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Suzette Azariah Gunn
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ACTINGGunn's performance illuminates Kennedys vision so well and shows the vibrant contradictions *Variety* Suzette Azariah Gunn gives a new lease on the title role Gunn delivers a deeply heart felt performance *New York Post* Suzette Azariah Gunn delivers monologues by turns coolly articulate and wildly out of control as the self loathing character in despair Critics Pick. *Daily News* Suzette Gunn has a fierce emotional vitality as Juliet *Newsday* Suzette Azariah Gunn is an exceptional Sarah because she believably and admirably maintains what must be an exhausting level of anxiety throughout the play. *Off Off Online* Suzette Gunn is a fiery and sympathetic Juliet *American Theater* "Suzette Azariah Gunn's Sarah in "Funnyhouse of A Negro" is one of the best female performances of the year on or off Broadway" *New York Sun Tony Review Board* "Gunn's fragility is often heartrending" *Amsterdam News*
ACTING
Gunn's performance illuminates Kennedys vision so well
and shows the vibrant contradictions
*Variety*
Suzette Azariah Gunn gives a new lease on the title role
Gunn delivers a deeply heart felt performance
*New York Post*
Suzette Azariah Gunn delivers monologues by turns coolly articulate and wildly out of control as the self loathing character in despair
Critics Pick.
*Daily News*
Suzette Gunn has a fierce emotional vitality as Juliet
*Newsday*
Suzette Azariah Gunn is an exceptional Sarah because she believably and admirably maintains what must be an exhausting level of anxiety throughout the play.
*Off Off Online*
Suzette Gunn is a fiery and sympathetic Juliet
*American Theater*
"Suzette Azariah Gunn's Sarah in "Funnyhouse of A Negro" is one of the best female performances of the year on or off Broadway"
*New York Sun Tony Review Board*
"Gunn's fragility is often heartrending"
*Amsterdam News*
LITERARY
"Suzette Azariah Gunn has a powerful and devestating new work "The Phoenix Does Rise"
"Plays ending is simply amazing!"
"Brilliance and depth"
"A work every young woman should see"
"Breathtaking and riveting.. The Phoenix Does Rise"
*Off Broadway Online*
"Azariah's poetry is a break from the mundane. Beautful, raw and honest*
*Out of Chicago*
BACK TO POSITIONS
An Erotic Tryst Incomplete
Alter ego speaks she seeks
Turned on
Turned out
Turned over
Legs up over strong shoulders.
Taste me deep..
French kiss my soul.
I want your tongue to treasure me.
A moment a beat to open up the peaks
Taken.
In the shadows watch my eyes beg
dominate.
Penetration
The man opens Pandora's box.
Wet bubbling over from a thought
Sends my fingers racing to play the game of tease and release.
Yes I like it when you watch..
I spread my lips wide top and bottom to receive
I want you to want me, get inside me
ecstasy
fill me
lets move slow
neck pulled back....
az©2010
The Free Flow / I AM
Bout to hip you to my flow
If you didnt recognize..
step back one
and take notes.
I want and I aint ashamed to say .. lets play the word game.
No more hiding, playing double dribble shift a shape to make your comfort place.
I am me , wanting to break free, no more role playing less its between the sheets.
Imma come hard from the seventh star this is a complex paradigm and I make no apologies.
Wanna be the whole of me that is lady and freak and every in between.
Drink a cup of this brilliant ecstasy.
Take me skillfully, then feed the me that speaks intellectually.
In the streets, dime piece lady playing position like Dru Brees, MVP on your winning team.
Imma always gleam cause I was born with a natural light. I was brought here to help others catch flight.
Ignore the glare, cant handle my stare and maybe my tears to strong but the realist real is here to stay.
Cant hold to the challenge then keep walking away.
My flavor is for the warrior, an acquired taste.
Cause imma call the spade a spade, all about making the prevailing hand
Post up to the challenge and youve found your biggest fan.
Caught myself standing in the shade trying to preserve a trick
My insides boiling but not saying cause I dont wanna mess up Shiiiiii
It aint even an option to dumb down in order to broaden your position
Empowering, enlightenment is the only stance in my mission.
SWITCH
Purity of the most high,
Surrender to the moon of true love.
Gentle kisses across the nights sky.
Palm to palm on knees that pray to the beloved God.
Serenity in quiet stolen moments of our eyes kissing with the world watching.
Breaking the hearts of naysayers, proving the power of two truths
Creating a magical equation.
They envy but celebrate us in secret.
No longer 25 but still in my prime.
keeping the temple maintained and tight.
lover a romance and good dinner by candlelight.
flowers I enjoy, Heineken and a good Laker game
A hot bath and massage, good laughter after a long day.
AND SWITCH
Lover of the midnight hour.
