THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS presents "A Black Woman Speaks" Starring CHERYL TYRE Friday & Saturday, October 14-15, 2011 @ 8:15 PM in the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre of the Dallas Convention Center Theater Complex (Entrance on the corner of Canton and Akard Streets) Dallas, TX The first solo show written and perfomed thirty-five years ago at TBAAL was by Academy nominee and Emmy winner, Beah Richards. A potent account about Black women's plight in America is dramatized and celebrated in this moving one woman show performed by actress CHERYL TYRE.  Curtis King directs.  Hosted by Board Chair Barbara Steele, The Drifters, Inc. and Good Street Baptist Church. ADMISSION $10 Get weekly TBAAL Updates at Our Blog www.tbaal.wordpress.com View TBAAL Video Posts at www.youtube.com/user/TBAALDallasTX  There is no complimentary private or public parking for TBAAL patrons.ALL PATRONS must pay posted parking fees. You may pay for tickets by phone with Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express by calling TBAAL's Box Office at 214-743-2400 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday or Saturdays Noon - 4 p.m.  The Box Office is closed every Tuesday from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. for weekly staff meeting.  All fees and service charges not included in ticket price. Cash only is accepted at the Box Office the day/night of a performance.          ARTISTS AND PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.