Unspeakable November 10, 2012

'Unspeakable' is an unflinching look at the life and times of an iconic comedic genius. Covering a span of sixty one years, and focused on the period between 1967 and 1982, audience members travel through the emotional landscape that is Richard Pryor. Growing up in a Peoria brothel, where his mother toiled as a prostitute that his grandmother owned and operated, Pryor faced situations that forever shaped and scarred his sensitive soul. Coping with the reality of being born to a prostitute, his imagination allows him to escape and ultimately leads him to comedy. From his rise to super stardom in the shadow of Bill Cosby to his blazingly self-destructive love affair with cocaine and women, 'Unspeakable' captures the duality of his success with the number of internal and emotional demons he battled throughout his life. At the center of 'Unspeakable' is the humanity that connects us all through our vulnerability, intimacy and truth.