Escape Behind Bars
St. Louis’s Prison Performing Arts helps young inmates discover and rediscover their creative and interactive selves.
Category Archives: February 2019
An actor waits for his entrance during a rehearsal of “Macbeth” at Solano State Prison in 2015, as part of a program sponsored by Marin Shakespeare Company. (Photo by Peter Merts)[/caption]
Nothing But Time: When ‘Godot’ Came to San Quentin
How the Actor’s Workshop’s storied 1957 performance set the stage for collaborations between correctional facilities and U.S. theatres.
Prison Theatre Programs
Check out these theatre companies, programs, and projects across the country that aim to rehabilitate incarcerated populations through the arts.
Alvin Epstein: Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On
In his years at Yale Rep and ART, this extraordinarily versatile actor/director set the bar for generations of stage artists.
What One Show Can Carry: William Kentridge’s ‘The Head and the Load’
To honor the million-plus Black Africans who died in World War I, the South African artist uses opera, theatre, dance, video, and a dose of Dada.
