Rain Pryor director, writer, wife and mother. Pryor is truly brilliant performer. Her performances are considered thought provoking through truthful storytelling, and she has spot on mimicry, which landed her to be nominated by the NAACP three times. She won an NAACP for her irreverent solo show “Fried Chicken & Latkes, and for her role as the evil stepsister in the Michael Jackson produced musical Sisterella. She was nominated for the prestigious ADELCO Awards for her Off Broadway run at the National Black Theatre in Harlem.
Her writing and performance in her award winning solo show lead to a television development deal with Norman Lear, the creator of The Jef- ferson’s and All In The Family. And she is currently in pre-production for her film directorial debut, to be filmed in Baltimore MD, and Nigeria. Pryor was nominated for the African American Literary Award in 2007 for her biography Jokes My Father Never Taught Me, Life Love & Loss With Richard Pryor.
