From-Prison-to-The-Stage

* I am directing the play readings and Pati Griffith, our colleague in the English Department, has adapted one of the scripts and will be reading stage directions.
Would love to see you all there! -Jodi Kanter

The printed program for our prisoner-written plays at the Kennedy Center to take place on September 5, 2009 is going to the printer tonight. Call our director Dennis Sobin directly at 202-393-1511 by 5 pm if you want to be included in it as a supporter. Simply use your credit card to make a donation in any amount you can afford and you will be recognized in the program along with the following supporters who are making this landmark Kennedy Center event possible:

Open Society Institute, Framme Law Firm, Joseph Lea, A.B.C. Consulting Services of Delaware, Joan Covici, Maxine I. Lyons, Alex Friedman, Dorothy R. Farden, Eckington House for Mental Health Services, Ronald E. Smith, esq , Elizabeth Evans, Drug Policy Alliance, Diane Flanel Piniaris, Coralie Farlee, BleakHouse Publishing, Robert Johnson, Sonia Tabriz, Liz Calka and Patricia E. Tichenor, esq.


Thank you.
Here are the plays that will be presented FREE on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 from 7:30 to 10 pm during our "From Prison to the Stage" program on the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC. with your support:

1. The Love That Divides by Hakim M. Abdul-Wasi, Music by Inner Voices
"A man returns home to his Christian family after converting to Islam while away, only to find his family upset and unaccepting of his new beliefs."

2. One Fine Day in Inferior Court by Alex Friedman
"A wacky judge, a clueless defense attorney, a bloodthirsty prosecutor and a hapless defendant fall over each other in this courtroom farce."

3. I Am a Woman on Death Row
by Kathleen O'Shea,
Music by Lorri Carter
"Not one woman but dozens on death row in America today tell their stories of hope and survival."

4. Reading Slim by Raymond McGee
"A hostile prisoner resists taking advantage of educational opportunities in his prison to hide his inadequacies, including a shameful secret from his past."

5. Homeward Bound by Richard Dyches,
Music by Dennis Sobin
"About to leave his correctional institution, a prisoner finds that his shortcomings are still in need of correction as he prepares to face his wary wife and confused son."

6. Time In by Judy Dworin Performance Ensemble and the women of York Correctional Institution.
Music by Women of the Cross
"Story, song and dance about the heartaches and triumphs of women in prison."

"The Safe Streets Arts Foundation, incorporating both the Prisons Foundation and the Victims Foundation, is proud to sponsor the annual From-Prison-to-The-Stage Show at the Kennedy Center and the Prison Art Gallery at 1600 K Street. NW, Suite 501, Washington, DC, three blocks from the White House."