Making Vegetables Sexy and Cool Through Theatrical Performance Transforms Lives

FLINT, Mich. - Jan. 15, 2014 - PRLog -- Never in her wildest dreams, did Semaj Brown, co-founder of the Planted Kingdom Project ever imagine transforming herself into vegetable characters and bringing them into life. Nor did her husband, Dr. James Brown, a family physician, ever think that he would be her front man, warming up audiences with his humor, telling his story of how his wife saved him from his daily fast food diet, and ultimately saved his life. What did he do next? He proposed, they married, and the two have gone on to make history, transforming lives in their Flint, Michigan community.

Semaj Brown created vegetarian meals that are savory and satisfying, that would prove to help the couple lose weight. "Adopting a new healthy lifestyle of eating plant based foods, and exercise, was key to our losing a combined 200 pounds," says Semaj.

After losing 75 pounds, Dr. Brown decided to motivate his patients and others in the community with his "Pounds Down Challenge", where the individual who loses the most weight wins $1,000.00. "Money is a motivating factor, for sure. January 25th, we will present our third "Pounds Down Challenge" winner, which is sponsored by my practice."

The Browns took to the airwaves hosting radio talk show programs, where Dr. Brown would answer health related questions, and the couple created the segment: "What's for Dinner Mrs. Brown?" Semaj, an accomplished poet, began to creatively give a voice to the vegetables that were the "stars" of her recipes. The listening audience became mesmerized by her stories and the vegetable characters. They called in and asked for a cookbook, and Feasts and Fables from the Planted Kingdom was published, along with a CD of Semaj Brown telling the stories with the recipes as she did on the air. The Brown's radio show also gave birth to the one-woman show, "Onion Revolt!"

The "Onion Revolt!" will make its theatrical debut in the Bower Theater in Flint, Michigan, Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. "We are very excited! We will have live music, beautiful lighting and set design. We are grateful to our fundraising associates who believe in what we are doing with the Planted Kingdom Project. I am so proud of my wife, and am looking forward to everyone seeing her in action."

The Brown's are preparing to take the "Onion Revolt!" show, along with their health education and cooking workshops on the road, with help of sponsors. The fundraising associates for their debut show are: The Links, Incorporated, Flint Area Chapter; State of Michigan Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated; The Pierians Greater Flint, Inc. and St. Luke's N.E.W. Life Center.

To learn more about the Brown's, their workshops,sponsorship opportunities, and "Onion Revolt!" performances, email them at info@plantedkingdom.com. Join them on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/plantedkingdomproject.

Photography credit: Linda Houston/VanDyke Photographers Studio