| Author | Message | ||
     Troy "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Troy Post Number: 415 Registered: 01-2004 Rating: N/A |
Wade In The Water: A Katrina Storm Drama Talking Points for Interviews Sponsor: The Institute of the Black World 21st Century, Dr. Ron Daniels, President. Date and Place: Sunday, August 27, The National Black Theatre, 2033 Fifth Ave. at 125th Street in Harlem. Times and Donation: Matinee at 3:00 PM - donation - $30.00. Evening Performance includes VIP Reception with Special Guest Danny Glover - Reception 6:00 with Curtain Call at 7:00 - donation - Sustainer $50.00 and Patron $100.00 with listing in the Play Bill. How to Purchase Tickets: Call the National Black Theatre at 212-722-5354 or IBW's Fundraising and Special Events Committee at 718-774-2725 or Email Flojo15@verizon.net Purpose: To refocus public attention on the Katrina disaster one year later including the fact that most of the areas of New Orleans where Black people live are still devastated and thousands of survivors are still scattered in distant locations like Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Philadelphia and New York, unable to return to reclaim and rebuild their homes and neighborhoods. Secondly, to recognize and support the work of Pastor Donald Hudson and Brenda Stokely of the Meets the Needs Coalition for their courageous work fighting to keep evacuees in the greater New York area from being evicted from local hotels and mobilizing humanitarian assistance. IBW will present Pastor Hudson and Sister Stokely with Certificates of Appreciation and make a financial contribution to the Meet the Needs Coalition. Finally, the benefit performances will support the ongoing post-Katrina work of IBW which sponsored a major Martin Luther King Holiday Initiative in January of this year in New Orleans that featured a tour of the devastated Lower Ninth Ward and New Orleans East; an Interfaith, Interdenominational Religious Service hosted by the Progressive National Convention; National Town Hall Meeting which served as a listening session for Minister Louis Farrakhan, and representatives of the Black Family Summit -- National Medical Association, National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, National Association of Black Social Workers, Oklahoma Health Care Project, National Association of Black Sociologists, National Association of Black Farmers and Agriculturalists, National Association of Black Psychologists, National Black Alcoholism and Addiction Council; and, a March/Demonstration highlighting the Citizen's Bill of Rights for New Orleans survivors/displaced persons. IBW has also participated in several marches/demonstrations in New Orleans and Washington, D.C. protesting the treatment of survivors/displaced persons and supporting a public policy agenda designed to mobilize maximum resources at the federal level to enable people to reclaim and rebuild their homes and neighborhoods in New Orleans and the Gulf. In collaboration with the Black Family Summit, IBW is launching a Post Katrina Traumatic Stress Syndrome Treatment Program with a pilot project to be initiated in Houston where thousands of survivors/displaced residents of New Orleans still reside. About the Cast: Written and Director by Dr. Maurice Henderson, Producer of National Black Arts Spoken Word Tour, the cast of Wade in the Water includes Lois Moses, who has appeared in the national touring production of "Gospel at Collunus" with Morgan Freeman; Tommy Bottoms, who was introduced to national television audiences on HBO's popular show DEF Jam Poets; Lamont Steptoe, recipient of the 2005 American Book Award for his book A Long Movie of Shadows; Eric Christopher Webb, author of Love Letters, Death Threats and Suicide Notes; Dr. Kimmika Williams, nationally produced playwright and contributing writer to The Lion Speaks: An Anthology for Hurricane Katrina; Tyrone Highsmith, internationally acclaimed singer, soloist and recording artist with several popular gospel groups, including the David Winslow Singers; and, Thiess Miles, visual and performance artist who has toured and recorded with George Clinton of the famous P-Funk. |
