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Voices From the Earth, Inc. is a theater arts organization based in Thomas, WV that has been serving the community since 1991.


Calendar 2017-2018

2017

January

  • January 22 2pm - W.E.B. DuBois portrayed by Charles Pace and Ilene Evans portraying Bessie Coleman - St. John’s Lutheran Church, Davis, WV

  • January 23 7pm - W.E.B. DuBois portrayed by Charles Pace and Ilene Evans portraying Bessie Coleman

  • January 25 - Journey of Freedom in America - WWI Memphis Tennessee Garrison at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College

  • January 27 12:00 Noon - Charles Pace– The Women of Frederick Douglass - Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV

  • January 29 9am - Breakfast with Dr. Dubois (Charles Pace) - St. Paul AME Church, 61 Beechurst Ave., Morgantown, WV

February

  • February 2 12:00 Noon - Harriet Tubman History Alive - Bridge Valley Community and Technical College, Charleston, WV

  • February 4 11am - Harriet Tubman History Alive - Kanawha County Public Library, Charleston, WV

  • February 8 12:15pm - Bessie Coleman: American Aviatrix - portrayed by Ilene Evans - Eastern WV Community and Technical College

  • February 12 7pm - Coralie Franklin Cook: Lifting As We Climb - Portrayed by Ilene Evans - Curtis Freewill Baptist Church 47 Storer College Place Harpers Ferry, WV

  • February 19 - Eslanda Robeson: I will Not Sit Still - St. Paul AME Church, 61 Beechurst Ave., Morgantown, WV

March

  • March 2 12:00 Noon - Eslanda Robeson: I will Not Sit Still – Portrayed by Ilene Evans - Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV

  • March 18 4pm - Harriet Tubman History Alive - Nutter Fort Public Library 1300 Buckhannon Pike

  • March 22 12:15pm - Pearl Buck and Eslanda Robeson Portrayed by Karen Vuranch and Ilene Evans - Eastern WV Community and Technical College

April

  • April 24 - Symposium 1 American Argument - Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, Moorefield, WV

  • April 26 - Symposium 2 American Argument - Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, Moorefield, WV

  • April 27-30 - In The Voice of Our Ancestors Retreat/Workshop with Ilene EvansDavis, WV

May

  • May 29-30 - Campfire for Counsellors: Building a World of Kindness Camp Horseshoe, Leadmine, WV

June

  • Check back for June events!

July

  • July 8-9 - Abi:The Baby Catcher – By Ilene Evans - Pricketts Fort, Fairmont, WV

  • July 18-22 - Bessie Coleman: Bronze Aviatrix - Ashland Chautauqua, Ashland, Ohio

August

  • Check back for August events!

September

  • September 23, 2pm - Harriet Tubman - Hardy County Heritage Weekend, Moorefield Presbyterian Church-109 South Main St, Moorefield, WV

  • September 25, 7pm - Harriet Tubman - History Alive - South Charleston Public Library

October

  • October 3, 8pm - Stories to Mend the Night - Songs to Mend the Soul - Conference Call Concert Fund Raiser

  • October 6, 2pm - Scholars Panel: Coralie Franklin Cook: Education and Civil Rights

  • October 7, 7pm - Coralie Franklin Cook: Lifting As We Climb - Storer College, Harper’s Ferry, WV

  • October 11-12 - Storytelling - Jackson’s Mill Storytelling Festival - Jane Lew, WV

  • October 21, 7:30pm - Harriet Tubman - History Alive - Elkins-Randolph County Public Library

  • October 28 - TBA - Cincinnati, OH

November

  • November 7-12 - Storytelling sessions and workshops with Ilene and Lyn Ford - Affrilachian Ghost Tales - National Association of Black Storytellers Wichita, KS

December

  • Check back for December events!

2018

January

  • Check back for January events!

February

  • February 4 - Journey of Freedom in America - New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Ashland KY

  • February 9 - Harriet Tubman - History Alive - Mt. View Christian School

  • February 16 - Journey of Freedom in America: African Americans in WWI - St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Boonsboro, MD

  • February 25 - Coralie Franklin Cook - St. John Lutheran Church, Davis, WV

March

  • March 10, 2-4pm - Journey of Freedom in America: African Americans In WWI - Coralie Franklin Cook and Edith Wharton - St. John Lutheran Church, Davis, WV

  • March 16-17 - Women of Color Chautauqua - Washington, D.C.

April

  • April 26-29 - In The Voice Of Our Ancestors Retreat - Davis, WV

May

  • May 26-29 - Women of Color Chautauqua - Washington, D.C.