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1 ' / January 9, 1986 Page A6 Close-Up 'The Contract' wr By ROBIN BARKSDALE Chronicle Staff Writer 7 ^ . One noted New York nlavwrioht hflc ir? ? - - r J ?< i?w j ?a M%?vvi 111 i 11<3 Professional playwright Nathan Ross Freeman has taken up residence in the Twin City in more ways than one. In addition to moving his belongings and furnishings to Winstorf-Salem, he has also accepted an offer from the North Carolina Black ffBlack playwrights are beginning to bloom . and blossom. ... History, to a certain extent, still allows us to sing and dance and S shout in the kitchen. ... Black playwrights are now demanding to be human, not jus! j ethnic." ? Nathan Ross Freeman Repertory Company to become its first playwright" in residence.. In accepting the offer made by the company's executive dierector, Larry Leon Hamlin, Freeman says he realized two goals at once. "Wheiv I really got into writing, plays, I set two goals for myself," he says'One was to become a working playwright, so I went to the artistic meccar which of course is New York. After that goal I wantecMo^^^ COMMUNI CALENDA t * THURSDAY, JAN. 9 % The Winston-Salem Alumni Chapter of Kap Fraternity will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. at 635 Drive. For more information call W.L. F under burl It Mttb^lOOv \i Ttoc Forsyth/Stokes/Davie Medical Society w . panel presentations on drugs, drinking and adolc p.m. at Bowman Gray School of Medicine's Babco on Hawthorne Road. Topics will include "What ] Know About Alcohol," "What Parents Should KnO juana" and other topics. The presentation wil Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the same time and place. F mation call the society at 760-1234. \ ... . . ( .. . ' -v. SATURDAY, JAN. 11 ? The Winston-Salem NAACP's youth branch /Safety-First Workshop" at 3 p.m. at the East V .Library. The workshop will address crime and fire drug and alcohol abuse. For more information cal 727-2202 or Ann Simmons, NAACP youth adviser X v . ., ! ' SUNDAY, JAN. 12 The Atkins High School Class of 1966 will meet .Rutherford Moorman for a general meeting. 0 elected and thete will be a potluck dinner. For mc call Rutherford Moorman at 744-0927. ^ ' - : . The Davidson County Black Women's Club will Luther King Jr. Day at the Dunbar School* Auditc Avenue in Lexington at 1 p.m. Guest speaker will tx King ill. For ticket information call (7007*1-*531 . MONDAY, JAN. 13 . The second session of the Art-Is House Progran < Urban Arts of the Arts Council Inc. will begin to< House offers a community cultural arts progran training for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County youth the performing and visual arts. Classes are off drama, photography, pottery, piano, drawing and \ held at the Art-Is House, 740 N. Cleveland A% Sawtooth Center for Visual J?esign. The session month is a continuation of the fall program. Stu ticipated in the fall program will be given first Children and parents who are interested in the progi tact Urban Arts at 722-0966 by Jan. 9. The East Winston" Branch Library will contin Night Law Series at 7 p.m with Attorney Hazel Ma Aid Society. Her topic will be "Tenants* and Land For more information call the iiorary at 727-2202. : - v / > . TUESDAY, JAN. 14 Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Forsyth County will I orientation for vohaiteeri^t 7 p.ro, at 610 Colist more information call 724-7993. * . ' ' - I **" f. " ' * I * PEG # iter comes to town way of life, which brought mc down South." Freeman says a residency provides playwrights with consistency in their work and allows them to was "won over" to writing playSVBefore trying his hand at writing, Freeman taugfii" remedial education classes, and it was during that time that he began writing plays. "I started reading drama while 1 was teaching, and I wrote a play for my students, which they performed," he says. "It became so popular with everyone that we started getting invitations to perform in various places, and we were involved in quite a few performances. After that little escapade my heart was won over to play writing and I decided" that that was what 1 wanted to do with my life." Obviously an artist who loves his craft, Freeman describes writing plays as "the sum total of the capacities of expression" and "the only avocation that can contain all the different ways I can express myself." Though Freeman speaks fondly of his chosen career field, he admits that it is not easy to begin in the field or to maintain a position in it over a period ** - ox nine, hc says guilds are not always^of muelr assistance and as Sn example notes that in New . York one actors' guild can represent as many as 4,500 people. Freeman says a playwright faces the great I Social Notes TV , p Louise Wils \Louise G. Wilson, retired executive director of the WinstonSalem Experiment in SelfReliance, has been named the >pa Alpha Psi ** 1986 winner of the Hanes Meadowbrook Group/Charles McLean Comic at 76*7-3428. munity Service Award. v;*:w The award, sponsored by ill continue its Hanes Group, recognizes scence at 7:30 members of the Winston*ck Auditorium Salem/Forsyth County comParents Should munity who provide services and >w About Mari- motivate people to improve their 11 be repeated quality of life. It was named in ?or more infor- honor of Charles McLean, retired state field secretary of the NAACP. "We initiateckthis award as a way or recognizing people in our community who a^e so willing to will sponsor a share their time, their talent and Winston Branch v their resources to make Winstonprevention and Salem and Forsyth County a bet11 the library at ter place to live," says Paul About Town ????. . as > A m CL..1 ? at the home of JLVAitT V anuier 'fficers wMH be|; >re information " ' By ROBIN BARKSDALE ???