Angola 3 stage play is being held on Friday 23rd July 2010 at 8.00pm at the Cullen Performance Hall at University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston. To find out more please visit Angola 3 The Play website.

The play “Angola-3” was written and produced to tell their story. Supporters believe that the public has a right to know. This miscarriage of justice is evidence of the backwoods mentality of the Louisiana justice system. We must come together to demand the release of the Angola-3.

Written and produced by New Orleans native Parnell Herbert. Herbert assembled a cast and crew of theatrical performers in Houston TX. “Angola-3” received rave reviews for its world premiere at Loyola University in New Orleans La. September, 2009. What is most amazing about this play is the fact that it’s a true story. Three men were framed for murders they did not commit. In 1972 these men were punished to silence them to end their activism. As members and co founders of Angola’s Black Panther Party (first approve in any U.S. prison) they began organizing within the walls of this nation’s most brutal prison demanding an end to inmate rape, murders and other atrocious conditions.

“This powerful production was written by neophyte Parnell Herbert and directed by Wayne Dehart. It was indeed a trip through the elements of time changing, people changing and how everything basically stayed the same, for men who played cards and swept floors, men who took their frustrations out on the world through constant push-ups and reading the bible, men who had to make the adjustment to a dejected life, which focused on dehumanizing all human beings, who stroll with life-sentences through prison hallways. My spirit was lit on fire, in knowing that there ain't nothing in this world stronger than a black man with a purpose to live long enough to tell his story.” Dionne Character is Entertainment Editor for the Louisiana Data News Weekly

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