In-Prison
Programs
In-Prison Programming - Arts education is an essential tool for healthy human development and lifelong learning that must be made available to all.
It’s also called "Theatre Inside" and "Poetry in Motion."
Providing people experiencing incarceration access to the arts has an immediate, direct, and positive impact on their personal health and welfare, as well as their surroundings.
Participation in TWP's arts programming promotes healing and interpersonal transformation both inside and outside of the boundaries of their institutions, paving the way for successful rehabilitation and a productive reentry to society.
Below are a few examples of theatre projects from this program.
Beyond the Horizon
FEB 21, 2024 | In-Prison Programming
A short still photo and spoken word collage written and performed by residents of California State Prison-LAC/Lancaster.
Making the Journey
DEC 30, 2020 | In-Prison Programming
A excerpt of a documentary short about TheatreWorkers Project in collaboration with residnets of California State Prison-LA County's A Yard as they develop and perform The Journey. The excerpt shows the collaboration between the TWP aritsts, the participants, and guest artist poet Jimmy Santiago Baca.
Walls
2024 | In-Prison Programming
A short film collage featuring still photos and writing created by TheatreWorkers Project in collaboration with A Yard residents of California State Prison-Lancaster.
Life in 5 Movements
MAY 2019 | In-Prison Programming
An excerpt of Life in 5 Movements, an original performance piece created and performed by 19 men from the Progressive Programming Facility at California State Prison-LAC/Lancaster.