Arrival, stilettos and fishnet panty hose.
Smokey eyes invite as you ask me inside.
Walls, heat, sweat no regrets daring to get completely wet.
Yes, talk is raw but lips taste sweet.
The kiss is a mix of fire, frustration and connection.
Our bodies rise and heave while hearts beat.
Let him watch and wish he was.
Let her look and wish she could.
Both wishing they had it this good.
The mix.hard, soft, warm, electric, stern, gentle, leader, submissive, traditional,
Sexy, fire, water, red, blue, yellow, candles, grit, tough, cold
And constantly evolving,
And constantly growing
Mysterious, mystery of treasuries.
Bland never, an assortment, many.
I AM
Children
I am utterly amazed and inspired by children. Somehow God has always used them in my life in the most significant of ways. Today at church I watched three girls, (sisters) the eldest 12, 10 and 9 take communion as well as made a choice to accept Christ into their hearts. It was incredible because they were not probed or pushed. It was a choice all on their own. I have seen them there for years but this was the first time they came up. I studied them and some of the other children and saw such innocence and realized the huge responsibility we have as adults and how much improvement we need on owning that responsibility. Children are honest they speak the truth: one little girl whom I adore recently put a man I was in love with on blast. She asked me if I was his girlfriend still and when I said no, I used to be she said Oh you look like his girlfriend with the ponytail I was stunned and hurt all at once but dare not show this baby. then she hugged me and said I like you though, are you gonna cry I said no my love she said you look sad now..you miss uncle ? I simply said yes my love God used the innocence of a wide eyed child who had no idea what she was saying to reveal truth to me. I never spoke of it due to humiliation. Well, cept here because this is my safe haven.
Recently I had the privilege to do a workshop with kids at a high school and words could not express how moved I was. I could see with many of these students they hadnt been completely jaded, there was still a bit of child still in them (though they looked grown) it was wonderful to feel that not only was I having an opportunity to teach them about the craft I hold so dear but also that within that there was opportunity to empower and enrich them as young men and women. Its amazing how much they are searching and yearning for guidance and what a huge difference that can bring to their young lives. I ride the subway sometimes and Im hurt by what I hear at times, the vulgarity, the innocence stripped from them too early, hardened hearts, and worn spirits. Children are gifts from God they become our future. They are to be cherished and uplifted, empowered and given an opportunity to be young..comics, video games, books, giggling, enjoying simplicity.
I am so looking forward to my next time with the kids at this school so that I may help to preserve and cultivate one of Gods greatest.
If children are lost..it is our fault.
Posted by The Woman at 10:43 PM
I LOVED A MAN
You ever have one of those moments when everything just stops and you can hear your breath heavy and the sound of your own heart beating in slow motion. That was my experience last night.
I fell in love with a man 2years ago and re-fell in love with the same man 5 months ago. It was the kind of love that made me feel everything on a heightened level. Passion was higher, laughter was louder, arguments were stronger, tears harder. I called him my mr. big and I was carrie It was the unexpected and unexplainable kind of love that left me deliriously happy, at one time. Though we were officially no longer a couple love never died and I continued to love him because my heart knew nothing else to do with what it held. The hurt I felt when things ended was like someone took away a piece of me and said I could never have it back. He blamed me but I dont ever sat and thought what I was feeling. In his eyes I was always wrong. It was assuredly me. But even still I would not leave him hanging. So any call, or text, or favor, or need I did because love still had me. I wanted to believe in my heart that he knew, saw and loved me back but as days progressed I felt alone and a complete imbalance. I would pray for guidance and my spirit always compelled me to stay in his corner. So I did, despite the many nights of crying myself to sleep or talking to other men to forget him. Something in me was steady dying. He was someone, originally that I brought my guards down for but quietly I felt the walls coming up because the imbalance felt like something abusive. But empathy and compassion ruled me and I kept giving. He had only known my love and so anything less than what he was use to he called cold or me being distant. But the problem was he made that comparison because it was different from what he known. He knew my love. There was a difference. He didnt want me to stop being me but how could I continue being the same when he moved through his life like I was only an afterthought or the business partner. I began to even feel like he wasnt my friend. He didnt call me to just hang go to the movies, anything. But he called others. He was gentle with others but aggressive and rough with me and so I didnt crack but toughened up. Inside I was hurting and my mouth could never utter the words. I have always believed in him even when he didnt believe so much in himself and I wanted and encouraged his success, did whatever I could so he could know he was a star and could conquer. Eventually I created a vehicle for him. After its completion it had sat dormant but I did go back to eventually, more for my own catharsis because I was sad and didnt understand why it felt like one who mattered so much to me had taken me for granted and I mattered so little to him. Finally the vehicle was done and even though at this point I was out of his life, he resurfaced and magic happen. This is the time I re-fell in love because I saw his evolution as an artist and man and was completely overjoyed. But the joy was short lived because as close as we had gotten eventually he pulled away. I tried to maintain only to find out I could be dying. My blood levels were very low and I wasnt tired but lethargic with debilitating migraines. I tried to ignore the physical and emotional pain but It caught up on me. I lashed out at him because in my heart I wanted him to comfort me, hold my hand but even after he found out. We pretended I never said anything. I still need more test. In the meantime while all the amidst we partnered up on a project he thought of that in its infant stages felt amazing to be doing. Our communication had been slightly off but in my heart I wanted to believe I mattered more than just a respected colleague. Then last night it happened. The hurt I was not prepared for. One of his most important nights..as someone who has been on his team. Not only did he not share it with me but he didnt ask me to participate. I felt like someone kicked me in the stomach. Especially to find out on FB. I had just watched Greys and was thinking on him and had just finished watching him in what I created and was so moved and beaming. I cried all night till I fell asleep while a friend tried to comfort me. Today I awaken tired with swollen puffy eyes. Knowing that he had a fantastic time and knowing I didnt and dont really matter.
