Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Prison Performing Arts puts Shakespeare behind bars

The actors file into the rehearsal room in two's and four's. Some smile at each other. Others glance around cautiously. They wear identical costumes of beige trousers and vests over white T-shirts. Some wear subtle makeup. The director of the ensemble, a small woman with round glasses and a firm handshake, greets them, then pulls a roll of blue carpenter’s tape from her bag and passes it around. The women tear off little pieces and stick them to the floor to mark the perimeter of a stage. Together they transform the visiting room of the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center into a theater.

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