I Know I've Been Changed Explained

I Know I've Been Changed
Characters:Joe, Mary, Fanny, Ellen, Sam, Mitch, Millie, Emma, and Lequita
Web:http://www.tylerperry.com/stage-plays/i-know-ive-been-changed Tyler Perry website
Orig Run:1998-2000

I Know I've Been Changed was the first successful play from playwright Tyler Perry. The play focuses on issues including child abuse and rape and how they can be overcome by a strong belief in God.

Soul musician Ryan Shaw got his start performing in this play in 1998. The play received its first staging in Atlanta in 1992.[1] The play toured from 1998 to 2000.[2]

Grammy award winning vocalist Ann Nesby of the musical and instrumental group Sounds of Blackness played a supporting role in this play/production.

Saycon Sengbloh would later become the first Black stand-by and then principle lead for the role of Elphaba in the Broadway musical WICKED.

Plot

This hard-hitting play used comedy and drama to tell a story of two adult survivors of child abuse who became the people that their abusive mother said they would be. It is also the story of how they overcame, by the power of God, with a shocking twist at the end.Mary, the lead character, married and had two children before she had the opportunity to become an adult herself. Emotionally and spiritually irresponsible, she sought the succor of drugs to alleviate the pressure of rearing her children. This drug abuse manifests itself in verbal, emotional and physical abuse toward her children. She is unable to see the beauty of her own children, and, while addicted to drugs, is unable to alter the destructive path she has embarked upon. Compounding an already dysfunctional family situation, the husband is abusive to his wife and children as well, molesting his older son, which results in a dramatic plot twist later in the play.Fanny, is a mother divorcing her husband after becoming a famous singer. In a bold move to pursue her dreams she had to leave her daughter Ellen, to be raised by her husband, Joe.

Cast

Shows

Scheduled shows!Date!City!Venue
March 12, 1998AtlantaThe Tabernacle
March 13, 1998AtlantaThe Tabernacle
March 14, 1998AtlantaThe Tabernacle
March 15, 1998AtlantaThe Tabernacle
April 27, 1998RochesterRochester Auditorium Theatre
April 28, 1998RochesterRochester Auditorium Theatre
April 29, 1998BuffaloKleinhans Music Hall
April 30, 1998PittsburghBenedum Center
May 6, 1998ColumbusPalace Theatre
May 12, 1998BaltimoreLyric Performing Arts Center
May 13, 1998BaltimoreLyric Performing Arts Center
May 14, 1998BaltimoreLyric Performing Arts Center
May 15, 1998BaltimoreLyric Performing Arts Center
May 16, 1998BaltimoreLyric Performing Arts Center
May 17, 1998BaltimoreLyric Performing Arts Center
June 21, 1998ManhattanBeacon Theatre
October 2, 1998ChicagoAvalon Regal Theater
October 3, 1998ChicagoAvalon Regal Theater
October 4, 1998ChicagoAvalon Regal Theater
October 11, 1998OaklandParamount Theatre
November 10, 1998DorchesterStrand Theatre
January 12, 1999MiamiOlympia Theater
January 13, 1999MiamiOlympia Theater
January 14, 1999MiamiOlympia Theater
January 15, 1999MiamiOlympia Theater
January 16, 1999MiamiOlympia Theater
January 17, 1999MiamiOlympia Theater
January 26, 1999DallasDallas Convention Center Theater
January 27, 1999DallasDallas Convention Center Theater
January 28, 1999DallasDallas Convention Center Theater
January 29, 1999DallasDallas Convention Center Theater
January 30, 1999DallasDallas Convention Center Theater
January 31, 1999DallasDallas Convention Center Theater
February 5, 1999MemphisOrpheum Theatre
February 6, 1999MemphisOrpheum Theatre
February 7, 1999MemphisOrpheum Theatre
February 25, 1999IndianapolisOld National Centre
March 26, 1999MemphisOrpheum Theatre
March 27, 1999MemphisOrpheum Theatre
March 28, 1999MemphisOrpheum Theatre
April 22, 1999Kansas CityKansas City Music Hall
April 23, 1999Kansas CityKansas City Music Hall
April 24, 1999Kansas CityKansas City Music Hall
April 25, 1999Kansas CityKansas City Music Hall
September 28, 1999DetroitMusic Hall Center for the Performing Arts
September 29, 1999DetroitMusic Hall Center for the Performing Arts
September 30, 1999DetroitMusic Hall Center for the Performing Arts
October 1, 1999DetroitMusic Hall Center for the Performing Arts
October 2, 1999DetroitMusic Hall Center for the Performing Arts
October 3, 1999DetroitMusic Hall Center for the Performing Arts
November 18, 1999St. LouisFox Theatre
November 19, 1999St. LouisFox Theatre
November 20, 1999St. LouisFox Theatre
November 21, 1999St. LouisFox Theatre

Musical Numbers

All songs written and/or arranged by Tyler Perry and Elvin D. Ross.

Trivia

Notes and References

  1. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1739576/I-Know-Ive-Been-Changed Britannica online article
  2. http://www.tylerperry.com/stage-plays/i-know-ive-been-changed Play synopsis on Tyler Perry website

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