SERVICES
Performer: Marina's performances have been described as spellbinding, engaging, enthralling and inspiring! She has the ability to capture her audience, whether it be a small or large, young or mature, diverse or target audience, Marina is consistent.
Playwright: Told through a series of monologues, poems, music and dance, Black Diamonds and Pearls...Rise Up and Shine!, is an intensely passionate, humorous, and intimate love story. An adaptation of the playwright's book of poetry, If I Decide to Fly!, the play stitches together an uplifting and sometimes haunting journey reflecting on the occurrences in the lives of African-American boys/men.
The culminating objective of the storyline is to remind black boys/men of the power they possess within, simply because they were created in the image of God. The production explores such topics as, the residual effects of slavery, relationships, self-empowerment and self-love and community. Although designed to inspire, empower and uplift African-American boys/men, when examined in its entirety, Black Diamonds and Pearls...reveals a message that is not limited to the "black" experience, but is ultimately a universal message of love, acceptance and forgiveness.
Workshop Facilitator: Marina has facilitated workshops for federal and state correctional facilities, detention centers, shelters, universities, schools, churches, bookclubs, etc. Her workshops are transformational, insightful and engaging. Marina's innate ability to connect with all of humanity is a true testimony to the inner work she credits for having transformed her own personal life. Many of the exercises in Marina's workshops are ones she herself practices.