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LOREY HAYES, ORIGINAL CAST MEMBER OF NTOZAKE SHANGE’S ICONIC, HISTORY CHANGING PLAY, “FOR COLORED GIRLS”, PENS EXPLOSIVE BOOK OF CHOREOPOEMS: SONG OF SILENCE, POEMS FOR THE SOUL
Multi-Award-Winning Playwright, Actress, Director, Producer, Lorey Hayes has dared to share her auspicious insights and expose the raw edges of her emotions on Race, Love, Family in her first published book: Song of Silence, Poems for the Soul. Available to order on Lorey’s Website: Click Here
In this brave journey of poetic offerings, lovingly called Choreopoems (the word coined by the late writer Ntozake Shange when her play For Colored Girls made Broadway History) Hayes exposes the hypocrisy of a nation riddled with shame for its ungodly acts against the humanity of the African American race; while at the same time, praising and uplifting the brave souls of people of color, who continue to strive to overcome stigmas, abuses and generational curses that sought to bind them. Hayes shares the joys and jubilations that have kept her people (people of color – Hayes is African-American and Cherokee) afloat and allowed them to carve a revered place in the annals of history.
Song of Silence (namesake of the book) is a “call to arms” against homelessness and hunger in this American “Land of Plenty”; as it challenges readers to “pay attention” and speak out about this devastating and debilitating escalating crises.
From The Devil, where a five year old girl looses her innocence while the adults who promised to protect her, cluelessly engage in conversation; Racists are not Born, they’re Bred, where a young white boy learns racism from his father; to her signature pieces We Black Women Spirit, Warriors an uplifting, inspiring praise song for Women of Color; Ode to the Black Man, that celebrates African American Men and Women’s connection from the beginning of time and GRANDMA JANIE, a salute to and in honor of Grandmothers.