Exclusive: Jenna Nolen, Jessie Woo, Pauline Dyer, and Kendall Kyndall talk ALLBLK's dating comedy À La Carte
Now playing on ALLBLK is the new millennial dating dramedy, À La Carte, the 6-episode scripted series from Breanna Hogan and executive producers, Meagan Good and Dijon Talton. The show centers on the Black millennial dating experience and one girl’s journey to the place she never thought she’d end up – on the side.
À La Carte follows Mahogany Rose (Pauline Dyer, A Stone Cold Christmas), a gorgeous, young go-getter and overachiever who has had high moral standards her entire life. Mahogany has always had somewhat of a whimsical idea of how her love life would turn out. But when she meets Kaleb Myles (Courtney Burrell, Tyler Perry’s Too Close to Home), a charming and charismatic man who checks off nearly all her boxes, she’s forced to reconsider her typical standards as she discovers that he falls short of a critical characteristic on her list – being single.
With the help of her friends, Misha Taylor (Jessie Woo, Wild ‘N Out), a teacher who works hard and plays even harder; Reign Moore (Kendall Kyndall, Social Society, Games People Play), a recently cut off trust-funder forced to find alternative revenue to pay the bills and Shyra Clemons (Jenna Nolen), a grad student who believes she has found the perfect man; Mahogany must decide if she will stick to her preference of being the one and only – or step out of her comfort zone and learn to play number two.
Additional cast includes Kandi Burruss (Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Chi), Robinne Lee (Being Mary Jane, Fifty Shades of Grey films), Grammy-nominated singer Kelly Price, Dorien Wilson (The Parkers), Nazanin Mandi (Twenties), Daniel Augustin (How I Met Your Father), Mike Merrill (All American), Juan Gil (A Second Thought), and Xavier Avila (Pretty Dudes).
This is Nolen’s first series regular role. She had performed in a number of stage productions such as Les Miserables, Footloose, and A Raisin In The Sun.
Jessie is a viral comedic sensation on social media, television & red-carpet host, content creator, and singer. She can also be seen on on Wild N Out.
Dyer had a lead role in the independent film A Stone Cold Christmas with Demetria McKinney. She also starred in Charming the Hearts of Men and V Is for Vengeance.
Kyndall is an actor, television host and social media personality who rose to fame in 2015 for his unapologetic social commentary of our favorite reality television shows. Since then, he's earned a series regular role on the BET series, Games People Play, and has made guest appearances on TNT's highly rated show, Claws, and VH1's Hip Hop Squares. He was formerly the co-host of the Love & Hip Hop reunion shows and hosted the Love & Hip Hop: Secrets Unlocked four-episode special. In his latest endeavor, Kendall is the host of AMC’s weekly variety talk show, Social Society on ALLBLK.
Nolen, Woo, Dyer, and Kyndall spoke with Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales about their roles and how they relate to them.