ACTORS GUILD, ACTOR'S
EQUITY, AND AMERICAN FEDERATION TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS. THEATRE CREDITS:
SHE CURRENTLY TRAVELS THE
STATES TOURING WITH HER ONE WOMAN SHOW, “I QUESTION AMERICA-LEGACY OF
FANNIE LOU HAMER”(wwwiquestionamerica-fannielouhamer.com.). SHE
WROTE, DIRECTED, PRODUCED AND STARRED IN MYDADDY'S PLACE, A DRAMEDY
ABOUT FAMILY LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY. SHE HAS RECEIVED A LIFE
TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM VERIZON FOR HER WORK IN THE
COMMUNITY. HER CREDITS ARE EXTENSIVE IN THEATRE, FILM, DAYTIME
AND NIGHTIME TELEVISIN AND COMMERCIALS.
SHE ALSO HAS WRITTEN TWO SHORT FILMS THAT ARE IN PRE-PRODUCTION. SLATED
FOR PRODUCTION THE MIDDLE OF 2010 AND EACH WILL BE ENTER AND TRAVELED
THE FILM FESTIVAL CIRCUITS FOR DISTRIBUTION..
WRITEN BY EPMCKNIGHT WAS MYDADDY'S PLACE A DRAMEDY ABOUT FAMILY
LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY DEBUTED IN LOS ANGELES AT THE SPACE THEATRE FROM
JANUARY 22 THRU JANUARY 31 AND PLAYED TO SOLD OUT HOUSES. SOON TO
EMBARK ON A SCHOOL TOUR.
RECENTLY CAST IN A 168 FILM PROJECT CURRENTLY SLATED FOR FILM ING
FEBRUARY 2010 IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA TO BE INCLUSIVE OF THE 168 FILM
FESTIVAL IN MARCH 2010.
AS AN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SUBSTITUE TEACHER, SHE DISCOVERED
THAT THE STUDENTS ARE NOT INSPIRED OR MOTIVATED TO LEARN AND TO PURSUE
THEIR DREAMS. SHE DECIDED TO USE HER TOASTMASTERS AND
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING SKILLS TO TRAVEL THE COUNTRY SPEAKING TO STUDENTS
TO PROVIDE THEM WITH TOOLS TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS AND BUILD SELF
ESTEEM..
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