What’s moving about the way Michael has written Keesha is that she becomes an example of what happens when you begin to lose sight of your mission as a result of the power, notoriety and exposure you experience on the way. Latoya Edwards: Keesha is definitely a woman on a mission. Here, Edwards shares more about the new musical.ĮBONY: How do you characterize Keesha: as a woman on a mission? A mischievous schemer? Or is she a combination of both? She plays it all and rarely do you get to see Black fictional characters embody as much as she does in one go." "What drew me to Keesha is that by the end of the show she has played the ingenue, the heroine, the villain and the anti-hero.
But the core of it is centered on one Blackground girl’s dreams and her unwavering determination to achieve them," Edwards tells EBONY. As Danger’s Keesha Gibbs, she’s the Black background actress who is determined to take center stage in Allwhite, the musical’s soap opera-like setting where only Caucasian stars get juicy storylines-like being murdered by an Allwhite killer on the loose.Įdwards is having a blast bringing Jackson's latest leading role to life. "I had never read a story like this before, and there were endless possibilities as to how this story could go.
Jackson's new musical, White Girl in Danger- playing at the Vineyard Theater in New York City-may have Blackground actors regulated to back burner stories, but in real-life, Latoya Edwards is front and center.
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