Radio Theatre For Your Soul

LaDawn Taylor is the Featured Storyteller on Radio Theatre For Your Soul Where Storytellers Gather...Around the Mic! LaDawn Taylor was born in Oklahoma City, grew up in Houston, Texas, and graduated from Sam Houston State University, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree.  She is a vibrant, faithful, and indeed resilient Musical Theatre Baby, an accomplished Singer & Actor with a background in Gospel, and a producer of artistic excellence. As a performer, shewas most notably cast as the original Princess Tiana, Disney’s first Black American princess, at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. An opportunity of a lifetime and affirmation that dreams do still come true! Currently, LaDawn Taylor is touring her production celebrating iconic R&B divas through time.  That show is titled “Divas through Time". And if you’re in Hilton Head, South Carolina, you can catch this soulful production at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina on Monday, August 3rd at 4 pm and/or 7:30 pm.  Tickets are available now!

To continue to follow or contact Featured Storyteller LaDawn Taylor, find her on IG @ldtaylor03 or @royalemade . You can also check out her personal website and business website for more information.

Lisa-Renee Dumas is the Featured Storyteller on Radio Theatre For Your Soul - Where Storytellers Gather...Around the Mic! Lisa-Renee Dumas is a career and life transition coach and the founder of SteadyStone. A former Actress and Producer, she went on to build a 20-year corporate career across technology, project management, business leadership, talent development, and human resources. Hailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she and her husband are now based in Portugal. 

Her story, titled "The Next Dream,” shares her journey thus far and how her many gifts serve in helping others recognize their own, while imagining what is possible and designing their next chapter with intention.

To connect with Featured Storyteller Lisa-Renee Dumas, please go to her website SteadyStone and dream more!

Brian St. John is the Featured Storyteller on Radio Theatre For Your Soul! Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, with roots reaching to Trinidad, Brian St. John is a man of many talents, including decades of experience in the music industry, working his way up to VP of Artist Development & Tour Marketing at Atlantic Records. And, more recently, as Head of Marketing Operations in the luxury transportation industry. His story today, "The Unknown, the Why & the Healing", shares our Featured Storyteller Brian St. John's unexpected health challenge and soldiering forward to full restoration.  To contact Brian St. John, please find him on Instagram @bstjohn1 or on all social media as Brian St. John.  You can alsocontribute to his GoFundMe titled “Help Brian Fight His Way Back” by going to www.gofundme.com, typing in Brian St. John, or the campaign “Help Brian Fight His Way Back.”

JUNETEENTH is the story shared today on ⁠Radio Theatre For Your Soul - Where Storytellers Gather...Around the Mic⁠!

Juneteenth is a holiday rooted in the history of slavery in the United States, which lasted over 200 years.

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring enslaved people in Confederate states to be free. However, in places like Texas, slavery continued for more than two years as enslavers ignored the order.

On June 19, 1865, after the Civil War had ended, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas with federal troops and issued General Order No. 3, announcing that all enslaved people were free.

This day became known as Juneteenth.

Ladee Dred is the Featured Storyteller on Radio Theatre For Your Soul - Where Storytellers Gather...Around the Mic! Today's broadcast is an Echo from the Archives with Featured Storyteller LADEEDRED YESHEMEBET, who was born in ⁠Ladee Dred⁠ is the Featured Storyteller on ⁠Radio Theatre For Your Soul - Where Storytellers Gather...Around the Mic!⁠ Today's broadcast is an Echo from the Archives with Featured Storyteller ⁠LADEEDRED YESHEMEBET⁠, who was born in Seattle, WA, and raised in Los Angeles, CA.  Her first performance started as a little girl in the church choir. Since then, she has appeared in movies such as Coming to America, Twins, and Roadhouse, among others. She has also appeared in Videos such as Michael Jackson’s "Dirty Diana" and in commercials for Yamaha. Ladee Dred recorded with Fabian Marley and Sizzla in Jamaica and has opened for Sanchez and Glenn Washington at the Hollywood Park Casino. Laddered has worked with many international recording artists such as BLACK UHURU, MICHIGAN & SMILEY, PATO BANTON, RAS MICHAEL, CHINNA SMITH, FULLY FULLWOOD, TONY CHIN, TONY BYRD, SUBA DREAD, ISSAC HAILE SELASSIE, just to name a few! In addition to the United States, Ladee Dred has toured and performed in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Jamaica, and Belize. Currently, Ladee Dred is in the Recording Studio Working on a new album, produced by Danny Moon & the AFRICA PROJECT, single titled "JAH WORKS MUST BE DONE” WITH "KOJO LION" for the upcoming Ghana Tour in March of 2017. And we honor her memory and contribution as she shares some of her music story on this Echo broadcast, today, Saturday, June 13th, 2026, 2 pm PST | 5 pm EST.Seattle, WA, and raised in Los Angeles, CA. 

