Arts in Corrections

Life in 5 Movements

Funded by California Arts Council Arts in Corrections Grant (2018-the present), in partnership with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)

The Project

Life Stories from the Inside/Out

Life in 5 Movements

An original theatre piece written and performed by 19 men from the California State Prison-L.A. County’s Progressive Programming Facility, Lancaster. TheatreWorkers Project provides an opportunity for incarcerated men to explore and express their life stories through physical theatre, movement, and writing.

 

Men from The Progressive Programming Facility “A” Yard

Playwright

Alexa Kershner and Susan Franklin Tanner

Director

Susan Franklin Tanner

Producer

Residents of the Progressive Programming Facility – “A” Yard at California State Prison Los Angeles County, Lancaster, CA

Participants

Susan Franklin Tanner, Rubén Guevara, Alexa Kershner, Jim Macdonald, Elizabeth Malone, Marlene McCurtis

Teaching Artist(s)

Victoria Tamez, Intern

Other Participant(s)

PERFORMANCES

Venue(s)
Visiting Room at the California State Prison Los Angeles County, Lancaster, CA

“We learned how to work together in an ensemble, breaking down racial barriers and connecting on a human level."

— Justin

MEDIA

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