JE'CARYOUS JOHNSON UNVEILS HIS 13TH STAGE PLAY!

I'm Ready Productions, Inc. ("I'm Ready") is living up to its Texasroots and doing things big and bold.  The Houston headquartered, national, African-American theatre, television, feature film and music production company announced it will tour two plays simultaneously in nearly 40 markets across the U.S. through 2011.The thirteenth production that I'm Ready Executive Producers Je'Caryous Johnson and Gary Guidry will add to their impressive portfolio of critically acclaimed stage plays is Je'Caryous Johnson's Marriage Material.

Co-written and directed by Je'Caryous Johnson, Marriage Material is a romantic comedy stage play and will star:

Allen Payne (TV sitcom Tyler Perry's House of Payne)
Tank (R&B platinum recording artist)
Jill Marie Jones (TV sitcom Girlfriends)
T-Boz (R&B Grammy Award-winning girl group (TLC)
Michael Colyar (actor/comedian)
Patrice Lovely (UniverSoul Circus)

Marriage Material was inspired by the popularity of character "Koren" the feisty lawyer in "Je'Caryous Johnson's Cheaper to Keep Her" stage play, now touring. Marriage Material is the comedic remedy to solve the age-old predicament of wondering whether "Mr. or Ms. Right" is really the perfect mate.

In Marriage Material, when couples are deciding whether they should or should not get married, there is only one retreat and two people who can deal with any issue. Armed with the Word of God, a black belt in karate and a PhD in romance, Bishop Love Jones (Michael Colyar) and his wife Beulah Mae-Bullet (Patrice Lovely) have a technique that checks attitudes at the door, and breaks you down to build your relationships back up better than before. Lawyer Koren Lyles (Jill Marie Jones) has been known to slay hearts. When her loving boyfriend Joey Harris (Allen Payne) proposes marriage and persuades her to go to Bishop and Beulah's pre-marital retreat to see if they are Marriage Material, she never expected to run into her best friend Shauna (T-Boz) there, engaged to Michael (Tank), the one man that slayed Koren's heart. The weekend turns into a whirlwind as emotions erupt, perceived friendships become tested, secrets are shouted, and old love goes to war with new love! Will they make it through this retreat or will they discover that marriage may never materialize for them?

Marriage Material Tour Dates and Markets

(For the latest tour updates and information, visit www.imreadyproductions.com)

2010 Fall Tour Dates

Waco, TX, Waco Civic Theatre, October 29, 2010, 8 p.m.

New Orleans, LA, Mahalia Jackson Theater, October 30, 2010, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Beaumont, TX, Julie Rogers Theatre, October 31, 2010, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Houston, TX, The Hobby Center, November 1-7, 2010, Various

Charlotte, NC, Ovens Auditorium, November 14, 2010, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Washington, DC, Warner Theater, November 16-21, 2010, Various