Her first performance started as a little girl in the church choir. Since then, she has appeared in movies such as Coming to America, Twins, and Roadhouse, among others. She has also appeared in Videos such as Michael Jackson’s "Dirty Diana" and in commercials for Yamaha. Ladee Dred recorded with Fabian Marley and Sizzla in Jamaica and has opened for Sanchez and Glenn Washington at the Hollywood Park Casino. Laddered has worked with many international recording artists such as BLACK UHURU, MICHIGAN & SMILEY, PATO BANTON, RAS MICHAEL, CHINNA SMITH, FULLY FULLWOOD, TONY CHIN, TONY BYRD, SUBA DREAD, ISSAC HAILE SELASSIE, just to name a few! In addition to the United States, Ladee Dred has toured and performed in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Jamaica, and Belize. Currently, Ladee Dred is in the Recording Studio Working on a new album, produced by Danny Moon & the AFRICA PROJECT, single titled "JAH WORKS MUST BE DONE” WITH "KOJO LION" for the upcoming Ghana Tour in March of 2017. And we honor her memory and contribution as she shares some of her music story on this Echo broadcast, today, Saturday, June 13th, 2026, 2 pm PST | 5 pm EST.

Nethia Heyward is the Featured Storyteller on Radio Theatre For Your Soul! She is a native New Yorker, a NYU graduate, an Entrepreneur, and a Humorist who is equally hilarious and thought-provoking. Most importantly, she is also a Caregiver who still finds time to give more! Her story, titled “Telling itat 50, China to Hong Kong & more,” and if you’re a long-time listener, you heard part 1 of her story on May 28th back in 2022…yes, it’s been almost 4 years to date, and that story was simply titled “The China Story”.  Go back and listen anytime. And to the contact Featured Storyteller, Nethia Heyward, find her on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram @DatingAfter38.

Today's broadcast is an Echo from the Archives with Featured Storyteller S. Pearl Sharp! A working actress for over fifty years, she starred in the TV movies Minstrel Man, opposite Glynn Turman, and Hollow Image with Morgan Freeman, Robert Hooks and Dick Anthony Williams amongst others...during the 1960’s and 70’s, S. Pearl Sharp was part of New York City’s vibrant Black Arts Movement, studied acting in Harlem through the government’s “Poverty Program,” and was a member of esteemed novelist John Oliver Killens’ writing workshop, where she created her first play, "The Sistuhs" and published her second collection of poems. In 2013 she released an audio collection of five short stories titled "Uncertain Rituals" and we honor her memory and contribution as some of those stories are shared on this Echo broadcast. Additionally, we honor the memory of "Lawrence 'Lobace' Stoll, a valuable member of the Radio Theatre For Your Soul family, supporter of ALL things artistic and a dear friend. With his Drum & Bass in tow, he was the in-studio support for S. Pearl Sharp's original broadcast on June 11th, 2016, Season 1. Both of you are forever in our hearts with a story to remember!

Heather Ayers is the Featured Storyteller on Radio Theatre For Your Soul - Where Storytellers Gather...Around the Mic! A Midwesterner, living in New York City, Heather has been living her passion and now a veteran Broadway Actor ! You may know her from shows like, Our Town, Groundhog Day,  & A Little Night Music or on television in the series No Activity & Scandal. Born with parents who have a love of music and other genres of the arts, her profession seemed inevitable.  Her story, titled “Conquering this Town: An Actor’s Life Tour” shares some very significant & exciting moments in her life. Indeed, a genuine story shared.

To contact Featured Storyteller Heather Ayers, follow her on Instagram at @BreathofFreshAyers and please let her know that you heard her story on ⁠Radio Theatre For Your Soul!⁠

Sekou Writes and Fee King are the Featured Storytellers on ⁠Radio Theatre For Your Soul - Where Storytellers

Gather...Around the Mic!⁠ Fee King is an Artist, Entrepreneur, Author, NAACP nominated Playwright & Actoramongst many other gifts & blessings AND Mr. Sekou Writes also an Artist, Entrepreneur, Author, Day Trader, Marathoner & Stroke SURVIVOR amongst many other gifts & blessings! Together they run these NYC streets…literally they are running, Sekou Writes specifically has run over a thousand days and counting, including the most recent NYC marathon. Together, they are truly an inspiring example of actualizing optimum health, embracing their pivot through whatever challenges arise and & just loving each along the way!  

Their story titled “Recovery, Love & Running into Excellence” is about managing life.  To read about howintentional they are, check out their published books, including "Little Sekou’s 1st dollar", "Get Rich 101" & "Hack your Pain Now" by Featured Storyteller Sekou Writes…also books by Featured Storyteller Fee King, "Her-Story Unstuck" and "The Calvary Ain’t comin’ I get to save myself" all available on Amazon.com.

To contact Featured Storytellers Sekou Writes & Fee King directly, follow them on Instagram at @SekouWrites and @feesfitnessover40

Please let them know you heard their story on ⁠Radio Theatre For Your Soul!⁠