Darryl Van Leer Concert - Madisonville

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City of Madisonville

City of Madisonville

Darryl Van Leer Concert

The City of Madisonville, Kentucky, is proud to announce a FREE

concert on Friday, September 30th, featuring Madisonville native DARRYL VAN

LEER. The concert will take place at the First United Bank & Trust Plaza in

Downtown Madisonville. Food, drinks, and various vendors will be on-site throughout

the evening. The event is from 6 pm - 9 pm. Fans and guests are encouraged to come

to town early and enjoy a meal at one of Madisonville’s many restaurants.

International Performer Darryl Van Leer has been captivating audiences for over two

decades with his one-man dramatizations that he writes, directs, and produces, and in

October, 2014 toured 7 cities in the countries of England and Wales. Recently Darryl

Van Leer co-stared in the feature film Deadline starring Eric Roberts. Inspired by a

true story, Deadline is adapted from Mark Ethridge’s novel Grievances.

Van Leer’s most recent stage play entitled Rubycat Lawson’s Roadhouse Lounge

was ten years in the making. A trained musician, Van Leer started his musical career

at age 11. Through live music, acting, and singing, Van Leer showcases his full range

of talent as he illuminates the need for music in today’s society. Ray Charles, Elton

John, Little Richard and more are highlighted in this feel good production. Roadhouse

is now being performed at theaters and performing art centers throughout the U.S. and

abroad.

In his original composition Power on Earth, Van Leer portrays some of the greatest

legends and leaders of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The dramatization

showcases Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Frederick Douglass,

Malcolm X and more. Termed “emotionally riveting, masterful, and rousing” by Daily

Variety, Power on Earth is a tour-de-force performance in which Van Leer creates

living history.

As a full time actor, Van Leer has shared the screen with such actors as James Earl

Jones, Samuel Jackson, Gregory Harrison, Rue McClanahan, and Beau Bridges. Van

Leer starred in TLC’s reality series The Messengers. Van Leer was one of the four

finalists in the series that was devoted to finding America’s next great inspirational

speaker. He starred in the role of a tough-love father in the Nickelodeon movie, First

Time, the story of Jackie Robinson. He also played the father in Aaron Spelling’s

weekly series Safe Harbor, co-starring with Gregory Harrison. Other television series

in which Van Leer has co-starred in include One Tree Hill and Sheena. Additionally,

Van Leer has been featured in two HBO original movies, The Second Civil War and

Up Against the Wall, as well as Fox’s Steel Chariots and NBC’s original movie,

Witness to the Execution.

Darryl Van Leer, born in Madisonville, KY is a graduate of Western Kentucky University

with a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Communications. He has performed at over 300

Universities in America and has been honored with awards from NACA (National

Assoc. for Campus Activities) and Campus Activities Today and received a nomination

for “Best Performance” from Hollywood’s NAACP Image Awards. Van Leer has also

been recognized for his accomplishments as a Notable Kentuckian.

For more information, call 270.824.2100 or visit on Facebook - City Of Madisonville KY