Baltimore playwright uses theater to address cycle of addiction and deliverance

By Catherine Pugh, Particular to the AFRO

Baltimore Playwright and journalist Ursula Battle is bringing her manufacturing “Serenity Home: From Habit to Deliverance,”  again to the stage. 

The play has ingratiated audiences from Baltimore to Virginia over the previous years, turning into a should see for anybody affected by habit, going by restoration or supporting a member of the family or good friend battling habit.

“This manufacturing is the impetus for my new breakout novel of the identical identify,” stated Battle.

“Serenity Home,” forces these watching to look at present and previous behaviors that stored them or their family members from restoration and shifting ahead with life in a extra productive approach.

The play will run on Could 20 at 3pm on the Randallstown Neighborhood Middle, and  on June 3 at Sollers Level Multi-Objective Middle in Dundalk at 3p.m.   

The play is directed by Baltimore County Well being Officer Dr. Gregory William Department. 

“My curiosity in medication dates again to childhood having watched a former neighbor battle with habit and in the end succumb to an overdose,”stated Department.

In keeping with the Nationwide Middle for Drug Abuse Statistics drug overdose deaths are up 30 % year-over-year.  The price of drug habit and substance abuse in america is $600 billion {dollars} yearly.

This play is an in-depth take a look at habit, portrayed by actors similar to Randy “Fruity” Roberts, of The Choir Boyz. 

The play facilities across the journey of six individuals who enter a restoration program began by a church. With music, dance and storytelling, this manufacturing takes a heart-wrenching, but heartwarming take a look at the devastating influence that habit has on society, significantly on households that in some instances, have been battling the cycle of habit over a number of generations, says Battle.

Tickets can be found now at $20 every. For extra info or to buy a ticket name 443-531-5839 or go to battlestageplays.com. 

Arising subsequent, the Afro-American will discuss in depth with the playwright and journalist Ursula V. Battle about her journey and her upcoming e book.