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...
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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
- Jun 27
- 2 min
The Journey of SAINT JOAN OF ARC
The creation of a play is a testament to the power of collaboration, creativity, and resilience. This is particularly true for Saint Joan...
Prison Performing Arts
- Apr 6
- 1 min
New Show at NECC - The Caverns of Wingwood
RSVP before April 19! THE CAVERNS OF WINGWOOD (a parable of reptilian philosophy) Inspired by writing from artists at Northeast...
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
- 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
- May 20, 2022
- 1 min
Arts & Healing Performance Video
We love to be able to feature PPA artists and their work. This video was recorded in March 2022 from the Arts & Healing class at the...
Prison Performing Arts
- Mar 1, 2022
- 1 min
Arts & Healing Performance Video
We love to be able to feature PPA artists and their work. This video was recorded in December 2021 from the Arts & Healing class at the...
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
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min
COLLABORATION: BRONSON AND MICHAEL
Bronson was once a resident at Hogan Street Regional Youth Center, where he participated in Prison Performing Arts’ programming. He...
Prison Performing Arts
- Dec 19, 2019
- 1 min
SEE BEAUTIFUL PORTRAITS BY HOGAN STREET YOUTH
Last month at Hogan Street, justice-involved youth painted beautiful works of art under the guidance of St. Louis-based painter and...
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