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Vickie is an award-winning playwright, director, and producer. In 2023, Metrolina Theatre Association awarded her "Theatre Person Of The Year!" In addition, her nonprofit arts organization, Performing Arts And Literary Society was awarded "Small Business Of The Year" by the Queen City Awards. She is the co-producer of the BIPOC Playwrights Festival- whose mission is diversity and inclusion for playwrights of color, providing them the opportunity to produce/perform a fully-mounted production in a mainstream theater annually.
She has written, directed, produced, and self-promoted numerous stage plays throughout the United States to include: Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, and North Carolina. She is the award-winning playwright/director of the domestic violence awareness stage play, "A Change Is Gonna Come".
In 2014, she received the Broadway World’s Charlotte Regional Award for Best Director in a musical for her stage play, “The Gift”. For three years, Vickie has served on the elite panel of producers of the National Black Theater festival Actors’ Networking Showcase.
Vickie is an avid and outspoken advocate in the campaign to end domestic violence. As a child-witness, she has first-hand knowledge about the effects that domestic violence had on her development into a young woman and how it affected her self-esteem. She has developed a campaign entitled, Don’t Take Away My Innocence as a support mechanism for adult recovery and for intervention for children who are currently witnesses.
Vickie is the author of two books, The Art of Forgiving, a relationship-building memoir that emphasizes the importance of ridding oneself of relationship baggage by mastering the “art” of forgiving; and her best-selling memoir, Know Your Worth! (Overcoming the Dragon of Low Self- Esteem), an empowering, tell-all book that is designed to promote image-building by breaking the cycle of "low self-esteem". This thought-provoking memoir received high honors in three different categories on the Amazon.com Bestsellers’ List: 5th in Emotion, 7th in Women Studies, and 7th in Gender Studies.
Ms. Evans was honored with the “Voices of Women” award by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority for her community advocacy and oratorical contributions. She was nominated for “Phenomenal Woman of the Year”! Vickie works tirelessly to make a difference in her community, with a passion for young ladies and mature women who have experienced love, relationship, and self-image issues. She is a member of the Domestic Violence Speakers’ Bureau in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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First Show:
Top Dog, Underdog - Susan Lori-ParksFavorite Show:
Tied Between “The Color Purple” And “Hamilton”
BWW Review: CHICAGO - Davidson Community Players
June 22, 2015
June 22, 2015
Celebrating their 50th Anniversary, Davidson Community Players open their Summer season with the Tony Award-Winning Musical, Chicago.
BWW Interview: Playwright Rory Sheriff, 'Be A Lion'
June 17, 2015
June 17, 2015
Playwright Rory Sheriff penned the stage play, 'Be A Lion', a delightful spinoff to the Broadway musical and film, 'The Wiz', an adaptation of the television classic, 'The Wizard of Oz'.
BWW Interviews: A Conversation with Producer/Director Martin Wilkins
April 14, 2015
April 14, 2015
Martin Wilkins has an intensive professional theater career that include a long list of fellowships and freelance assignments at impressive venues such as The Arena Stage (Washington, DC) and The Eugene O'Neill Center Theater. Yet, here in Charlotte, we are glad to call him one of our own.
BWW Previews: A SOUTHERN GIRL'S GOT TO HAVE IT by Elaine Alexander
March 25, 2015
March 25, 2015
A Southern Girl's Got To Have It is a collection of one-act comedies written by award winning playwright, Elaine Alexander, directed by theatre veteran Gaye Haid that will open this Thursday, March 26, at Rock Hill Community Theatre.
BWW Interviews: AMERICAN WOMAN - Musical By Charlotte Native LaVelle Harris
March 24, 2015
March 24, 2015
American Woman, written by Charlotte Native, LaVelle Harris explodes on stage with giant Afros, stylish costumes, energetic dancing, and awesome old school singing from the 70s.
BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS - A Premier Broadway Musical
March 19, 2015
March 19, 2015
'Kinky Boots' Lights Up The Blumenthal Stage In Charlotte, NC. It is sparkling, spectacular, superb, sensational...I would run out of positive adjectives to describe it.
BWW Interview: Director, Justin Attkisson, SYLVIA, by A.R. Gurney
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015
'Sylvia' is a modern romantic comedy about a marriage and a dog. With empty nest syndrome and middle age near, Greg looks to an unlikely source for companionship and love which is not appreciated by his wife, Kate.
BWW Review/Interview: ORDINARY PEOPLE by Davidson Community Players
March 4, 2015
March 4, 2015
Davidson Community Players and Davidson LifeLine, thru a partnership with an adult education institute, DavidsonLearns present the mental health/suicide awareness stage play, Ordinary People.
BWW Interviews: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA's Jacquelynne Fontaine and Storm Lineberger at Belk Theater
February 6, 2015
February 6, 2015
Phantom of the Opera - Jacquelynne Fontaine as Carlotta
BWW Interview: Elaine Alexander and Della Freedman of CAR TALK Make Finals In Manhattan, New York
February 5, 2015
February 5, 2015
Car Talk, written by Elaine Alexander and directed by Della Freedman was chosen as a finalist for the Manhattan Repertory Theatre's One-Act Playwriting Contest. It is a short one-act comedy that depicts the story of an accountant who goes car shopping with his status seeking fiancee on an expedition to find the perfect car for her, which leads him on the quest to find his true self.
BWW Interviews: Emily Trainor of WEST SIDE STORY at Matthews Playhouse
January 19, 2015
January 19, 2015
Matthews Playhouse's School of Theatre, presents West Side Story, the American musical inspired by William Shakespeare, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. This action-packed musical depicts the rivalry between to teen street gangs, The Jets and the Sharks of two different ethnic backgrounds. Emily Trainor, a high school senior at Providence High School and student of the School of Theatre portrays the role of Anita, the sexy, sassy sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks. The young protagonist, Tony, a member of The Jets, falls in love with Maria, the sister of the leader of the Sharks (Bernardo). Anita and Maria are friends that work at a bridal shop together. The conflict and prejudices that arise as a result of this "forbidden" love affair is explosive, entertaining, and captivating.
BWW Interview: Adam Trent, 'The Illusionist'
January 19, 2015
January 19, 2015
Adam Trent is a self-taught illusionist who combines his musical and comedic talents to mesmerize his audience. Adam, along with six other illusionists will showcase their talents in Broadway's best-selling magic show, "The Illusionists: Witness The Impossible" from January 27-Feb 1, at the Knight Theater.
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