Angelo Parra is an award-winning playwright who has received national acclaim for several of his plays, including the current Off-Broadway play “The Devil’s Music: the Life and Blues of Bessie Smith.” He teaches theatre and playwriting at SUNY Rockland. Angelo is the founder and director of the Hudson Valley Professional Playwrights Lab and president of the board of Penguin Rep Theatre in Stony Point, New York. Visit www.thedevilsmusic.biz and www.angeloparra.com/Bessie.html for information.