CRYSTAL ROMAN
"This is a very funny production.  The eight actors who are performing live bring so much to the audience and they are complimented by the
gifted actors who are on the video recording.  One of the things that I really enjoyed about the production was that the audience was exposed to
the inner thoughts of the jury members.  I was in stitches to hear some of the inner thoughts of the jury in the production because I could
identify."           Nicole U. Hopkins, The Black Star News
"The jury is a wonderfully chosen cast of actors with expressive, captivating faces that
work well in extreme close-ups. . .One man raps, "I gave her the benefit of the doubt.
She's guilty, there's no way out." A woman counters, "Hold on, big guy, not so fast.
Maybe he drove her to kill his ass." In between stanzas, the men rap, "Stupid bitch,"
while the woman shake their heads and say, "Don't let no man treat you like that.

One cannot help but marvel at the perfect coordination as the jurors speak their dialogue
in sync with the hip-hop song underscoring their words. The beat pushes its way into your
subconscious, causing many a serious-faced patron to tap a foot while visibly swaying
shoulders to the rhythm."
Adrienne Cea, "Dinner With Felons", OffOffOnLine New York City
"Hankins turns a jaundiced eye and ear to the inside of the Jury Room.  We watch them
bicker, argue, even physically fight to persuade one another.  Most troubling is that many of
them made up their minds before the trial began!  So that as the trial proceeds one is
actually thinking about the defendant's clothes, another about going on vacation, and a third
is worrying about getting back to work."            Ernece B. Kelley, New York Beacon
Crystal Roman (Juror Mavis Jones), born into an already artistic family with her great grandfather as a musician in the Duke Ellington band
and two of her uncles playing along with Latin legends such as Tito Puente and now Marc Anthony.  She expanded her artistic talents further in
the fields of acting and singing by attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts at the age of 17. Since then Crystal has acquired vocal
and acting coaches and has trained professionally.  

After achieving critical acclaim in a successful theater run of A WEAPON MOST UNUSUAL, the filmed version, with her in the featured role of
juror, won 2006 Best Musical Film Short at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival.  

She will star in the feature-length film, 2008 release, A MURDER AT THE CHURCH, another Hip Hop Musical Mystery composed by Jacqueline
Hankins.  A MURDER AT THE CHURCH was featured at the 2007 Strawberry Festival, New York City and 2007 Potpourri Festival, New York
City.  
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