Shakespeare at Notre Dame
Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration Session 1: An Interview About Prison Theatre Culture (SiPC4)
Why Shakespeare Now?
The 4th International Shakespeare in Prisons Conference (SiPC4) gathers theatre arts practitioners, researchers, and scholars who are currently engaged with or interested in programs for incarcerated (and post-incarcerated) populations. SiPC4 stimulates discussion through speakers, performances, and workshop sessions offering case studies and best practices within the prisons arts movement.
Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration
Session 1: An Interview About Prison Theatre Culture
Scholar Karen Hamer interviews Ashley Lucas about her new book Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration (Methuen Drama, 2020). By discussing a range of performance practices tied to incarceration, this book examines the ways in which arts practitioners and imprisoned people use theatre as a means to build communities, attain professional skills, create social change, and maintain hope.
Learn more about Actors From The London Stage, the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, the Shakespeare in Prisons Network and more at shakespeare.nd.edu.
Why Shakespeare Now?
The 4th International Shakespeare in Prisons Conference (SiPC4) gathers theatre arts practitioners, researchers, and scholars who are currently engaged with or interested in programs for incarcerated (and post-incarcerated) populations. SiPC4 stimulates discussion through speakers, performances, and workshop sessions offering case studies and best practices within the prisons arts movement.
Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration
Session 1: An Interview About Prison Theatre Culture
Scholar Karen Hamer interviews Ashley Lucas about her new book Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration (Methuen Drama, 2020). By discussing a range of performance practices tied to incarceration, this book examines the ways in which arts practitioners and imprisoned people use theatre as a means to build communities, attain professional skills, create social change, and maintain hope.
Learn more about Actors From The London Stage, the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, the Shakespeare in Prisons Network and more at shakespeare.nd.edu.