I Know I 've Been Changed - Wikipedia I Know I 've Been Changed This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2013 ) I Know I 've Been Changed Written by Tyler Perry Characters Joe played by Tyler Perry Tyler Perry website Official site I Know I 've Been Changed was the first major successful play from famed Gospel playwright Tyler Perry. The play focuses on critical issues including child abuse and rape and how they are overcome by a strong belief in God. Soul musician Ryan Shaw got his start performing in this play in 1998. The play received its first staging in Atlanta in 1992. The play toured from 1998 to 2000. Grammy award winning vocalist Ann Nesby of the musical and instrumental group Sounds of Blackness played a supporting role in this play / production. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast & Musical numbers 2.1 Musical Numbers from The Gospel Play 3 Trivia 4 References 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. Mary ( Shirley Marie Graham ), the lead character, married and had two children before she had the opportunity to become an adult herself. Emotionally and spiritually irresponsible, she sought the succor of drugs to alleviate the pressure of rearing her children. This drug abuse manifests itself in verbal, emotional and physical abuse toward her children. She is unable to see the beauty of her own children, and addicted to drugs, unable to alter the destructive path she has embarked upon. Compounding an already dysfunctional family situation, the husband is abusive to his wife and children as well, molesting his older son, Sam ( Ryan Shaw ), which results in a dramatic plot twist later in the play. Fanny ( Ann Nesby ), is a mother divorcing her husband after becoming a famous singer. In a bold move to pursue her dreams she had to leave her daughter Ellen ( Jamecia Bennett ), to be raised by her husband, Joe ( Tyler Perry ). Cast & musical numbers Tyler Perry as Joe Shirley Marie Graham as Mary Ann Nesby as Fanny Jamecia Bennett as Ellen Chandra Currelley as Emma Latrice Pace as Millie Ryan Shaw as Sam Carl Pertile as Mitch Jasmine Ross as Lequita Quan Howell as Johnny Musical numbers from the Gospel play All songs written and produced by Tyler Perry and Elvin D. Ross. `` I Know I 've Been Changed '' `` Do n't Be Discouraged '' `` More Than Just a Sin '' `` I Should Have Been There '' `` She 's Gonna Live '' `` Gotta Move Blues '' `` If Knew What To Do '' `` Old Time Way '' `` He Will Take Away All Your Pain '' 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 ). This play is not available on DVD. References Jump up ^ Britannica online article Jump up ^ Play synopsis on Tyler Perry website Tyler Perry Stage I Know I 've Been Changed I Can Do Bad All by Myself Diary of a Mad Black Woman Madea 's Family Reunion Madea 's Class Reunion Why Did I Get Married ? Meet the Browns Madea Goes to Jail What 's Done in the Dark The Marriage Counselor Laugh to Keep from Crying Madea 's Big Happy Family A Madea Christmas Aunt Bam 's Place I Do n't Want to Do Wrong ! The Haves and the Have Nots Madea Gets a Job Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned Madea 's Neighbors from Hell Madea on the Run Films Madea series Diary of a Mad Black Woman Madea 's Family Reunion Meet the Browns Madea Goes to Jail I Can Do Bad All by Myself Madea 's Big Happy Family Madea 's Witness Protection A Madea Christmas Madea 's Tough Love Boo ! A Madea Halloween Boo 2 ! A Madea Halloween Independent films Daddy 's Little Girls Why Did I Get Married ? The Family That Preys Why Did I Get Married Too ? For Colored Girls Good Deeds Peeples Temptation : Confessions of a Marriage Counselor The Single Moms Club Acrimony Television House of Payne Meet the Browns For Better or Worse The Haves and the Have Nots Love Thy Neighbor If Loving You Is Wrong Too Close to Home Books Do n't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings See also Madea Tyler Perry Studios This article on a play from the 1990s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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Question: who wrote the song i know i've been changed
Answer: Tyler Perry