Sugarfoots Tattle-Tale Series: Sugarfootn’’ with the Irish with an African Twist

Barbara EL Wilson is a graduate of Howard University’s Drama Department, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree and has also taught at the Duke Ellington School for the Performance Arts. She is an accomplished actress, comedienne, storyteller and entrepreneur, and has performed throughout the Washington metropolitan area and the East Coast. Ms. Wilson founded Sugarfoots in 1992, a company that designs cultural soft-sewn rag dolls, created in the three complexion shades of Cocoa, Ginger and Cinnamon. She has been featured in The Washington Post, numerous local news broadcasts, Latina Magazine, Family Digest and thrice in Essence Magazine. Along with Sugarfoots dolls, the Sugarfoots family includes children’s books, storytelling workshops and a performing arts summer camp. Ms. Wilson was a principal performer in the No Neck Monster Theatre Company’s production of Sanctuary D.C., nominated in 1988 for the Helen Hayes Award. In the Washington, D.C. comedy-drama production of An Oral History of Tarawaga County, Ms. Wilson’s performance was reviewed as ＂A Goddess of a Black Woman, with warmth and style＂. She continues to be well noted for her bright comic performances. She has worked with celebrity artists such as Ruby Dee, the late Ossie Davis, Patti Labelle, and Bill Cosby. She is a dedicated and committed performer and delights audiences wherever her path may lead her. Through Sugarfoots, Ms Wilson has performed storytelling workshops for the Girl Scouts of America, Jack and Jill, Boys and Girls Clubs, Schools, Museums, the Outreach Children’s Theatre Company’s touring production of The Golden Journey and Interact, a children’s touring production throughout the Washington metropolitan area. With this rich blend of theatrical talents, Ms. Wilson brings to the art of storytelling a unique fusion of improvisation, movement and comic overture. She resides in Washington, D.C. with her son Parker.