Join us in the Stafford Room on Tuesday, June 17 at 6:00pm; award-winning dramatic artist Anthony Michael Jefferson will perform his one-man show chronicling his journey from a cell in Soledad State Prison to a new life as a Bay Area chef.

About our speaker: Anthony Michael Jefferson (“AJ”) is a returned citizen, paroled from Soledad in 2015 after 23 years inside the California State Prison. An actor and writer, AJ has participated in Theatre Workers Project (TWP) programs since 2021. He was a featured lead actor in TWP’s Further Shores, a filmed performance collage created during the Covid pandemic, which was inspired by a poem he wrote. AJ was also a lead actor in The Box, a dynamic traveling legislative theatre production about solitary confinement, which toured the United States in 2022. Beyond his work as an actor and a writer, while inside, AJ assisted ESL students with forms, facilitated NA and AA, supported pre-parole groups, and taught creative writing workshops. Upon his parole, AJ enrolled in the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu, where he graduated with honors.