Funded by California Arts Council Reentry Through the Arts Grant (2017 – present)
Bi-monthly theatre, movement, and writing workshops serving the formerly incarcerated and those on work release in partnership with Friends Outside in Los Angeles County’s Dads Back! Academy. An extended series of Saturday workshops culminated in the creation and performance of three participant-generated plays.
The workshops gave the participants an opportunity to examine, express and redefine their life stories through a creative process.
“The theater program has helped me to break down the walls that I had put up myself as a means of self-preservation. The writing exercises forced me to dig deep within myself to express thoughts I thought I had long ago walked away from…it’s been therapeutic…to be able to open up, express myself, and do it in a way that’s seen as artistic.”
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