Pompano Beach Cultural Center Presents One-Woman Show ON PURPOSE
The performance is on Friday February 3, 2023, at 7pm.
Pompano Beach Cultural Center will present the one-woman show On Purpose, created and performed by renowned poet Ebony Payne-English. Onstage, she paints a vivid picture of femininity at the peak of its strength and in the pit of its vulnerability in the face of an HIV diagnosis. Told from the diverse perspectives of seven women, she weaves poems, monologue, song, rhyme, and colorful vernacular into an exceptional coming of age story. The performance is on Friday February 3, 2023, at 7pm. Tickets are $25. For more information, www.pompanobeacharts.org
"Payne-English's work is a raw and provocative take on fear, honesty, and success," said Ty Tabing, Cultural Affairs Director. "We invite you to witness her strength and amazing artistry in a live-theater setting."
Payne-English is an author, performer, playwright, and educator from Duval County, FL. Having authored a graphic novel, The Random Happenings, as well as an award-winning poetry collection, Secrets of Ma'at, Payne English has been featured in The Florida Times Union, PBS's Hometown, Derniere Vie Magazine, WJCT's First Coast Connect, and My Black Matters. She has performed her work at The New Orleans House of Blues, Essence Festival, Nuyorican Café, Crossroads Theatre, TEDx, and Jax by Jax, as well as countless colleges, universities, and entertainment venues nationwide. Her discography includes six albums.
Payne-English is the first woman to establish her own chapter of the international poetry organization Black on Black Rhyme. She is the 2017 Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville's Emerging Artist and the recipient of the Spoken Word Gala's 2017 William Bell Humanitarian Award. Ebony currently serves as Executive Director of The Performers Academy, a 501c3 arts education organization in Jacksonville, FL and is a founding member of the Board of Directors of Southern Fried Poetry, Inc. which produces the largest adult regional poetry slam in the nation.
Pompano Beach Cultural Center is located at 50 West Atlantic Boulevard, Pompano Beach.
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