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Charmed, I'm Sure!
Written & Performed by Onyi Okoli
The Strand Theater
Spring 2010


Baltimore native Onyi Okoli (pronounced "Own-Yee Oh Coll-Lee") first performed her one-woman show Charmed, I'm Sure! for a California audience. Now she's bringing those tales of growing up in Charm City home to roost. The comedy addresses, among other topics, Okoli's youthful struggles as a shopaholic, her early fears of the bus, and the time she got evicted. Okoli takes her cue from "hip-hop theater", which can include dance, graffiti, and spoken word. She hopes, she says that through her work inner city Baltimoreans will come to love theater as she has. -- Andrea Appleton, The Baltimore City Paper.

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Onyi is invited on the Don & Marty's "Coffee with" segment. She talks about the Baltimore production of Charmed, I'm Sure!, who inspired her to write it, and more!

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Onyi Okoli was selected as one of the students to be showcased in the University of Southern California promotional commercial. This commercial was aired during every USC Trojans sports television coverage.

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My Mama Monologue is one of 6 comedic monologues in Onyi Okoli's one woman show, Charmed, I'm Sure! This clip was filmed at the Scene Dock Theater at the University of Southern California April 2006.

Charmed, I'm Sure! was created under the guidance of Professor Eric Trules, University of Southern California.

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During her sophmore year at the University of Southern California, Onyi switched her major to theater after two theater professors strongly encouraged her to go into that field of study. Committed to the changed, Onyi restarted the Black Entertainment and Theatrical Association, a student-run performing arts organization. She focused the organization around the misson to provide artists an opportunity to showcase their talents. Through this organization, Onyi has directed and starred in George C. Wolfe's The Colored Museum, the 2005 & 2006 BETA sketch comedy shows, and her own play, The Light in the Darkness. Onyi, also, directed August Wilson's Fences in honor of his legacy.

Under her leadership, BETA has garnered several awards on campus including: The Mahogany Award for Best New Enterprise 2006, The Tommy Award for Best Cultural Organization 2006, and the Tommy Award for Best Performance Organization 2007. Moreover, she developed an outreach program, in which BETA along with the African Millenium Pen Pal Association taught high school students how to express themselves through creative writing.