Patty Prewitt Featured on the Dr. Phil Show
PPA Artist Patty Prewitt is a 73-year-old mother of five, grandmother of 13, and great-grandmother. For the past 36 years, Patty has been...
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Prison Performing Arts
- Dec 8, 2022
- 1 min
Margaret Atwood Discusses Hag-Seed on CNBC
Margaret Atwood appeared on CNBC to discuss her book Hag-Seed earlier this month. Along with discussing the work's themes of justice,...
Prison Performing Arts
- Nov 10, 2022
- 1 min
PPA Speakers Series - Courtney Bailey
Join Missouri Humanities and Prison Performing Arts at an in-person presentation and playwriting workshop! Led by local playwright,...
Prison Performing Arts
- Oct 13, 2022
- 1 min
The Golden Record: A New Play by the PPA Alumni Theatre Company
Join the PPA Alumni Theatre Company in January 2023 for The Golden Record! Curated and adapted by Courtney Bailey Directed by Rachel...
Prison Performing Arts
- Sep 8, 2022
- 1 min
Q&A With Margaret Atwood at the 2022 Gala!
Margaret Atwood’s work has been recognized for numerous awards, including the Booker Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the...
Prison Performing Arts
- Aug 22, 2022
- 1 min
Save The Date!
Sep. 22 6pm-8pm VIP Reception @ 5pm Magic Chef Mansion 3400 Russell Blvd Saint Louis, MO 63104
Prison Performing Arts
- Aug 22, 2022
- 1 min
2022 Annual Gala!
Please join us for Featuring a virtual Q&A between performers of Hag-Seed and Margaret Atwood (author of Hag-Seed and The Handmaid's...
Prison Performing Arts
- Jul 27, 2022
- 2 min
PPA Speakers Series - Maria Ojascastro
Join Missouri Humanities and Prison Performing Arts at an in-person presentation and hands-on class presented by Maria Ojacastro! Learn...
Prison Performing Arts
- Jun 29, 2022
- 1 min
SLJDC Youths Write and Perform an Audioplay
The young artists at the St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center, with guidance from teaching artist Carl Overly, Jr., wrote and...
Prison Performing Arts
- Jun 20, 2022
- 1 min
PPA Speaker Series - Dr. Kimberly Welch
Black Theatrical Protest: #BlackLivesMatter What does it mean to be hypervisible? How does hypervisibility affect the life chances of...
Prison Performing Arts
- Jun 16, 2022
- 1 min
Micah Shurtleff Obituary
An announcement from PPA Alumni Artist Micah Shurtleff's parents: "It is with much sorrow that Tim and Charla Shurtleff bid farewell to...
Prison Performing Arts
- May 25, 2022
- 1 min
PPA Movie: The Voice Within
The term “true crime” is zeitgeist these days. Humanity’s fascination with the “hows” and “whys” of murder and other crimes has made...
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
- Mar 24, 2022
- 1 min
FREE LIVE EVENT: Discussion of Margaret Atwood's HAG-SEED
Details Date and time Tue, April 12, 2022 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT Location Centene Center for the Arts 3547 Olive Street St. Louis, MO...
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
- 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
- Dec 31, 2021
- 1 min
A Christmas Carol Workshop Brings the Spirit(s) of the Holidays Into WERDCC
Teaching artist Emily Klingensmith recently led artists in Spoken Word at Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center...
Prison Performing Arts
- Dec 23, 2021
- 1 min
Rudolph Meets Jake - New Audio Drama by the Youth at St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center
Hot on the return to in-person classes, the young people in the Learning Through The Arts program at the St. Louis County Juvenile...
Prison Performing Arts
- Dec 23, 2021
- 1 min
First Online Classes Lead to Audio Drama Success
Things aren’t ever really “normal” for justice-involved youths, and the societal and structural changes brought on by the pandemic didn’t...
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...
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