I Know I've Been Changed

I Know I've Been Changed was the first major successful play from famed playwright Tyler Perry. Tyler was homeless and decided to give the theater scene one more chance. The play focuses on critical issues including child abuse and rape. The play started Tyler's groundbreaking career.

Soul musician Ryan Shaw got his start performing in this play in 1998.

Grammy award winning vocalist Ann Nesby of Sounds of Blackness played a supporting role in this play/production.

Plot

This hard-hitting play used comedy and drama to tell a story of two adult survivors of child abuse who became the people that their abusive mother said they would be. It is also the story of how they overcame the power of God with a shocking twist at the end.

Cast

• Tyler Perry as Joe
• Shirley "Marie" Gram as Mary
• Ann Nesby as Fanny
• Latrice Pace as Ms. Millie
• Jamecia Bennett
• Chandra Currelley-Young as Emma
• Ryan Shaw as Sam
• Quan Howell
• Jasmine Ross
• Carl Pertile

Trivia

• In this play Tyler Perry portrays the character Joe, a character still being portrayed by Tyler Perry in his movies. The character is revealed in later works to be the brother of Madea (Tyler Perry's most famous character).