All The Way West Productions, Inc. Presents PERIPHERY

All The Way West Productions, Inc. proudly presents its Black History Production of PERIPHERY by Ed Simpson and Directed by celebrity director/actress Lorey Hayes opening on Saturday, January 21, 2017 and running weekends throughFebruary 26, 2017, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. at The Hudson Backstage Theatre located at 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038.

The docudrama Periphery is based on the February 1960 Sit-ins at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, by four young college freshmen, which galvanized the civil rights movement in the United States. Periphery is about those on the fringes of those sit-ins - who must choose between continuing the injustices of the past or moving forward toward a more just America. Periphery focuses on ordinary citizens, particularly two families (one black & one white), forced to grapple with their beliefs about race and justice as they stand witness to an historic event that will forever change their lives.

With recent events, such as the Sit-Ins in Mobile Alabama that led to the arrest of NAACP President Cornell W. Brooks and several other protesters, this play is as timely today as the 57 year old events that led to its creation and thereby Director Lorey Hayes has created "Talk Back" an open moderated forum after the play to stimulate conversation, feedback and solutions. In unity with the Women's March, Black History Month, BlackLivesMatter and other social and community groups seeking unity, and equal rights.

Producer, Harry Jones, Jr. founder of All The Way West Productions, Inc. established in 1998 specializes in producing plays for Black History Month. A native of Tennessee, and the first of ten children, Mr. Jones is a U.S. Army Veteran. He pursued his career as a Theatre Major at Southwest College and also studied at the legendary Barbizon Fashion School, Ebony Showcase, and Crossroads Arts Academy. Mr. Jones past productions include: Shaking The Mess Out of Misery, Fences, I Ain't Yo Uncle, Inns and Outs, Talking Bones, Southern Girls and A Woman Called Truth.

Lorey Hayes, Award-winning Director, Actress, producer, former talk show host/news reporter, is proud to be a North Carolina A& T Alumni; home of the Greensboro Woolworth sit-ins. She has directed numerous plays in New York and various cities throughout the country; but none, including her own works, has she been more passionate about than Periphery. Ms. Hayes came to directing through acting; having starred on and off Broadway, in England and numerous regional theaters throughout the country. She is a familiar face on television and has guest starred on several award-winning shows and in plays with such noted performers as Kevin Bacon, Samuel L. Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Viola Davis, Jimmy Smits and Melba Moore. She starred in London and Bristol, England as Eunice Evers inMiss Evers' Boys at the Royal Shakespeare Festival and the Old Vic. Some television credits include: The Last Ship, Family Law, Judging Amy, Chicago Hope, Sister, Sister, All My Children, Another World, Ryan's Hope, The Bill Cosby Show and The Doctors. She can be seen in the movie Dream Girls with Jamie Foxx. Currently Hayes co-stars in the upcoming faith based film A Heart That Forgives from filmmaker M. Legend Brown, written by Ken Jenkins and starring Carl Anthony Payne and Charles Malik Whitfield. Los Angeles audiences saw Ms. Hayes star in two films at the 2016 Pan African Film Festival in Transcend directed by Kai Towns and Reggie Gaskin's Urban Love Story. In Mike Ugada's feature Happiness Lorey plays mother to Vanessa Simmons; also starring Darrin DeWitt Henson and Leith Burke. Ms. Hayes can be seen starring in John Long's new film The Night We Died directed by Ron Gonzalez.

Producer Harry Jones, Jr. and Director Lorey Hayes bring you a dynamic cast of 12 performers, for an exciting and diverse cross mix of age, race and gender: To help us explore some of the same emotions we are dealing with 57 years later; when four young fire-starters SAT so MILLIONS could STAND. The cast includes Cassandra Cardenes, Jeff LeBeau, Jason C. Daniels, Grant Gunderson, Beverlix Jean-Baptiste, Jennifer Jones, Sophie Lamzik, Etienne Maurice, Ben Michaels, Tabitha Petrini, Darrell Philip, Daniel Tolbert, Melvin S. Ward, Sammie Wayne, and William Warren.

For more information, the Hudson Box Office telephone number is 323.856.4249 and tickets can be purchased on Plays411.com. Preview Tickets are available for Friday, January 20, 2017 at $22, General admission tickets are $30; Groups of 10+ are $20, Seniors (55+) and Students (with valid ID) are only $20, and Children ages 7-17 have discounted tickets for $10. Wheelchair accessible and suitable for young audiences ages. Concessions available in the Theatre Lobby/Café.

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