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Tennelle Foust, Jamilla Curry and Tanisha Fordham.
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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
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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
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