Arts in Corrections

More Than a Number

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

More Than a Number

An original theatre piece created and performed by participants in “Life Stories from the Inside/Out” at California State Prison-L.A. County, 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, 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

“The TheatreWorkers Project transformed my relationship to life through the interactions I had with others in the group….it has helped me to redefine my life."

— Larry

MEDIA

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