Ardre Orie Presents "The Heart Of A Man" Stage Play Including Red Carpet, Cocktails and Couture

    ATLANTA, GA, May 12, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- There's always two sides to every story. Writer, film director and advocate - Ardre Orie has orchestrated her latest stage play, The Heart Of A Man, to light conversations on fire. An all-male cast will express the innermost thoughts and deepest secrets of men, at Midtown Art Cinema in Atlanta on May 14th with a midnight showing. Tickets are on sale now at TheHeartofaMan.com.

Ardre Orie is an industry trailblazer, producing stage plays, books, filmed documentaries and events that spark community conversations. Her latest production, The Heart Of A Man, includes soliloquies and monologues that lead the audience on a journey of self-discovery, victory, motivation and love. The telltale cast of seventeen men, reveal intimate stories written by Orie. When asked why she decided to write the production, she states, "I recognized the immediate disconnect between men and women. Because men are such a tremendous factor in the self-esteem of women, I was compelled to tell their truths in a way that women could fully understand."

Special cast members include Stevie Baggs (Atlanta Health Ambassador/NFL), Neil Carr (Saints and Sinners), Leon Slim (Michael Bend Show), Bryan Hibbard (The Walking Dead), Clifford Johnson (The Mikki Howard Story), and Producer, Rasheda Randle (The Emmett Till Story). The Heart Of A Man includes a special featured intermission with several local fashion designers displaying their men's fashion collections and couture designs.

View photos and meet the all-male cast on, The Heart Of A Man website - http://www.TheHeartofaMan.com

When: May 14, 2016 at 10:30 p.m.
Red Carpet, Cocktails & Couture start at 10:30 p.m.
Show Premieres at 12:00 p.m./Midnight

Where: Landmark Theatres Midtown Art Cinema
931 Monroe Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30308

Tickets: TheHeartOfAMan.eventbrite.com

Media Contact - Media coverage invited
Jamillah Rahmaad, Publicist
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Ardre Orie is the writer and director of The Heart of A Man theatrical production and the film director for The Heart of A Man Film Project.

When asked why she decided to write The Heart of A Man, Orie had the following to say: "I recognized the immediate disconnect between men and women. Because men are such a tremendous factor in the self-esteem of women, I was completed to tell their truths in a way that women could not only hear but fully understand."

Orie's life's mission is to uplift women that are seeking to find their strength. As author of Consciously Beautiful: I Am Enough (2014) and A Heroine in Heels (2015); writer and director of theatrical productions Lipstick Monologues and The Heart of a Man; and film director of the documentary I Am Consciously Beautiful, Ardre Orie's work sheds light on the experiences of women while closely examining the effects of mainstream media and societal norms that have traditionally defined beauty and skewed self-worth in women.

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