Rain Pryor

Rain Pryor is a director, writer, wife and mother. Pryor has shared her views on race and has lead panel discussions on diversity in education and in the entertainment industry at Princeton University, The Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, Chicago and Baltimore, Atlanta, and Cannes. She has also received honors for her commitment to arts education by Business Women of Baltimore, and Baltimore Department of Education.

Her leadership skills began back in the early 90s when Rain was part of a gang ceasefire in Los Angeles, and was an substance abuse dual diagnosis counselor, and helped establish treatment protocols for two rehabs in Los Angeles. Rain used all of these experiences to run for local office in Baltimore MD in the 3rd District back in 2019. Pryor is a Schusterman Fellow, developing her leadership skills and participating in panel discussions on race and intersectionality, helping to find the “Both/Ands” during a time of conflict.

Pryor a 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 Jefferson’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, and has won numerous Black Short film awards for That Daughter’s Crazy documentary.

She is also a director, who is known for her superior work ethic, and integrity. Rain co- founded the Baltimore Theatre in Baltimore in 2010. She directed three of their highly successful shows and brought the company into a financial surplus. She left after her solo show became a hit Off Broadway. “Mother May I" by humorist, Dylan Brody was Pryor’s directorial debut. The show was the Strands first World Premier and was sold out.

The DC Theatre Scene -

“You know a dysfunctional family drama is working when you think to yourself “My family is crackers, but they are nothing compared to this brood.” That’s what happens during the second act of Mother, May I, the world premiere production of Dylan Brody’s dramedy presented with neurotic panache by director Rain Pryor at Baltimore’s Strand Theater.” - DC Theatre Scene

*For full review: https://dctheatrescene.com/2012/09/25/mother￾may-i/