Funded by a California Arts Council Reentry Through the Arts Grant (2017 – present) and by a California Arts Council Artists Activating Communities Grant (2016-2017)
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.
“I think it’s amazing when you take a group of guys...different races, gangs, etc. ...that in prison pretty much wouldn’t get along...they wouldn’t engage in these types of activities where they’re expressing their emotions...and when you see these guys expressing their emotions because they aren’t afraid of being ridiculed...and then we’re all getting along and at the end, we all feel enhanced. I think this is an awesome program!”
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