Performing New Lives: The Power and Potential of Theater in Prison

A standing-room only audience gathered at The Actors Company Theater in Manhattan for "Performing New Lives: A Conversation with Artists Behind Bars on the Power and Potential of Prison Theatre." The evening was hosted by Lois Holzman and featured presentations by eight artists, educators and activists -- Brent Buell, Sharon Lajoie, John McCabe-Juhnke, Meade Palidofsky, Teya Sepinuck, Jonathan Shailor, Julia Taylor and Jean Trounstine -- who have created/facilitated prison theater programs around the country. The presenters are among the 17 authors featured in Performing New Lives: Prison Theatre, a collection of essays edited by Shailor and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. To order the book, visit http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/book/9781849058230.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• prison theater
• East Side Institute
• Lois Holzman
• Jonathan Shailor
• prison rehabilitation
• prison education
• arts and education
• experiential theater