ADILAH
JOINS OTHER ARTISTS IN
SERVING SENIORS AT ST. JOHN
OF GOD
From
left to right: percussionist
Munyungo Jackson, workshop
instructor Iona
Morris, LAWTF Board
member Donesther
Dane, LAWTF
co-founder Adilah
Barnes, administrative
assistant Niki
Blumberg and
teaching assistant/scribe
Pboebe Holston.
On
April 25, 2011 Adilah joined
teaching artist Iona Morris,
teaching assistant/scribe
Phoebe Holston and Los
Angeles Women's Theatre
Festival (LAWTF) staff
administrative assistant and
actor Niki Blumberg for
the finale class of What
Rich Lives We Live
storytelling workshop at the
manicured St. John of God
Retirement and Care Center
in Los Angeles. Under the
skilled leadership of Iona,
this moving 12-week workshop
met weekly on Monday
afternoons and allowed
seniors the opportunity to
give voice to the many
moving stories from their
lives.
All
professional actors, Iona,
Phoebe, Niki and Adilah
brought the participants
stories alive for the final
presentations. A beautiful
booklet called Sonny's
Corner was compiled with
the many stories shared in
the workshop. The elders sat
proudly as they heard their
names acknowledged and many
of their stories read.
Accompanying the readers was
gifted percussionist
Munyungo Jackson, who like
the four actors, also
contributed a story or two.
One
senior was heard saying to
another as she thumbed
through their valued booklet
with interest, "There's
my name right there!" Another
said, "I am from
Rhode Island and don't have
much family here. This place
has become my home and this
workshop has meant SOOO much
to us. I feel so proud that
the title of the book is
named after my husband!"
The
booklet was named after the
resident's late husband
because she has his favorite
chair and lamp in a corner
of her room at the senior
center, allowing his
presence to always be near
her. This workshop that took
place in the facility's
beautiful library was also a
"corner" for
storytelling, and thus the Sonny's
Corner title for the
booklet.
The
Los Angeles Women's Theatre
Festival offered two 12-week
senior storytelling
workshops for the 2010-11
fiscal year. The former, Crossing
Bridges Through Story,
was taught by storyteller
Ina Buckner-Barnett at the
Wise Senior Center in Santa
Monica.
Both
workshops were made possible
from a California Arts
Council Creating Public
Value Grant.
Many thanks to the
California Arts Council for
allowing the Los Angeles
Women's Theatre Festival to
offer these two free 12-week
storytelling workshops for
seniors.
The
actors felt honored to be a
part of this very
heartwarming day!
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ADILAH
BARNES PRODUCTIONS GEARS UP
FOR A SECOND YEAR
REPRESENTING SOLO ARTISTS IN
THE COLLEGE MARKET
Adilah
Barnes Productions (ABP)
is gearing up for a second
year representing solo
artists from around the
country in the college
market through the National
Association of Campus
Activities (NACA.)
The
eight NACA regional
conferences that begin in
October, 2011 are South,
Central, Mid Atlantic,
West, Mid America,
Northeast, Northern Plains
and National.
ABP
is proud that in its maiden
year representing solo
artists, offers have already
been received from the
states of New York,
Tennessee, California,
Oregon, Connecticut, Kansas,
and other bookings are
presently being negotiated.
For
a complete line-up of ABP's
entire roster and to book
performers at your college
or university, please visit www.adilahbarnes.com
and click on NACA
CLIENTS.
Here's
to bookings!!!
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SUMMER
AND FALL SPECIALS AT THE
WRITER'S WELL LITERARY RETREAT
Guests walking the grounds
at The Writer's Well.
The
international Writer's Well
literary retreat for women
located in Sharpsburg, GA is
offering summer and fall
retreat SPECIALS from June
1st
- October 31, 2011. The
Writer's Well is an ongoing
peaceful and scenic safe haven
that nurtures female writers
who want to activate their
literary voices. Located on a
sprawling southern property of
1.8 acres of land, this serene
and private place provides the
perfect setting for seri
ous writers to create without
distraction.
Weekly
specials are only $500 per
week until October 31, 2011
and include a private studio,
healthy continental breakfast,
serenity room for yoga, music
and writing, a deck for
writing, a critique of up to
15 pages of writing, and a
bicycle for exercising!
SUMMER
RETREAT WORKSHOPS INCLUDE:
June
5, 2011, 10-6pm
FROM
THOUGHT TO PEN - Instructor
Adilah Barnes
This
all-day intensive writing
workshop will allow a safe and
comfortable place for writers
and actors to recall and
develop personal stories that
have been dancing around in
their heads. The workshop will
include stimulating sensory
and writing exercises, shared
material within the group and
structural and content
feedback from the instructor. Adilah
has previously taught writing
workshops with the Los Angeles
Women's Theatre Festival,
during college residencies and
in Holland.
Early
Bird Special until May 30rd
$99, $150 after that date.
July
9, 2011, 10-6pm
JUMPING
INTO THE DEEP WATERS -
Instructor Adilah Barnes
This
all-day workshop will explore
non-fiction writing from the
genres of memoir,
autobiography and personal
stories. Writers are
encouraged to come ready to
roll up their sleeves with
writings they have already
begun so that they may hone
and shape their work further.
This workshop will also
address the areas of
storytelling that may be
challenging to give voice to,
but ultimately freeing once
the writing has been released.
