Reentry Through the Arts

Onward

Funded by a California Arts Council Reentry Through the Arts Grant (2019-2020)

The Project

Lifer: Stories from the Inside/Out

Onward

In partnership with The Francisco Homes, TheatreWorkers Project artists Susan Franklin Tanner and Jim Macdonald, along with guest artist, Ken Hartman, conducted writing and theatre workshops for a group of six men who are on parole from serving life sentences.

The workshops gave the participants an opportunity to examine, express, and redefine their life stories through a creative process. Onward was performed as an informal staged reading.

Edited by Susan Franklin Tanner based the participants’ writing

Playwright

Jim Macdonald

Director

Susan Franklin Tanner

Producer

Six residents of The Francisco Homes

Participants

PERFORMANCES

Venue(s)
Los Angeles Trade Tech College and The Francisco Homes

"The TWP provided me a space to process and express my emotional experience during my re-entry in a fun, safe environment. The stipend also went a long way in providing financial support at a time it is most needed.
Thank you again, TWP Team. I had fun and am grateful for the work you have done. Be well."

— Billy B

MEDIA

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