- Chfontole^taW Writer >rium on Of. all the dreams she's ever t Martin Llitlier had? the biggest for Mary Mcj, Cormick Shuler has been to have ? a house full of children that she can care for. Finally, her dream has come ?| true. As a day-care teacher she i, sponsored by has the opportunity to care for lay. The Art*It several small children on a daily i that provides basis. ages 6 to life Mrs. Shuler says that for as ered in dance, long as she can remember she has >ainting and are loved little babies. In addition to re., and at the the children who attend her day beginning this care, she has two children of her dents whopar- own. She has a daughter, Valerie ' consideration. McCormlck, and a son, Anthony am shouid*con- McCormick. Attectionateiy called "Mama MaryM by hcr 4<kids?" Mrs. JJ Shulcr has cared for many local adults ^during their childhood lords'Rlgliti/|| days Mrs. Shuler, who is also a v *' foster parent, babysits the young children from early in the morning when their parents leave for 10W its montldtp ^ork until thcy rcturn m thc rum Drive, For evenings. When not keeping children in her home, Mrs. Snuler kegps inaat 7:30o.m.' busv at her church. New Bethel Tlte Airt off Baptist, where- she is assistant more informa- director of the Spiritual Choir and director of the primary department. ... ' A ? * >PLE ^K. >$; H. I * VBm ni ?l fc jR I^Mgn ( 2 M Bl ?our- aeSfcM *liF $ ? -ili&tiraisr;^H -3? k-*#ww'* , <^|^jj^.^:& 4 . : ., E"^H .Mm mjj Playwright Nathan Ross Freeman: An artist is nc has something to say (photo by James Parker). challenges of writing a play that is of critical value, marketing the play and competing against all of the other plays. Still, he says, "consistency of work that is the greatest challenge." - i ne opportunity to work in residence is one that excites Freeman, and he is enthusiastic about workon named Hanes Group, % ft Fulton, president of Hanes 'Group. In the early 1960s, Mrs. Wilson M gave up her teaching position to M become actively involved in the I civil rights movement. When she joined ESR in 1965, ? Mrs. Wilson worked to develop a ,?.> local support base for the pro- ' |RPP gram and to identify the community needs the organization -SS could meet. From her early ^ research, Mrs. Wilson guided ESR in developing priorities which included housing, job training, feeding the elderly, I I budget counseling, emergency assistance and community organization. In addition to her work with* Louise ESR, Mrs. Wilson has been involved in numerous organiza- Project Upward tions and projects such as the Family Ministry Forsyth County Prison Ministry, Technical Colleg / realizes lifelong dream c Arthur Coleman was honored recently with a surprise birthday party planned by his wife, qb| Pear lie, and his daughter, Tainmy. ^ J Family and friends gathered to Vk^ ^0^ help Coleman celebrate his 50th ' birthday. ... ? The Telephone Pioneers of ;m America, Winston-Salem Conn- I dl, recently donated $1,000 to the Ronald McDonald House on I South Hawthorne Road. The house is one of 80 in the nation and the first in WinstonSalem. It houses the parents and families of critically ill children who are hospitalized. The donation will help defray the ongoing expenses of the home. The Telephone Pioneers of America is an organization of AT&T employees with 17 or more years of service. ... Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Ben- pF son celebrated their 50th anniver- \ . .f&M sarv with familv and friends at a .irm special program held Dec. 27 at the 14th Street Community Center. The couple *s children attending included Mary Jordan, HHM Margretta Key, Roxk Benton, George Bernard, John Henry Mary M. Shuler Benton Jr., Qneen Brown, AHce She is pictured L|ndtay and Leroy Benson. ... Crystal Jessup, Please see page A 7 Shore (photo by I Local events, organizations I and people, calendar. I v"' & ^i- - >t one who says something, an artist is one who / ? - - r ing with the North Carolina Black Repertory Comnanv whi^h Ke r>r%\fc Ha ?-..? ? :- U1 ? " j y vrauvil *IV VCUIJ 44 U UV 1VAUC1 ill UlttVK theatre." As the resident playwright, he will write I original plays to be produced by the company, and 1 he will coordinate the^tompany's residency pro- . I Pfease see p&ge A9 1 McLean award winner Learning Center. She has served on the Board of I ^ Directors for First Home Federal Savings and Loan-ami the United . WayMrs. Wilson is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority =* K^, and St. Benedict the Moor I Catholic Church. She and her husband, Dr. ***& MKm David Wilson, have five children*?-\ and three grandchildren. Previous winners of the award include the Rev. David R. Hedgley, Moses Lucas, Robert Eller and Sarah Vernon. ? The Hanes Group/Charles iVliHH. McLean Award is presented annually during the Winston-Salem Wilson NAACP branch's Freedom Fund Banquet. Bound, Inmate This year's banquet will be and the Forsyth held Sunday, Jan.- 12, at the e Individualized M.C. Benton Convention Center. o * >f caring for youngsters "" "* Sv^^H^lr ^ ^Hjl ~~^<+' 'JSr t Y\V ** ^ ""^H ' -' it, -'^ "'-J/ ~ - *#?; -M * 7* beams while surrounded by some of her "kids.* with, left to right, youngsters Jermaine Lewis, Debra Jessup and twins Sherrod and Shernard f James Parker). *
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