Win Tickets to See Running: AMOK July 20-July 25
Cast of "Running: AMOK"
We are offering the chance to win a pair of tickets to the Running: AMOK showing of your choice. Email to us a narrative– either in poem or essay form– of your most life-changing experience and you become eligible to win. A winning entry is chosen every week leading up to the show’s start times. Email your submission to TheBAMNetwork@gmail.com.
This week’s winner is Demetra Washington. Here’s her story:
I’ve had so many life changing moments in my life when I married a man that still had a girlfriend. When my children were born. When my husband was on drugs and I had to fight to save my family and husband. When my children were grown up and left home is when my life took a turn. I had no ideal what to do. I had questions that I needed to answer. I was a mess. We were not getting along and I cried because I did not know who I was anymore with no more battles to fight no more children to take care of I forgot how to be me. I had made up my mind I was going to leave him and do what? You see a mess. My daughter came over. I was sitting in my big chair crying and having a fit. My daughter said mom you said you wanted to dread your hair. I said I still do. She said lets do it. She said you need a change so lets start there so we went into the bathroom and I cut all my perm ends off and we both got started on my head. I did the front and she did the back. After that I felt free. I changed my attitude and the way I dressed. I remembered I use to write poetry and draw a little. I like taking picutures and love art and all of these things just started to fit back into my life again. I pretty much sat the man down and let him know I don’t care what you say or how you feel about my change. It was a battle for sure. But I started to speak out and do Charity work. I found new friends mostly male which is something else we had to work on but he’s coming around. Now I’m recording and writing a poetry book. It’s been a long process because of everything else that’s keeping me busy but the point is I’m here I’m back and I’m loving the skin I’m in.
Running: AMOK-- THE PLAY 