Time Will Tell...Stage I, II, & III by Dr. Ollie L. Jefferson is a trilogy produced on the Page to Stage at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and other regional and national theaters. She is a recipient of The Maryland State Arts Council's Individual Artist Award based on her "inspirational work and artistic merit" represented in the book series and stage performance. The award-winning autobiography or autoethnography uses personal experience (“auto”) to describe and interpret (“graphy”) cultural texts (journals and archival records), experiences, beliefs, and practices (“ethno”). The autoethnographic performance represents movement and critical self-reflexive discourse while evoking embodied and lived experiences. 

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Dr. Jefferson was the youngest ballet and tap dancer when first performing on stage at the tender age of 5 years old in Southern California. She enjoyed backstage theater unknowing her future work would involve directing performances. Her original sold out autoethnographic performance features her young daughters, Miniya (10 years old) and Nailah (13 years old) who choreographed the interpretive dance under the direction of their mother. The coming-of-age story explores the transformation and maturation of mind, body, and spirit. The performers' movements and dramatic depiction tell HERstory. 

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