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productions such <B>as A Christmas Carol</B> and <B>Piano</B>.  She received a <I>DramaLogue Award for Outstanding Performance</I> in the San Francisco Julian Theatre’s<B> Jo Anne!</B> and <I>Bay Area Critics Circle Award</I> nominations for both<B> Anne!</B> and <B>Daddy </B>in San Francisco.  January 2001, Adilah was Artist –In-Residence at Michigan State University while she lectured and performed in <B>The Bridge Party</B>.</div> <bR> <div> Her recent film credits include co-starring roles in the blockbuster and award-winning <B>Erin Brockovich</B> with Julia Roberts.  She will also appear in the upcoming Sandra Bullock Castlerock film, <B>Murder By Numbers</B>.  Her many guest-starring television credits include roles this Fall on CBS’<B> Family Law, The Agency,</B> WB’s <B>The Gilmore Girls</B> and UPN’s <B>Roswell</B>.</div> <bR> <div> Ms Barnes has toured extensively coast-to-coast with her one-woman show,<B> I AM THAT I AM: WOMAN, BLACK.</B>  Now in its eleventh season, the show has toured nationally in almost thirty states and became international in 2000 as she performed in Rotterdam, Holland<B>.  I AM THAT I AM: WOMAN, BLACK </B>has been on the touring rosters of the <I>California Arts Council, Nevada Arts Council and Utah Arts Council.</I></div> <bR> <div> Ms Barnes earned her B.A. in Theatre Arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz where she was elected in 1998 to the prestigious <I>UCSC Alumni Council</I>.  She also taught three years at the American Conservatory Theatre in several acting programs including the highly competitive <I>Advanced Training Program</I>.   She has taught at other institutions including The Los Angeles Theatre Center, Marla Gibbs’ Crossroads and the San Francisco School of Dramatic Arts.</div> <bR> <div> Co-founder of the <I>Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival</I>, Ms Barnes currently teaches acting privately in North Hollywood and write.  Her current projects include a one-woman show on the life of her mother, <B>Just Call Her a Woman of the Soil</B> and her first book, <B>On My Own Terms: One Actor’s Journey.</B></div> <bR> <div> Available as a lecturer, Ms Barnes ‘ previous lecture venues have included<I> Iowa State University, Michigan State University, Lynchburg College (VA), South Dakota State University, and Modesto Community College (CA). </I>  Keynote addresses have also been given at such schools as the <I>University of California</I> at both Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara and the Booker T> Washington African American Student Conference at <I>Butte College</I> (CA). </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>