MAATOLOGY PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS THE DEFINITION ASSOCIATION SECOND RUN NOV 10-12, 2023

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WHITNEY WILLIAMS/COURTNEY ANDRUS 

as CLARA FITZGERALD

MCDANIEL AUSTIN/PIERRE LOUIS  

as STEWART FITZGERALD, JR.

KEON R. MITCHELL/JATAUN GILBERT 

as LINDELL LAVINGWAY aka  D-LAV

CHARITEE HIGGINS/HILARY MAYS 

as DENISE LAVINGWAY 

 aka COFFI BROWN

O.LEVON JACKSON.WILLIAM PENNIX, JR 

as MISTER STANLEY

HENRY L. HILL 

as THE ASSISTANT

SNAPPERS ALLIANCE/ STAFF

MARCUS MA'AT ATKINS...FOUNDER/DIRECTOR/WRITER/

PRODUCER

JARON HICKS...FOUNDER/SENIOR MEMBER

ANDREA JACOBS...FOUNDER/SENIOR MEMBER

LEANNE JOSHUA..ACCOUNTANT/ASSISTANT

NICOLE PLESHETTE...ASSOCIATE MEMBER

DAVID ALEXANDER...STAGE MANAGER

OTTEA O'CONNOR...PRODUCTION ASSISTANT/SET DESIGNER

BRYAN L . TUCKER...ASSOCIATE MEMBER

WESLEY L. HUBBARD...ASSOCIATE MEMBER

HENRY  L. HILL...PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

JOSHUA MAGEE...VIDEOGRAPHER

MAATOLOGY PRODUCTIONS IS AN EMMY-AWARD NOMINATED COMPANY WHICH WAS FOUNDED BY MARCUS MAAT ATKINS IN 1999 IN ST LOUIS, MO. THE COMPANY HAS CREATED PROJECTS INCLUDING THEATER,  FASHION EVENTS AND PHOTO CALENDARS

SOME HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS 

MISTA COUTURE STYLE CONTEST (1997-2018)

OBSDN MEN OF COLOR CALENDAR (2014-2019)

SNAP HONEY STAGE PLAY (HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL 2018)

SNAP HONEY STAGE PLAY (GOOD ACTING STUDIO, MARIETTA, GA. 2019)

3 WAY LOVE  STAGE PLAY (HOLLYWOOD FRINGE AT HOME/VIRTUAL PRODUCTION 2020)

THE DEFINITION ASSOCIATION STAGE PLAY (ORLANDO FRINGE FESTIVAL, MINNESOTA FRINGE FESTIVAL, HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL, 2021)

PICK OF THE FRINGE AWARD FOR THE DEFINITION ASSOCIATION, 

CINCINNATI FRINGE FESTIVAL (2022)

THE DEFINITION ASSOCIATION AT BROADWATER IN LOS ANGELES (2022)

THE DEFINITION ASSOCIATION AT PUSHPUSH ARTS (AUGUST, 2023)

YOU CAN WATCH THIS CAPTIVATING STORY ABOUT A PAINTER AND HIS LOVE OF ART AND RELATIONSHIPS. 

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ARTEGO

ENCORE STUDIOS

OTTEA O'CONNOR

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THE MOMENT MATTERS PHOTOGRAPHY

YOLANDA MCKENZIE 

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THIS PRODUCTION IS IN LOVING MEMORY OF FAYE W. ATKINS

(1948-2023)

2023 ST LOUIS URBAN LEAGUE GUILD SALUTE TO WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP GALA @ MARIOTT GRAND IN DOWNTOWN ST LOUIS SEPT 30

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Yours Truly in dapper mode at the event.

My panoramic view of the event.

The honoree awards

The Masters of Ceremonies was Urban League St Louis President and CEO,  Mike McMillian 

One of the Lifetime Achievement Honorees was Grammy Award winning legendary singer Stephanie Mills. She also sang two of her classic songs, "Never Knew Lobve Like This Before" and "Home" from the Wiz. 

Mills giving her speech to the crowd while her son, whom she also thanked, looks on.

A brief vid clip of Mills leaving the stage after performing. 

