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What's Done in the Dark

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What's Done in the Dark
Written byTyler Perry
CharactersMr. Brown, Cora, Brenda, Calvin Jr., Nurse Nancy, Nurse Trudy, Nurse Kerry, Mrs. Bowman, Dr. Bowman, Calvin Sr., Dr. Harris and Mr. & Mrs. Lovett
Date premieredSeptember 2006 (2006-09)
Place premieredAtlanta
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy-Drama
SettingHospital emergency room
Tyler Perry Plays chronology
Madea Goes to Jail The Marriage Counselor

What's Done in the Dark (Will Come to the Light) is a 2007 American stage play written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry. The show first opened in September 2006. The play focuses on two nurses, one of whom is a single mother and the other of whom is having an affair with a doctor, and an eccentric hypochondriac patient, Mr. Brown. It stars Tamela Mann as Cora and David Mann as Mr. Brown.[1] The live performance released on DVD on February 12, 2008 was taped in Charlotte at the Ovens Auditorium in May 2007.

Plot

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Mr. Brown faints right before he and Cora are to fly to Memphis for a televised revival and she rushes him to the emergency room, where a bunch of patients' and doctors' secrets come to light. Brenda, a new admissions clerk at the hospital, is struggling to take care of her son Calvin as a single parent; then Calvin gets shot while trying to hustle money on the streets. Kerry, the head nurse, discovers that the doctor she thought she was going to marry already has a wife and baby-on-the-way...and expects to keep seeing Kerry on the side. Mr. and Mrs. Lovett discover that one gave the other an STD. Trudy, a psychotic nurse, has a crush on Dr. Harris—who figures out that Mr. Brown was faking his illness the whole time.

Tour Dates

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Scheduled shows
Date City Venue
September 12, 2006 Detroit Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts
September 13, 2006
September 14, 2006
September 15, 2006
September 16, 2006
September 17, 2006
September 21, 2006 Atlanta Fabulous Fox Theatre
September 22, 2006
September 23, 2006
September 24, 2006
September 26, 2006 New York Beacon Theatre
September 27, 2006
September 28, 2006
September 29, 2006
September 30, 2006
October 1, 2006
October 5, 2006 Newark Newark Symphony Hall
October 6, 2006
October 7, 2006
October 8, 2006
October 12, 2006 Oakland Paramount Theatre
October 13, 2006
October 14, 2006
October 15, 2006
October 17, 2006 Phoenix Dodge Theatre
October 25, 2006 Philadelphia Merriam Theater
October 26, 2006
October 27, 2006
October 28, 2006
October 29, 2006
November 1, 2006 Memphis Orpheum Theatre
November 2, 2006
November 3, 2006
November 4, 2006
November 5, 2006
November 10, 2006 Chicago Arie Crown Theater
November 14, 2006 Columbus Palace Theatre
November 21, 2006 Philadelphia Merriam Theater
November 22, 2006
November 24, 2006
November 25, 2006
November 26, 2006
January 11, 2007 Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium
January 12, 2007
January 13, 2007
January 14, 2007
January 16, 2007 Washington, D.C. Warner Theatre
January 17, 2007
January 18, 2007
January 19, 2007
January 20, 2007
January 21, 2007
January 22, 2007
January 23, 2007
January 24, 2007
January 25, 2007
January 26, 2007
January 27, 2007
January 28, 2007
January 30, 2007 Grand Rapids TBD
February 1, 2007 Indianapolis Murat Centre
February 2, 2007
February 3, 2007
February 4, 2007
February 13, 2007 Charleston North Charleston Performing Arts Center
February 14, 2007
February 15, 2007 Columbia Township Auditorium
February 16, 2007
February 17, 2007
February 18, 2007
February 20, 2007 Syracuse Landmark Theatre
February 21, 2007
February 23, 2007 Hartford Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
February 24, 2007
February 25, 2007
February 27, 2007 Albany Albany Civic Center
March 1, 2007 Nashville Tennessee Performing Arts Center
March 2, 2007
March 3, 2007
March 4, 2007
March 7, 2007 South Bend Morris Performing Arts Center
March 8, 2007 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
March 9, 2007 Milwaukee Milwaukee Theatre
March 10, 2007
March 11, 2007
March 16, 2007 Minneapolis Orpheum Theatre
March 17, 2007
March 18, 2007
March 21, 2007 Austin Frank Erwin Center
March 22, 2007 Dallas Music Hall at Fair Park
March 23, 2007
March 24, 2007
March 25, 2007
April 10, 2007 Tampa USF Sun Dome
April 11, 2007
April 13, 2007 Orlando Orange County Convention Center
April 14, 2007
April 15, 2007
April 17, 2007 Miami James L. Knight Center
April 18, 2007
April 19, 2007
April 20, 2007
April 21, 2007
April 22, 2007
April 24, 2007 Richmond Landmark Theater
April 25, 2007
April 26, 2007
April 27, 2007
April 28, 2007 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
April 29, 2007
May 1, 2007 Florence Florence Civic Center
May 2, 2007
May 3, 2007 Charlotte Ovens Auditorium
May 4, 2007
May 5, 2007
May 6, 2007
May 8, 2007 Mobile Mobile Civic Center Arena
May 9, 2007
May 11, 2007 Jacksonville Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts
May 12, 2007
May 13, 2007
September 4, 2007 Aiken USC Aiken Convocation Center
September 6, 2007 Atlanta Fabulous Fox Theatre
September 7, 2007
September 8, 2007
September 9, 2007
September 11, 2007 Albany Palace Theatre
September 12, 2007
September 13, 2007 Rochester Auditorium Theatre
September 14, 2007
September 15, 2007 Buffalo Shea's Performing Arts Center
September 16, 2007
September 18, 2007 Louisville Kentucky Center
September 19, 2007
September 20, 2007 Evansville The Centre
September 21, 2007 St. Louis Fox Theatre
September 22, 2007
September 23, 2007
September 28, 2007 Des Moines Des Moines Civic Center
September 29, 2007 Kansas City Kansas City Music Hall
September 30, 2007
October 2, 2007 Montgomery Joe L. Reed Acadome
October 3, 2007
October 5, 2007 Jackson Thalia Mara Hall
October 6, 2007
October 7, 2007 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
October 12, 2007 Detroit Fox Theatre
October 13, 2007
October 14, 2007
October 16, 2007 Dayton Schuster Center
October 17, 2007
October 19, 2007 Cincinnati Aronoff Center
October 20, 2007
October 21, 2007
October 23, 2007 Raleigh RBC Center
October 25, 2007 New Orleans New Orleans Convention Center
October 26, 2007
October 27, 2007
October 28, 2007
October 30, 2007 Akron E.J. Thomas Hall
October 31, 2007 Flint Perani Arena and Event Center
November 1, 2007 Chicago Arie Crown Theater
November 2, 2007
November 3, 2007
November 4, 2007
November 6, 2007 Macon Macon City Auditorium
November 7, 2007
November 10, 2007 Greenville Bi-Lo Center
November 16, 2007 Memphis Orpheum Theatre
November 17, 2007
November 18, 2007
November 20, 2007 Huntsville Von Braun Center Concert Hall
November 21, 2007
November 22, 2007 Birmingham BJCC Concert Hall
November 23, 2007
November 24, 2007
November 25, 2007

