2019 “The VIV” AWARDS

Friends of AUDELCO, 2018 – 2019 Theatre Season

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RICHARDA ABRAMS

FIRST BY FAITH THE LIFE OF MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE

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"SOLO PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

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Timely and Powerful Lessons in

“First by Faith:The Life of Mary McLeod Bethune”

FIRST BY FAITH Returns To United Solo Theatre Festival’s Tenth Anniversary- BROADWAY WORLD

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Winston Salem Journal 

Richarda Abrams performs "First By Faith: the Life of Mary McLeod Bethune" on Thursday, Aug. 1-3, 2019, in Mountcastle Forum at Rhodes Center for the Arts in downtown Winston-Salem, N.C. to SOLDOUT AUDIENCES! The Festival attracts thousands of people.

AUDELCO (Audience Development Committee, Inc.)

The AUDELCO (Audience Development Committee, Inc.) is an organization that acknowledges and honors Black Theatre and its artists in New York City. Established and incorporated in 1973 by Vivian Robinson (1926-1996), to stimulate interest in and support of performing arts in black communities.

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Abrams reclaims Bethune from the wall of saintly portraits in elementary school classrooms, and breathes her back to life as a woman with feelings, and vulnerabilities, and wit, and, yes, faith. 

-Jonathan Mandell

Photo credit: Allison Lee Isley

Winston Salem Journal

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United Solo Theatre Festival winner "Best Educational Show Award": "First By Faith: The Life Of Mary McLeod Bethune" by Richarda Abrams

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"The Life of Mary McLeod Bethune Brings Her Audience To Spiritual Heights"

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#PersonOfChange: An interview with Richarda Abrams By Antonio Miniño 

I grew up in an artistic household surrounded by music, art and drama.

MEET RICHARDA ABRAMS AND FIRST BY FAITH: THE LIFE OF MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE

Any advice for your peers?

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. – Goethe

Begin it now. – Richarda Abrams

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