RSVP for A Chilling Night of One Acts
RSVP for A Chilling Night of One Acts October 5-8, 2023 October 5-7 at 8:00PM October 8 at 2:00PM Rehearsal Studio of Prison Performing...
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Prison Performing Arts
- Aug 10
- 1 min
Join us for PPA’s 17th Annual Bash
17th Annual Bash Thursday, September 14th 6:0pm-8:00pm Third Degree Glass Factory 5200 Delmar Boulevard Saint Louis, MO 63108 RSVP...
Prison Performing Arts
- Jul 24
- 1 min
RSVP for the 2023 JDC Summer Showcase!
2023 JDC Summer Showcase Presented by the Family Court-Juvenile Division and Prison Performing Arts Thursday, August 3, 2023 3:30 pm...
Prison Performing Arts
- Jul 12
- 3 min
Audition Notice! THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING SECOND
Prison Performing Arts will hold non-Equity in-person auditions for a new play entitled The Privilege of Being Second on July 18, 2023.
Prison Performing Arts
- Apr 16
- 2 min
PPA is Hiring!
PPA is hiring an early-to-mid-career professional with a passion for theater, communication, and social justice! This flexible, freelance...
Prison Performing Arts
- Mar 29
- 2 min
We've Moved!
March 25, 2023, Prison Performing Arts staff and a band of board members and community volunteers packed up their offices and bid...
Prison Performing Arts
- Apr 13, 2022
- 2 min
Hiring: Project Coordinator
Position: PROGRAM COORDINATOR Type: PART-TIME ANNUAL (20 hrs/week) COMPENSATION: $20/hr START DATE: June 13, 2022 Prison Performing Arts...
Prison Performing Arts
- Feb 18, 2022
- 2 min
Announcing John Wolbers as PPA's New Executive Director
A message from Steve Knight, President of the Board of Directors: Prison Performing Arts is excited to announce that John Wolbers is...
Prison Performing Arts
- Feb 3, 2022
- 2 min
A Message From Shannon
I am so proud of what PPA has achieved in this challenging season. Several years ago I stepped into the Women’s Eastern Reception,...
Prison Performing Arts
- Jan 27, 2022
- 2 min
PPA Awarded American Rescue Plan Grant from National Endowment for the Arts
Prison Performing Arts is pleased to announce we have been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment...
Prison Performing Arts
- Jun 30, 2021
- 2 min
Rachel Tibbetts Assumes New Leadership Role at PPA
Prison Performing Arts (PPA) is excited to announce the promotion of Rachel Tibbetts to Artistic Director. This newly restructured role...
Prison Performing Arts
- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
PPA Welcomes New Board Members
Prison Performing Arts is committed to diversifying and expanding the skills and networks of our Board of Directors. We are...
Prison Performing Arts
- Dec 28, 2020
- 2 min
A TRIBUTE TO AGNES WILCOX
This tribute was written by PPA Alum, Hazel, and shared with her permission. She is pictured below in a production of "The Dayroom Club"...
Prison Performing Arts
- Mar 25, 2020
- 2 min
A NOTE FROM PPA REGARDING COVID-19
PPA Supporters, While the COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis, it has impacted each of us personally. Whether you or a loved one...
Prison Performing Arts
- Nov 14, 2019
- 3 min
20 YEARS & COUNTING: PPA CELEBRATES MAJOR MILESTONE IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING
SINCE 1999, THE NUMBER OF YOUTH INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAMS HAS STEADILY DECLINED. AND THAT’S A GOOD THING. It’s been twenty years since we...
Prison Performing Arts
- Oct 15, 2019
- 4 min
LAURA HULSEY REMEMBERED
Prison Performing Arts was informed late in September that Laura Hulsey, a recently returned citizen, Alumni actor, and deeply valued PPA...
Prison Performing Arts
- Aug 7, 2019
- 3 min
PPA ANNOUNCES SHANNON DURIO AS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR
Prison Performing Arts is thrilled to announce that Shannon Durio is joining the PPA team as our new Managing Director! Shannon will...
Prison Performing Arts
- Apr 22, 2019
- 3 min
HIP HOP POETRY PROJECT CELEBRATES 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY THIS JUNE
Fifteen years ago, Rachel Tibbetts, while working with a group called Young Audiences of St. Louis, teamed up with Nathan Graves at the...
Prison Performing Arts
- Mar 3, 2019
- 1 min
JOIN US FOR A PREMIÈRE MOVIE SHOWING OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT PRISON PERFORMING ARTS AT THE CHASE
Prison Performing Arts: Voices Within A new documentary by Filmmaker Lisa Boyd Friday, April 12th @ 7:00 p.m. DOORS OPEN @ 6:30 p.m. View...
Prison Performing Arts
- Feb 27, 2019
- 2 min
"RUN ON SENTENCE" EARNS NOMINATION FOR BEST NEW PLAY BY THE ST. LOUIS THEATRE CIRCLE
Top photo: premiere of Run-On Sentence atWomen's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center. Bottom photo: production of...
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