NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS

After a smash run Off Broadway and in Los Angeles, Brian Copeland brings his hit solo show NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN home to San Francisco. The play, which holds the record for the longest running solo show in San Francisco theatre history, will move to a brand new space, STUDIO250 at OFF-MARKET THEATERS, located just two blocks from the Metreon. For tickets, go to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/66063 or call 800-838-3006.

Brian's memoir based on the show is now available in paperback. It has been honored as the 2009 pick for Silicon Valley Reads meaning that all of Santa Clara county, Ca. will read the book at the same time.

Teachers, be sure to check out the wonderful study guide that Silicon Valley Reads has prepared for high schoolers reading the book at http://www.siliconvalleyreads.org/2008-09/studyguide/default.asp

PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, PEOPLE, EBONY and the BOSTON GLOBE rave about the book that reader reviewers on Amazon.com are calling, "The best book I've ever read". Get your copy today by calling 1800-801-BOOK or visiting any store where fine books are sold.

Brian Copeland's first solo show, NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN, reveals a little-known chapter of Bay Area history. In 1971, San Leandro was named one of the most racist suburbs in America. Congressional hearings were held. The next year, the then eight-year-old Brian Copeland and his African-American family moved to San Leandro. In a monologue that's both funny and poignant, Brian explores how surroundings make us who we are.

Come see what all the shouting is about.

View The Suburban Wall, the 1971 documentary that put San Leandro on the national scene and The Invisible Wall, its 1981 follow up.