Meet Empowered Woman, Vickie Washington. The RJ Group invited Vickie to share about Empowering Women, and she accepted! Vickie is a loving person who has a strong Circle of Women who empower her and she provides the same to them. Listen to her share about loving relationships, self-care, wisdom, and more!

Vickie Washington is the founder and producing director of r ^. t ^. w ~ reading  the  writers, a readers theatre performance organization. As an actress, she has worked at the Dallas Theater Center, Theatre Three, Jubilee Theatre, Dallas Shakespeare Festival, Sojourner Truth Players, Soul Rep Theater, Casa Manana, Echo Theatre, and the Black Hills Playhouse of South Dakota.  Dallas audiences have witnessed her work in Crowns, The Piano Lesson, …and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi, The Tempest, A Lesson Before Dying, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, and For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.  She received Best Actress recognition from the Dallas Critics Forum for her performance in From the Mississippi Delta which also garnered her a nomination for the coveted Rabin Award presented by the Dallas Theatre League.  Directing credits include Passing Strange, Sunset Baby, Mississippi Goddamn, Fences, Speech and Debate, The Ballad of Jane Elkins, Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963, Fabulation, Angela’s Mixtape, First Breeze of Summer and The Gambler’s Earrings.  Her body of work has been recognized by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. with the Women Shine! — Women in the Arts Drama Award.  Her acting credits extend to the screen with the title role in the award winning, Hannah and the Dog Ghost.  Her theatre, television and film work has afforded her the opportunity to work with Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Irma Hall, Regina Taylor and Martin Sheen. Vickie is a graduate of Texas Woman’s University and for over three decades has shared her talent, passion, and knowledge with the students of the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts as an instructor and director in the theatre department. Her work in theatre is driven by her love of the craft and the powerful ways it can be used to tell our stories. Her community endeavors include serving as board chair of Black Cinematheque Dallas, coordinator of NAACP ACT-SO, member of North Texas Area Dismantling Racism Team, Dance Exchange/Dallas Faces Race cohort and volunteer at the South Dallas Cultural Center and Innercity Community Development Corporation. In addition to her work in theatre, film and television, Vickie is a writer, editor, acting coach, public speaker, and an all-around loving person.

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Peace & Blessings,

Grace Sowtrue

The RJ Group