Its like running a race with someone in training that doesnt invite or tell you about the marathon. He has a new friend. Doesn't feel like I'm his friend rather a convience, we are not really anything. I been loving a man who doesnt and maybe has never loved me back. I been hiding behind a toughness to hide all the hurt that I have been feeling from him that I have allowed. Hiding afraid of what Id loose if my feelings were known, but there wasnt anything to loose. And now I dont care about shedding whats real and purging from the well of me. I cared too much about what hed think. I wanted so much to build with him, create the empire I know we were capable of but that is deferred. He is where he wants to be and doesnt need me. I needed him but he always walked away. How hurtful to see him be there for others and warm and tender but I not get that side.
I wanted him to know how true my heart is but Im sure he does know.. the tough part is accepting that it doesnt matter. I let him go a year ago but I accepted it two months ago and last night I felt it pull the wind out of me in realization. So today numb as I write this I turn away and stop trying to prove, stop trying to show and just go. I am not a victim because I allowed myself to be in this situation and everything I did I did because I loved a man.. he just didnt love me back.
Fly away
The Woman Behind It All
Suzette Azariah Gunn is an actress, playwright, director, coach, performance poet who hails from New York. She is a young woman who not only chose to study all sides of acting but keeps herself actively involved with each entity.
She has a degree in Acting from the illustrious Howard University, Washington, DC and Oxford University, Oxford, England. Having studied under, Ben Kingsley, Phylicia Rashad, Al Freeman Jr., John Barton and a host of others. Known for her intensely electric, mysterious eyes and intoxicating energy, this multicultural actress known as the chameleon has starred and guest starred on TV, film and in theater, having played a variety of nationalities and characters in a range of genres. She has received glowing reviews in the NY Times, Variety, NY Post and NY Sun regarding her work. She has had the luxury of having worked with some of New Yorks finest film, television and theater directors. She has been able to redefine minds and be defined only as an actor. Azariah seeks to break barriers in this field looking for challenging unconventional roles that speak to the human condition.
In addition to acting Ms. Gunn is a personal acting coach and writer, director. Her students have booked many auditions and are growing in their craft. She has a hands on approach to coaching. "We are all authentic and we must find our personal truths within the characters". She has a small company YOUrReels in which she personally edits reels for professionals and comes up with a strategic marketing look specific to those individuals strongest points. Recently, after many conversations about the quality of films and how one can make a difference she created Its Personal Films a film company dedicated to producing work to stir the soul. The companys first film written and directed by Ms. Gunn entitled Spare Change will have its first screening this year at the HBO International Latino Film Festival. She is also developing partner in a workshop entitled The Art of the Craft The workshop focuses on building artistic development in young artist. Currently she and co-creator work at Westbury High School but seek to expand in the next year to colleges around the country.
Though her road has not been an easy one Ms. Gunn proves to be a determined young woman who chooses to take her circumstances and make them work for her. A woman truly making it her own way.
She can be seen next as supporting lead, Lisette Santiago in Roadie by Michael Cuesta, guest star, Alicia Spivey on Mercy NBC and lead, Smiles in Paradox of the Urban Cliché at the Labyrinth Theater Company (conjunction with the Public Theater)
Believing that the gift of artistry is one of the most powerful tools in the world that used authentically and with respect can heal, bring about change, enlighten, and send positive vibrations into the universe. "Sometimes we must step out of comfort and create our own.
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*2007 Excellence in Acting Female Lead Award for "The Wannabe"
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*Best Lead Actress Nomination 2006 AUDELCO
