Video Interview: @ThisFunktional talks with POISON GUN’s Playwright/Actress talks about creating this personal play (43 of 365)

Jesus Figueroa, @Thisfunktional of ThisFunktional.com, talks with playwright/actress Dee Freeman about her personal play POISON GUN, based on her true experience. Actress Dee Freeman will have a month-long run of her play “Poison Gun” the story of an event in her Louisiana childhood at the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles in April 2025. The show will run for 4 weekends, with 8PM shows on Saturday and 3PM shows on Sunday. The story takes place at the height of the Civil Rights movement when white supremacy, cross burnings and lynching were a way of life for poor black people living in the South. Juliette Jeffers will direct. Videographer-Editor Peter Hermes will provide film that will enhance the story for the production. Freeman’s granddaddy was a farmer and a bootlegger, a very successful bootlegger. He was so successful he branched out and became the local loan shark when someone needed money. Two things about her granddaddy everybody knew. He was legally blind, and he didn't trust banks. So, her granddaddy hid all of his money in coffee cans and buried them around his farm. Freeman knew because she helped him. She was his eyes and his accountant. To this day, she knows where each coffee can was buried and exactly how much was inside. When both of her grandparents were murdered and their house was burned to the ground to cover it up, it set a series of events in motion that changed Freeman’s life forever. For many, the answer to who killed her grandparents is still a mystery to this day. Told through Freeman’s naïve, young eyes, “Poison Gun” is the story of her grandparents' murder, the investigation, the cat and mouse game she had to play with a corrupt white police officer who was interested in finding her granddaddy's hidden money, and the conviction that followed. ——————————————————— Anchor podcasts: anchor.fm/ThisFunktional anchor.fm/while-we-were-gaming anchor.fm/LatinX-Talks Gaming channels: twitch.com/ThisFunktional facebook.com/gaming/thisfunktionalgaming Tipping Page: streamelements.com/thisfunktional/tip paypal.me/ThisFunktionalBlog Like, Follow, Subscribe to ThisFunktional: Thisfunktional.com @thisfunktional instagram.com/thisfunktional facebook.com/thisfunktional YouTube.com/thisfunktional thisfunktional.tumblr.com