Adilah is a published author
and Essence Magazine
bestseller.
Early
Bird Special until June 30th
$99, $150 after that date.
July
10, 2011, 10-6pm
PUBLICITY
AND MARKETING, A FINE LINE TO
BRANDING - Instructor Lynne
Conner.
Los
Angeles theatre publicist
Lynne Conner will offer this nuts
and bolts workshop
covering the basics of PR
including creating a
marketing and press package,
electronic press kits,
branding, finding media
contacts, targeting your
market, building networking
relationships, and more!
Early
Bird Special until June
30th $99, $150 after that
date
Please
visit www.writersretreat.com
(Georgia location) for more
on The Writers's Well.
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ORDER
YOUR AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF ON
MY OWN TERMS TODAY!
ON
MY OWN TERMS
Adilah's
book, ON MY OWN TERMS,
continues to reach more
and more readers
throughout the United
States and abroad. Named
an Essence Magazine #3
non-fiction bestseller in
June, 2009 behind President
Obama's two books,
this book crosses the
genres of a how-to acting
book, memoir,
autobiography,
inspiration, spiritual,
and motivational read. ON
MY OWN TERMS also received
a 2009 African American
Literary Award nomination
and Xlibris Publishing
AUTHOR'S SPOTLIGHT.
"Although
this is an Actor's story,
this is the Hero's
journey...this is a deeply
intelligent, thoughtful,
fearless read that dares
anyone to categorize
it...encapsulates a
journey, lyrical, poetic,
and evocative; an
uncharted river,
challenging the reader to
step across."
-A
Gathering of the Tribe
Magazine
To
order autographed copies
of ON MY OWN TERMS for
yourself or others, please
visit www.adilahbarnes.com.
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UPCOMING
LOS ANGELES WORKSHOPS
LET'S
GET YOUR SHOW ON THE ROAD!
Touring Workshop
Saturday,
May 28th, 2011 10am-6pm
North Hollywood, CA 91601
This
popular return all-day
intensive will allow hands on,
in class time to move the solo
artist from the stage to the
road. It will focus on
assessing if you are ready to
tour, identifying your market,
how to get a booking manager
and/or booking agent, how to
represent yourself in the
marketplace, how to
effectively use limited
showcase time at conferences,
how to create an appealing
booth, creating a professional
press packet, pitching your
show, packaging your show to
create residencies, creating a
compelling demotape,
negotiating a contract and
rider, setting fees, how to
tech quickly and efficiently,
how to establish and build
relationships with presenters,
joining booking organizations,
how to use local press, and
much, much more!
Early
Bird Tuition registration by
May 16th is $225 or $250 after
that date.
CHARACTER
DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP
ACTING
OUT!
July
19 - October 4, 2011, 7-10pm
North
Hollywood, CA 91601
This
demanding 12-week acting
class allows students the
opportunity to develop
concrete, in-depth scenes
and monologues. This
workshop also utilizes
improvisation to develop
in-the-moment acting skills
and touches upon the nuts
and bolts of the business.
It culminates in a dynamic
Industry Night Showcase.
Early
Bird Tuition registration by
June 15, 2011 is $200 per
month or $250 per month
after that date.
For more information on
workshops, please visit www.adilahbarnes.com
or call (818) 752-2225.
Instructor is also available
for private coaching.
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Edited
by
Adilah Barnes,
Maria Orozco, and
Gustavo Garcia
ADILAH
BARNES PRODUCTIONS TEAM
Phillis
Brooks, Graphic
Designer
Larry Coleman,
Webmaster/Graphic
Designer/Photographer
Aisha Coley,
Booking Coordinator
Ellen Donovan,
CPA
Gustavo
Garcia,
Newsletter Co-Editor
Maria Orozco,
Newsletter Co-Editor
Tracy Mapes,
Commercial Agent
Dave Secor,
Theatrical Agent
Allison Queen,
Publicist
Phoebe Holstorn-Williams Personal
Assistant
Kristine Wallis,Voice-Over
Agent
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Yvonne
Farrow is
welcomed to the Adilah
Barnes Productions
(ABP) team. Yvonne
is a producing
artist and
co-partner in the
production company, Twinbiz.
With twenty-five
plus productions
under their belts,
Yvonne was awarded
the first ever Emerging
Producer Award
at the 2011
National Black
Theatre Festival with
partner, Yvette
Heyliger.
In February 2011,
Twinbiz launched its
annual National
Black HIV/AIDS
Theatre Initiative
commemorated with a
Resolution from the
City of Los Angeles.
Yvonne won a 2010 NY
AUDELCO
Award for "Lead
Actress" in
Heyliger's What
Would Jesus Do?
The show won seven
AUDELCO's for
excellence in Black
theatre including
"Production of
the Year".
Yvonne was nominated
"Outstanding
Leading
Actress" in
Heyliger's White
House Wives:
Operation Lysistrata!
for the NY
Planet Connections
Theatre Festivity
production, winning
three awards. A
choralographer,
Yvonne specializes
in concert choral music,
specifically
designed for
classically trained
choirs. A
trailblazer in this
field, Yvonne's has
raised choralography
to an art. Yvonne
will bring her
multi-talented
expertise to ABP in
the areas of
Marketing/PR for its
many arms, agency
outreach in the
college market and
administration.
(Welcome, Yvonne!)
