Peter Lawson Jones has many acts! Peter shares highlights from his diverse experiences in acting, law, politics, and playwriting. He discusses the importance of pursuing one’s passions and staying committed to creativity and personal growth and being engaged in a variety of endeavors. He talksabout the value of fearlessness, trusting instincts, and maintaining a youthful perspective as one transitions through different acts in life. He also shares a couple of recent and upcoming projects in film and theater and provided inspiration and advice for those embarking on their own encore journeys.
Peter Lawson Jones
Peter Lawson Jones is an attorney, business consultant, professional actor and master of ceremonies, dramatist and former elected official. From February 2002, through December 2010, Jones, a graduate of Harvard College (magna cum laude in Government) and Harvard Law School, was a member of the Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners, and its president for three of those years. He previously served two and one-half terms in the Ohio House of Representatives, where he was the ranking member of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee and second vice president of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus. Jones was formerly the Vice Mayor and a Councilman in the City of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Jones's newest play, The Phoenix Society, enjoyed its world premiere in May 2022, at Playwrights Local in Cleveland, Ohio. His drama, The Bloodless Jungle, has enjoyed two full productions at The Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and is set for another full production this fall at The King Arts Complex in Columbus, Ohio. Land of Cleve, an arts and culture blog, ranked the second production as one of the best in Northeast Ohio in 2017. The play has enjoyed staged readings at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Dallas Convention Center, the National Black Theatre Festival, Duquesne University and in Harlem. His first drama, The Family Line, has been successfully produced at Karamu House (Cleveland, Ohio), Harvard University and Ohio University.
