M.A.C AIDS Fund Awards The Diva Foundation a grant to support Sheryl Lee Ralph’s one woman show “Sometimes I Cry”

Los Angeles, CA –The M.A.C AIDS Fund has awarded an Education/Awareness grant under the Creative Theater Program to The Diva Foundation to help support Sheryl Lee Ralph’s one woman show, “Sometimes I Cry”, The lives, loves, and losses of women infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, in preparation for its fall tour on campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

“Sometimes I Cry is insightful, true to life, hurtful, spirit filled and an inspirational work of theater that if mass produced could probably do more in the war on the AIDS epidemic than the hordes of seminars, lectures, documentaries, and health reports being produced around the world.”
The Spartan Connection
Norfolk State University

Sometimes I Cry, was written and conceived by honored AIDS activist, Sheryl Lee Ralph (Dreamgirls) when she realized just how much the face of HIV/AIDS had really changed and how little was being said. This poignant and provocative show depicts the raw and real life stories of women infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. An actress possessing a wealth of talent, Ms. Ralph breaths life into each character and their story with simple gestures and song. She places each woman's story upfront and center, right in your heart.

“These women’s voices have been silent for too long in the struggle against HIV/AIDS and they must be heard. Their health and well being matters too.”
S.L. Ralph

Sometimes I Cry is the second production from The Diva Foundation, which created Divas Simply Singing! in 1990, (www.divassimplysinging.com) the longest consecutive running musical AIDS fund raiser in Los Angeles. The 16th annual Divas Simply Singing! is slated for October 7, 2006, at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in LA, CA.

The Diva Foundation is a national not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded by Sheryl Lee Ralph, in 1990, as a memorial to the many friends she had lost to HIV/AIDS. The organization utilizes music and entertainment as a vehicle to educate, raise awareness, and erase the stigma still attached to this deadly disease.

The M.A.C AIDS Fund provides funding to non-profit HIV/AIDS organizations and programs for basic needs, health-related recreational activities, and programs that bring HIV/AIDS education, awareness and prevention to public attention. EVERY DAY IS WORLD AIDS DAY AT M.A.C

Sometimes I Cry will be performed June 9, 8:00 PM at Essex Community College, Newark, NJ and June 25, 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM at Aaron Davis Hall Marian Anderson Theater, New York, NY.

For more information and performance dates visit www.SometimesICry.org or www.MACAIDSFund.org