Age: 27
female
Born in Humble, Texas, Hailey was adopted at birth and raised by her parents in the small town of Happy Valley, Oregon. Starting at age six, she was involved with a local children’s choir. While she has studied classical, jazz, opera, country, and gospel, her love has always been musical theatre. In high school, she competed at the local, state and national level for singing. She won second place in the August Wilson Monologue Competition in Portland, and competed at the National August Wilson Monologue Competition in New York. Regional credits include: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Woman, Portland Center Stage), Our Town (Rebecca Gibbs, Portland Center Stage), PWP Perfect Works In Progress (Donald Webster), Romeo and Juliet (Prince, Ensemble), Crumbs From The Table Of Joy (Ermina) and The Colored Museum.
She was a Moabite widow who chose her mother-in-law over her homeland. The loyalty she showed would become one of Scripture's most beautiful portraits of love. A faithful, intimate cinematic adaptation of the complete Book of Ruth — one of the Bible's shortest and most perfect narrative works. The film follows Ruth, a Moabite woman widowed in Moab, who chooses to follow her Israelite mother-in-law Naomi back to Bethlehem rather than return to her own family. In Bethlehem, Ruth gleans from the edges of Boaz's fields during the barley harvest. Boaz — a relative of Naomi's late husband, a man of standing and genuine goodness — notices Ruth's loyalty and character. The film follows the harvest season, the growing connection between Ruth and Boaz, Naomi's wisdom in guiding her daughter-in-law toward redemption, and the formal process by which Boaz becomes the kinsman-redeemer. The film is visual poetry about loyalty, belonging, and the specific grace of being seen. Act One — The Road Naomi's departure from Moab. Orpah's return. Ruth's speech. The road to Bethlehem. Act Two — The Harvest Ruth gleaning in Boaz's field. Boaz's notice. The specific generosity he shows that goes beyond legal requirement. Act Three — The Redemption The threshing floor. The morning. Boaz at the gate. The closer kinsman who declines. The sandal. The marriage.
