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2019 “The VIV” AWARDS
Friends of AUDELCO, 2018 – 2019 Theatre Season
RICHARDA ABRAMS
FIRST BY FAITH THE LIFE OF MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE
"SOLO PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
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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.
Photo credit: Allison Lee Isley
Winston Salem Journal
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.
More info: www.AUDELCO.org
"First By Faith: The Life of Mary McLeod Bethune, Brings Audience to New Spiritiual Heights"
-Mehr Gunawardena
New York Theater Review
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.
First By Faith review click:
-Jonathan Mandell
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
By Antonio Miniño
"I grew up in an artistic household surrounded by music, art and drama."- Richarda Abrams
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