Meet the Next-Gen Tyler Perry an 18-Year-Old Playright with 5 Plays on his resume

His name is Thelron Pleas, he’s 18 years old, and the folks down in Georgia are making comparisons between him and Tyler Perry.

First, they both live and work in the state of Georgia, and both have the same initials T.P. But that’s not all, 15-year old Pleas is also a playwright, with 5 plays already on his resume (I’m not sure if the other T.P. was that young when he wrote his first play, so the kid might have the man beat).

And another thing, like T.P. the man, T.P. the boy writes plays that have a Christian message, which resonate with his core audiences of mostly church-goers; AND, like T.P. the man, T.P. the boy is a multi-tasker, writing, producing, directing and acting in his plays. Though, from all I can tell, there aren’t any men or boys in fat suits and wigs involved.

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