Cantrella Canady is Ma Rainey in new Theatre Conspiracy play Elvis Mortley is piano man Toledo in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Cicero McCarter is Slow Drag in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Opening on February 24 at the Alliance for the Arts is Theatre Conspiracy’s production of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Brilliant and explosive, this play explores the complicated world of black musicians striving to make it at the height of the classic blues recording era in a culture denoted by both prejudice and gender bias. Playing the role of bass player Slow Drag is Cicero McCarter III.
A native of Fort Myers, Cicero is relatively new to the performing arts. Theatre Conspiracy audiences will remember his as Henry Simpson in the 2015 production of 
Lillian Hellman’s Toys in the Attic. McCarter is married with four children and enjoys woodworking and playng chess.
February 14, 2017.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.