I asked if I could audition and they told me no for about three months, saying, “We love what you’re doing in the Broadway show, just keep singing and dancing.” The tour ended and I had one more unemployment check left. The same people who casted the play were casting A Different World. It was unpaid.ĭawnn Lewis (Jaleesa Vinson): I had just finished the tour of a Broadway show, The Tap Dance Kid, with Hinton Battle, Harold Nicholas, and Dulé Hill. Then he gave me an opportunity to be what he called an apprentice writer, which is essentially an intern. I have nothing for you out here.” I showed him some stories that I’d written and he chuckled a little bit. I tracked down someone that I knew who introduced me to Dr. Yvette Lee Bowser (writer and producer): I didn’t have aspirations to write for television, but in watching The Cosby Show I felt like there was an opportunity for a voice like mine and a life experience like mine. Loretta Devine played dorm director Stevie Rallen. Lewis, who was also pursuing a musical career, landed the role of Jaleesa. Meg Ryan was initially cast as Maggie but decided to pursue her film career Marisa Tomei took her place. The original premise was to chronicle the lives of Denise and her two roommates, Maggie and Jaleesa. Fales-Hill, who had been a writer for The Cosby Show, was tapped to write for a spinoff, originally titled Stepping Up to Step Out.
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