UPCOMING
EVENTS
12 Angry Men
Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024
Location: Northeast Correctional Center
RSVP Deadline: Monday, April 22, 2024
Mark your calendars for this exciting of performance of “12 Angry Men” at NECC. A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. "He doesn't stand a chance," mutters the guard as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open-and-shut case—until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts. "This is a remarkable thing about democracy," says the foreign-born juror, "that we are notified by mail to come down to this place—and decide on the guilt or innocence of a person; of a man or woman we have not known before. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing." But personal it is, with each juror revealing his or her own character as the various testimonies are re-examined, the murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry men.
Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois.
Gatsby of a Thousand Faces
Date: August 1, 2024
Location: Missouri Eastern Correctional Center
RSVP: Details coming soon.
In Gatsby of a Thousand Faces, a troupe of Jay Gatsbys confronts their maker: F. Scott Fitzgerald himself. These Gatsbys have some "literary corrections" they'd like to make to the novel that gave them a tragic ending. However, a few rogue characters complicate their efforts at a literary ambush. The Gatsbys must decide how to reconcile their desire to be independent characters with the prying eyes of the reading world. Gatsby of a Thousand Faces is inspired by writing from artists at MECC in response to The Great Gatsby and adapted by Courtney Bailey for Prison Performing Arts.
Prison Performing Arts 18th Annual Bash
Date: September 5, 2024
Location: Third Degree Glass Factory
RSVP: Details coming soon.
Celebrate and support Prison Performing Arts and help build second acts for justice impacted artists at our annual fundraiser. Enjoy Alumni Theatre Company performances, visual artwork from youth and adult participants, and be the first to hear what’s coming in 2025. Guests can even enjoy an optional digital scavenger hunt, create their own artwork, or write their own poetry led by PPA teaching artists.
ONGOING
PROJECTS
Learning through the Arts
Weekly theatre, dance, and creative writing classes for youth at St. Louis City Juvenile Detention Center, St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center, and Hogan Street Regional Youth Center.
Threshold Writers Workshop
Weekly online workshop with the Alumni Theatre Company.
Spoken Word
Weekly writing classes at WERDCC and NECC.
Arts & Healing
Weekly writing, visual art, and theatre classes at the Transition Center of St. Louis.