Another Lifetime honoree was National Urban League First Lady and CBS National Correspondent Michelle Miller who gave a bubbly speech of thanks and appreciation.

Another Lifetime Achievement Honorees was actress Victoriua Rowell who gave a very powerful speech of equality and inclusion of black representation behind the scenes of entertainment. 

Rowell looking on during her award presentation along with Urban League staffers and legendary Civil Rights Movement icon Xernona Clayton (in shimmering silver jacket).The staffers on stage were Keith H. Williamson, Juanita Logan and Michael Moehn

Actress Kym Whitley taking a photo of her receiving her Lifetime Achievement Award with Urban League staffers.

Whitley was deeply humbled during her speech and bringing her funny to the ocassion.

BELOW ARE THE OTHER HONOREES

President and CEO of Nine PBS, Amy Shaw.

Senior Vice President of Technology Hub Mastercard, Wendy Richardson. 

Urban League CEO of the Year  Nancy Flake Johnson, who is currently President  and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta

President and CEO of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Marie Helene Bernard

Urban League Woman of The Year, Barbara B Bowman who is currently the Vice President, Controller and Director of Facilities at the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis.

President, CEO and Director of Focus St Louis, Yemi Susan Akande-Bartsch 

CEO and Chairman at First Bank, Shelley Seifert

Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Calares, Amy Hunter 

Public Relations Director of Sista Keeper and co-host of On Your Own Show, Yolanda Lankford

Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at  Alberici, Patricia R. Coleman

Guild Member of the Year, Nakischa Joseph, who is the Founder/CEO of God's Anointed Beauties

President and CEO of DOORWAYS, Opal M. Jones

President and CEO of RX Outreach, Julie Erickson

A special honor was given to the only living survivor from the Birmingham Bombing of 1963, Sarah Collins Rudolph. 

BELOW ARE ATMOSPHERE  PICS OF THE EVENT

BELOW ARE PICS FROM THE RECEPTION BEFORE THE CEREMONY

NOTE: This event was held in the Majestic Ballroom at the Mariott Grand in downtown St Louis and it was definitely one for the records for St  Louis!  Reportedly, around one-thousand people attedned this formal gala from socialites to dignitaries and celebrities.  Speaking of celebrities, other notable people who attended were former awardees Good Times star Bern Nadette Stanis, Welcome To Sweetie Pies reality star/restaratuer Robbie Montgomery  and KBLA Radio personality Areva Martin.  It was also like a family reunion of sorts hobnobbing with people before the ceremonies and mingling about. Some other notable St Louisans spotted were former KMOX radio personality Carol Daniel, 100 Black Men President Jacque Land and his wife Leata, fashionista Raqelle Wallace, Better Family Life's James Clark and event promoter and entreprenuer Larry Blue, Jr.  

The highlights included honoree Kym Whitley's shock of the elaborate gifts she receievd along  with her award including a china set and an accustomed made gown from the late Queen Elizabeth's collection, Victoria Rowell's riveting  speech about diversity in entertainment and rounding out the event with Stephanie Mills performing two "impromptu"  songs from her classic hit catalog "Never Knew Love" and "Home" (Soon after the event was over, Yours Truly saw Mills and her entourage of close to twenty people whisk her away to either her hotel room where the event was held or her ride to the airport. Some eager fans who saw her shouted out that she did an excellent job performing and she slightly averted her head toward  the fans and told them of her gratitude as her handlers continued to take her away.)

St Louis Mayor Tishuara Jones gave the greetings to the crowd  and actor Richard Gant, who is an Urban league veteran,  was the announcer of the awardees. A total of eighteen women were recognized this year (One of the honorees,  Honorary U.S. House of Representative Cori  Bush,  was not in attendance). 

 AS AN ADDED BONUS, OUTSTAGN WOULDNT BE ON BRAND IF FASHIONS WERE NOT MENTIONED. BELOW ARE SOME OF OUR PICS OF BEST DRESSED FROM THE EVENT

BEST DRESSED LADIES

                                                

BELOW ARE THE BEST  DRESSED COUPLES  

BELOW ARE THE  BEST DRESSED MEN

-30- AND FIN.