Here & Now: Fort Worth mom develops stage play

A play about forgiveness and hope highlights a mother burdened by the consequences of her own choices and her son locked up in the system. The true story of a Fort Worth woman is in this week's Here and Now Conversation with Fox 4's Sean Rapp. All right, I want you to meet this young lady from Fort Worth who has a story to tell, and she has taken that story, her life story, and put it in the form of a stage play that is coming to life in November. I want to introduce you to Minister Teresa Tarpley. Tell us, ma'am, about this play. First, tell us the name of it and where does it come from? The name of the stage play is called Mother of Inmates, and it's based off of a true story. I wrote a book, and it's released, and it's called Mother of Inmates as well. Mother of Inmates is talking about how mama's always complaining about one child going to juvenile jail or prison. she don't want to go to family functions because everybody got all their kids and she don't got all hers and the kids go to school every day they see their friends looking good nice hairdos nice haircuts and they see mama go to work every day when mama get paid mama got a man but when the money is gone the man is gone ain't no food in the house whoa that's pretty deep now is this a life story that you have lived this is a life story that i have went through and i have been a mother of inmates i've also been an inmate myself but i've had like misdemeanor crimes like traffic tickets and stuff like that okay and you dealt with alcohol or drug addiction also yes i've been clean from crack cocaine since September 19, 1981 that i've been clean from crack cocaine i come through all of it i'm also a non-profit over um an organization called Hurt Broken Out and Deliver Ministries. We'll go out and feed and clothe the homeless. I host job fairs for people with and without criminal backgrounds. Use travel guides for trouble teens Tell me about this play. Where will it be performed and when does it take to the stage? It's going to be November the 21st at Uptown Theater in Grand Prairie, November the 21st. And it's going to be two shows. One at 2:30 p.m. and one at 6:30 p.m. How can folks get tickets? They go on Zippy.com and go to Mother of Inmates and get the tickets okay and there's some pretty famous names who are acting in your play yes i have uh the R&B singer Yarbrough Peoples, Alisa Peoples she's playing in it and i also have Reginald Ballard from the Fifth Floor of the TV show Martin it's going to be there as well thank you for what you are doing in the Fort Worth community. Thank you. Thank you.