Award-winning performance comes to Scarritt-Bennett Center
“From the Motherland to the Promised Land”
Nashville, TN – A powerful dramatic chronology of the African-American worship experience, from the slave hollers to the drone of Negro spirituals, the rich history of the African American worship experience comes to life in “From the Motherland to the Promised Land.”
Scarritt-Bennett Center, located on 19th S & Grand, will host Christian dramatist, Sherre Miller Bishop, during Black History Month, for a special performance on Friday, February 9, 2007,
7 – 8:30 PM in Fondren Hall at Scarritt-Bennett Center.
Bishop, the Tennessee-based dramatist, describes the performance, “People of all ages have clapped their hands, cried, stomped their feet, and laughed during this performance. It’s a heart wrenching, inspirational story of more than history. It’s all about the faith and the indomitable spirits that emerge from having faith in God.”
During the performance Bishop sings, “picks” cotton, "preaches," works in the “big house,” etc. At another interval, she launches into an old time devotional service. Audiences are treated to a trip back through the strong faith of generations.
The original monologue, From the Motherland to the Promised Land has taken Bishop from coast to coast performing for groups as large as 10,000. Bishop was a featured winner in the Los Angeles Women’s Theater Festival (LAWTF). Her one-woman show was featured in N. Hollywood, California during LAWTF’s annual festival in March of 2005.
Tickets are $5 per person at the door, HOWEVER, seating is limited for this event, and due to the popularity of this performance, admission is not guaranteed without an RSVP in advance. Please call 615.340.7450, or email diversity@scarrittbennett.org for reservations and more information.
“From the Motherland to the Promised Land”
Nashville, TN – A powerful dramatic chronology of the African-American worship experience, from the slave hollers to the drone of Negro spirituals, the rich history of the African American worship experience comes to life in “From the Motherland to the Promised Land.”
Scarritt-Bennett Center, located on 19th S & Grand, will host Christian dramatist, Sherre Miller Bishop, during Black History Month, for a special performance on Friday, February 9, 2007,
7 – 8:30 PM in Fondren Hall at Scarritt-Bennett Center.
Bishop, the Tennessee-based dramatist, describes the performance, “People of all ages have clapped their hands, cried, stomped their feet, and laughed during this performance. It’s a heart wrenching, inspirational story of more than history. It’s all about the faith and the indomitable spirits that emerge from having faith in God.”
During the performance Bishop sings, “picks” cotton, "preaches," works in the “big house,” etc. At another interval, she launches into an old time devotional service. Audiences are treated to a trip back through the strong faith of generations.
The original monologue, From the Motherland to the Promised Land has taken Bishop from coast to coast performing for groups as large as 10,000. Bishop was a featured winner in the Los Angeles Women’s Theater Festival (LAWTF). Her one-woman show was featured in N. Hollywood, California during LAWTF’s annual festival in March of 2005.
Tickets are $5 per person at the door, HOWEVER, seating is limited for this event, and due to the popularity of this performance, admission is not guaranteed without an RSVP in advance. Please call 615.340.7450, or email diversity@scarrittbennett.org for reservations and more information.
