A wooden front porch is the stage capturing this theatrical short story of Ann, the love that got away, and a heart so broken, it has not healed and seemingly cannot do so decades later.

Ann wears her sorrow like a burning salve against her skin, constantly sharing it with other porch visitors Cliff and Chayonne, and telling it for the first time to the teenaged Sugar who gets a kick out of the stories recounted on the porch.

What will host E. Claudette Freeman and her panel of coaches/counselors Weena Cullins and Renee Odrick unravel in this story?

Our cast in this short is:
Regina Gigi Hodges as Ann
Joseph R Cray as Cliff
Toni Tenaj as Sugar 

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She thought her heart and life would be safe with him. She met him  on campus, they shared common interests. he seemed the ideal man to marry. But the words I DO opened an invitation to disregard, disrespect, and physical abuse. The words "til death do us part" ring as a promise in her soul as she faces the demon she swore to love. [

Reading from the CD "Drama Exposed", by E. Claudette Freeman 

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In this theatre short, Paige, a young married woman, has run home to the grandparents – GammaReen and Charles - who helped raise her. She has done so because she believes her marriage is in trouble. Wisdom for Paige unfolds through her grandmother as she bakes and questions the nature of Paige's behavior and absence from her marriage.

CAST: 
Regina Gigi Hodges as Gamma Reen
Toni Tenaj as Paige
Joseph R Cray as Charles

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Young, in love, full of doubts, this story unravels a woman’s emotion when she is faced with making a decision that could be joyful or traumatic, and she is weighing the decision heavily on the reality of an undefined relationship. 

This episode's piece is from the CD "Drama Exposed" by E. Claudette Freeman

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Afternoon seductive trysts serve as the backdrop for Kay, a professional woman who has crossed the line, sharing not only a bed, but the sorrow that is her marriage with a client, Allen, a blue collar married man. Hidden away in a room-by-the-hour she is faced with her truth knocking on her door.

CAST:
Toni Tenaj as Kay
Lamar Hodges as Allen 

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Luke pastors a popular church which demands a lot of his time, serving diligently with him is his wife, Vicki. Their smooth sailing life is erratically disturbed with Luke's ex-wife appearing from a time of psychiatric hospitalization and joins the church where she was once the first lady. In this scene, she sauntersinto that church, down the middle aisle to assure her presence is scene. Her glide in becomes an interesting point of contention between the pastor, Luke and Vicky.

Dramatic Read by Margarette Joyner
Reading is an excerpt from a short story in the collection of scandalous first lady stories called WHEN I KILL HIM JESUS CAN HAVE HIM 

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What happens with an estranged mother and daughter come together with one standing in resolution and the other hoping for reconciliation. Will either gain what they're hoping for.  This excerpt of the play THE WAY MY MAMA LOVES ME, from a live performance in Miami, captures a volatile conversation that unfolds into powerful conversation with the panelists  - Weena Wise and Renee Odrick, and host E. Claudette Freeman. 

The cast is:
Shanier Adderley-Souffrant as Bessie
Daryl Patrice as Jamie
Tametria Harris as Paula
Tamijah Scriven as Young Jamie

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It is the height of the AIDS epidemic and the tragedy of it stumbles onto a woman's path. An afternoon grocery shopping trip reintroduces her to a once stunningly beautiful woman who has been ravaged by life. Tracy runs into an old neighborhood friend KC who forces her to deal with the reality of "there but by the grace of God go I."

Zhawn Archer as KC
E. Claudette Freeman as Tracy

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