Shakespeare at Notre Dame

Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration Session 3: Directors Reflect on Their Challenges (SiPC4)

March 04, 2021 Shakespeare at Notre Dame Season 2021 Episode 5
Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration Session 3: Directors Reflect on Their Challenges (SiPC4)
Shakespeare at Notre Dame
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Shakespeare at Notre Dame
Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration Session 3: Directors Reflect on Their Challenges (SiPC4)
Mar 04, 2021 Season 2021 Episode 5
Shakespeare at Notre Dame

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 3: Directors Reflect on Their Challenges

Ashley Lucas draws upon her research to speak with the key minds behind prison theatre programs across the world. The directors on this panel represent prison theatre companies in Canada, the United States, Australia, South Africa, and Brazil. They discuss the challenges of making theatre in prisons before and during the global pandemic.

Learn more about Actors From The London Stage, the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, the Shakespeare in Prisons Network and more at shakespeare.nd.edu.

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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 3: Directors Reflect on Their Challenges

Ashley Lucas draws upon her research to speak with the key minds behind prison theatre programs across the world. The directors on this panel represent prison theatre companies in Canada, the United States, Australia, South Africa, and Brazil. They discuss the challenges of making theatre in prisons before and during the global pandemic.

Learn more about Actors From The London Stage, the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, the Shakespeare in Prisons Network and more at shakespeare.nd.edu.