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Contact:
Allison Queen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(310) 674-1776
AWARD-WINNING THESPIAN, ADILAH BARNES PERFORMS
“I AM THAT I AM: Woman,
Black”
CENTRAL COLLEGE, PELLA, IOWA - APRIL 11TH
Barnes Honors African American Women Through
A Mesmerizing
Historical Journey. . .
(Pella, Iowa) - Theatergoers are in for a
mesmerizing journey into the lives of seven African American women when
award-wining stage, motion picture and television actor Adilah Barnes,
presents her powerful, nationally touring one-woman historical play I Am
That I Am: Woman, Black at Central College, Pella, Iowa, 812 University
Street April 11th 7:30 p.m.
Barnes states "I am pleased to be performing at Central College for
such an important conference that deals with the notion of 'white
privilege.' The subject is open for interpretation on many levels.
Hopefully, it will keep this much needed dialogue happening."
During this jubilant and captivating journey through time, Barnes brings
to life on stage, the lives of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Mary
McLeod Bethune, Zora Neale Hurston, Lorraine Hansberry, Angela Davis and
Maya Angelou. I Am That I Am: Woman, Black celebrates the ability of these
women to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles and achieve their
life callings by their undaunted faith and belief in themselves.
Barnes currently plays the recurring role of "Judge Randall" in
For the People,
Lifetime Television and portrays historical figure, "Ida B.
Wells" in HBO's Iron Jawed Women starring Angelica Houston and Hilary
Swank (airing May, 2003). She is best known to film audiences for her role
in Universal Pictures' Award-winning Erin Brockovich and to television
audiences for her role as "Anne Marie" on ABC's Roseanne, for
five seasons. Barnes recently returned from shooting the ABC pilot, 111
Gramercy Park in Toronto.
Last season Barnes played the starring role of "Etta" in Little
John a CBS/Hallmark made-for-television special opposite Ving Rhames,
Gloria Reuben and Patty Duke and has guest starred on various television
sitcoms including CBS' Family Law and The Agency, WB's The Gilmore Girls
and UPN's Roswell.
I Am That I Am: Woman, Black has been described as a "whirlwind trip
through time, beginning in the years of slavery and leading up to recent
years." (The Daily Kent Stage, Kent State University). "She
lifts off the pages the life and times of these women, instead of reading
it in literature." (Iowa Daily News.) Barnes concludes the show with
a post-performance exchange with the audience in which she discusses the
characters she portrayed and herself.
I Am That I Am: Woman, Black has toured throughout the United States in 34
states, coast to coast from Alaska to Maine and California to Florida. In
2000, Barnes received international acclaim in the Rotterdam Fabrikaat
Festival in Holland and last year toured the British Virgin Islands.
Barnes is also the founder of the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival
(the 10th Annual Festival ran March 3-31st at Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC),
Los Angeles.
She has also authored a soon to be released book, On My Own Terms: One
Actor's Journey.
Recent and upcoming performances of I Am
That I Am: Woman, Black includes:
February 11, 2003 : Rust College, Magnolia
Mississippi
Contact: Ms. Pegues at (662) 252-8000 Ext. 4010
February 14, 2003: Pike County Arts
Council, McComb Mississippi
Contact: J. Johnson at (601) 684-2072
February 27, 2003 Madrid Theatre, Canoga
Park, California (performance not open to public)
February 28, 2003 Madrid Theatre, Canoga Park, California (performance not
open to public)
March 1st & 2nd 2003: Madrid Theatre,
Canoga Park, California
Contact: Susie Cairns at (818) 347-9419
March 7th 2003: African American Women In Cinema (AAWIC) Film Festival
TriBeCa Film Center, New York
Contact: Sharon Parker-Frazier at (212) 932-1977
April 11, 2003: Central College, Pella, Iowa
Contact: Eddie Moore at (641) 628-9000
May 3, 2003: Crossroads Theatre, New
Brunswick, New Jersey
Contact: Saundra Pemberton (609) 371-9571
May, 2003 (TBA) Stanford University
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