What's Done in the Dark is a play written and directed by American playwright Tyler Perry. The show first opened in September 2006. The play is a mixture of comedy, drama, and music, set in a hospital emergency room, and 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 who is in fact, Mr. Brown. The DVD was released on February 12, 2008.
Video What's Done in the Dark
Overview
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!
Maps What's Done in the Dark
DVD Cast
- David Mann as Mr. Brown
- Tamela Mann as Cora
- Chandra Currelley as Nurse Brenda
- Ahmad Jamal McGhee as Calvin Rhodes, Jr.
- Shawna Vinson as Nurse Kerry
- Latrice Pace as Nurse Nancy
- D'Atra Hicks as Nurse Trudy
- Chantell Christopher as Mrs. Bowman
- Terrell Carter as Dr. Paul Bowman
- Dino Hanson as Calvin Rhodes Sr.
- Christian Keyes as Dr. Harris
- Ryan Gentles as Nick Lovett
- Matisha Baldwin as Angela Lovett
Live tour cast
- David Mann as Mr.Brown
- Tamela Mann as Cora
- Chandra Currelley as Brenda
- Ahmad Jamal Mcghee as Calvin Rhodes Jr.
- Shawna Vincent as Nurse Kerry Johnson
- Cassi Davis as Nurse Nancy Williams
- D'atra Hicks as Nurse Trudy
- Chantell 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
- Demetria Mckinney as Angela Lovett
Trivia
- Tamela Mann starred as Myrtle in Diary of a Mad Black Woman (play), and as Cora in I Can Do Bad All by Myself (play), Madea's Family Reunion (play), Madea's Class Reunion, Meet the Browns (play), Meet the Browns (film), Madea Goes to Jail, Meet the Browns (TV series), Madea's Big Happy Family.
- David Mann (actor) starred as Mr. Brown in I Can Do Bad All by Myself (play), Madea's Family Reunion (play), Madea's Class Reunion, Meet the Browns (play), Meet the Browns (film), Madea Goes to Jail, Meet the Browns (TV series), Madea's Big Happy Family (film).
- D'Atra Hicks starred as Jackie in Madea's Family Reunion (play), and Neicy in Laugh to Keep from Crying
- Christian Keyes starred as Sonny in Madea Goes to Jail.
- Latrice Pace starred in Tyler Perry's I Know I've Been Changed.
- Originally, Allen Payne who stars in Tyler Perry's House of Payne was supposed to star as Dr. Harris in this play and Cassi Davis who stars in Tyler Perry's House of Payne (along with Allen Payne), Madea Goes to Jail, and the play and movie version of Madea's Big Happy Family was supposed to star as Nurse Nancy in this play.
- Chandra Currelley starred as Emma in Madea's Class Reunion, as Shirley in Madea's Big Happy Family, and Lillian in A Madea Christmas (musical play)
- Chantell Christopher starred as Ann in Madea's Class Reunion and as Vanessa in Madea Goes To Jail.
- Terrell Carter starred as Corey in Madea's Class Reunion and Will in Meet the Browns.
- Ryan Gentles starred as Nate in Madea Goes to Jail.
- Demetria McKinney played Angela Lovett on the live tour. On the DVD Matisha "Nikki" Baldwin plays Angela Lovett.
Musical numbers
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