? _ Photo h\ NyghtFilcdfl Tennelle Foust, Jamilla Curry and Tanisha Fordham. Mad/ at Miie& A group of ladies of N.C. A&T State University won't have to travel much when they come to the 2009 National Black Theatre Festival to present Pearl Cleage's "Mad at Miles, A Black Woman's Guide to Truth." The production has already taken the Triad by storm. Performances earlier this year were well-received and earned high praise for director Donna Baldwin-Bradby, an adjunct theater pro fessor at A&T. Baldwin-Bradby first brought the play, which is essentially a commentajy on domestic violence against women, to the stage in l-ebruary (Black History Montn; at Greensboro's Triad Stage. Set against the backdrop of the troubled marriage between ' Aug. 6 N at S SB p.m. at Reynolds Black fox Ticket Price: *25 late iazz great Miles Davis ana actress Cicely Tyson, \ the production explores \ the complexity of rela tionships between black / women and men. J "She (Cleage) was a Miles Davis fan, and then she found his autobiogra Cleage phy," Baiawin-braaDy toiru GoT riaa.com."He wrote about how he was abusive to women, and that was his attitude toward women. So, (the play is) about that, but it's also about the abuse of women in general. Actresses Tennille Foust, Jamila Curry and TaNisna Shavonne Fordham starred in the Triad Stage production. Each took audi ences on an emotional journey as they decried sexism, racism, domestic violence and the tolerance of abuse. Along the way, they find the clarity of self discovery. "Mad at Miles" is not recommend ed for younger audiences. Cleage, who read selections from her work during the 2007 NBTF, is best known as an author of the bestseller "What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day." She recently published her sixth novel, "Seen It All and Done tne Rest." Cleage has written several plays, including "Flyin' West," which received commercial acclaim and critical praise, becoming the most produced new play in the country in 1994. - The Chronicle To Hake I he Most Of Your Visit, Visit With Us First! ! In? Win si ( mi. SjI em V:- i