PERIPHERY - Conversations about the "Greensboro Four"

CTG and Iorio Law present the revival of Periphery by award-winning NC playwright Ed Simpson.

Free Public Performances:

  • March 2 at 7 p.m. in the Community Room at Guilford College on West Friendly Avenue Directions 
  • March 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the McGirt-Horton Branch of the Greensboro Public Library on Phillips Avenue Directions
  • March 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Greensboro Historical Museum on Summit Avenue Directions
  • March 5 at 3 p.m. at the Caldcleugh Multicultural Arts Center on Orchard Street in Greensboro Directions
  • March 6 at 3 p.m. at the Chavis Branch of the Greensboro Public Library on Benbow Road Directions

Special public performances made possible, in part, with support from Lorillard, American Express, and the North Carolina Arts Council.

 

Periphery celebrates the historic events surrounding the Woolworth's Sit-In on February 1, 1960, and focuses on how the Greensboro Four's heroic actions affected the lives of a diverse group of ordinary Greensboro citizens. Multiple perspectives are presented by the actors, and as audience members you will enjoy the fast pace of the dialogue, its humor, its passion, and its local historical significance.

An especially poignant message for Black History Month, this revival of Periphery also honors the first anniversary of the opening of the International Civil Rights Center & Museum. An uplifting and enlighting play that will heighten your experience at the museum—and your appreciation for Greensboro as it is today.

 

 

PRODUCTION STAFF

Director: Bill Raulerson
Stage Manager: Ashby Pettigrew
Lighting Designer: Lindsley Thompson
Assistant Stage Manager: Casey Kern

 

MEET THE CAST Periphery 2011 Cast

Thomas Barker: JERRY, CHORUS 2
Woodrow Bumbry: BILLY, LAWRENCE, CHORUS 5
Hayden Crawford:  YOUNG MAN
Tashia Dorsey:  MARGARET, YVONNE, CHOURS 8
Matthew Giehl : PHIL, EDITORIALS
Darren C. Kern:  RED, CHORUS 6
Dorothy Lennon:  DEIRDRE, CHORUS 4
Bobby Pitman:  EUGENE, CHORUS 1
Pat Shumate:  MAY, ELDERLY WOMAN, MOTHER, CHORUS 10
James Sims: NATE, CHORUS 3
Alison Wiliams:  HAZEL, JENNY, DEBBIE, CHORUS 9
Lee Wilson: MIKE, CHORUS 7

 

 


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Title Sponsor

 

 

 

Season Sponsors

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Supporting CTG's Community Outreach Programs & Expanded Learning Opportunities

 

 

North Carolina Arts Council