Cast

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  • David Mann as Mr. Brown
  • Tamela Mann as Cora
  • Chandra Currelley-Young as Brenda
  • Ahmad Jamal McGhee as Calvin Rhodes Jr.
  • Cassi Davis as Nurse Nancy Williams
    • Latrice Pace as Nurse Nancy Williams (FILMED VERSION)
  • D'Atra Hicks as Nurse Trudy
  • Julie Dickens as Nurse Kerry Johnson
    • Shonda Vincent as Nurse Kerry Johnson (FILMED VERSION)
  • Chantell D. Christopher as Mrs. Bowman
  • Terrell Carter as Dr. Paul Bowman
  • Dino Hanson as Calvin Rhodes Sr.
  • Allen Payne as Dr. Harris
  • Ryan Gentles as Nick Lovett
  • Matisha Baldwin as Angela Lovett

The Band

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  • Ronnie Garrett - musical director / bass guitar
  • Anthony Lockett - guitar
  • Marcus Williams - drums
  • Mike Logan - keyboards
  • Michael Burton - saxophone / keyboards

Musical numbers

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All songs written and/or produced by Tyler Perry and Elvin D. Ross.

  1. "What's Done in the Dark" - Nancy
  2. "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" - Paul
  3. "Struggle No More" - Calvin Jr.
  4. "Jehovah Jireh" - Brenda
  5. "Church Medley" -
    1. "I Gotta Go Through" - Brenda
    2. "I Know It Was the Blood" - Nancy
    3. "I'm on the Battlefield" - Mr. Brown
    4. "Trouble in My Way" - Cora
    5. "Jesus Will Fix It" - Cora
  6. "Step Aside" - Cora
  7. "Remember Your Vows" - Nancy
  8. "If Only You Knew" - Trudy

Trivia

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  • Tamela Mann, David Mann, Chandra Currelley, D'Atra Hicks, Cassi Davis, Terrell Carter, Chantell D. Christopher and Demetria McKinney have starred in several Tyler Perry productions, films, and television series.
  • Christian Keyes and Ryan Gentles notably starred as Sonny and Nate, respectively, in Madea Goes to Jail.
  • Latrice Pace was a part of the most well-known cast of I Know I've Been Changed.
  • Ahmad Jamal McGhee was a part of the cast of Madea's Class Reunion.
  • On the DVD recording and the latter majority of the tour, the roles of Nurse Nancy, Dr. Harris, and Nurse Kerry were portrayed by Latrice Pace, Christian Keyes, and Shonda Vincent, respectively. Cassi Davis, Allen Payne, and Demetria McKinney all left the show in 2006 for House of Payne.
  • Brenda and Calvin's storyline was later adapted as the main focus of the film version of Meet the Browns, starring Angela Bassett, and Lance Gross as Michael Rhodes Jr. Demetria Mckinney also portrayed Angela Lovett

References

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  1. ^ "Tamela Mann: The singer-turned-actress with three major gospel hit albums - Tamela Mann". www.crossrhythms.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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