Staged reading of scripts from “Prison Story Project”

MARLBORO- Marlboro College students, faculty, and staff will perform a staged reading of scripts from the “Prison Story Project,” based on writing by incarcerated people living in northwest Arkansas.
The performance is the culmination of a pop-up class and collaboration between faculty, students, and Matthew Henriksen, creative writing director (Death Row) of the NWA Prison Story Project. Henriksen and other participants will lead a conversation about prison activism, writing, and theater behind bars following the performance.
Created in 2012, the “Prison Story Project” is dedicated to bridging the gap between inmates and the communities they are members of through the healing art of story. Small groups of inmates meet regularly to explore the art of storytelling, articulating their own stories through writing, reading, poetry, mask making, songwriting, and life mapping. These stories are shared through readings both within prisons, where they are a valuable source of reflection, and for outside audiences.
In addition to the performance on Saturday, there will be a workshop with Henrikson on Friday, February 15, at 11am, room to be determined. The workshop will explore teaching storytelling and writing in circumstances such as prisons. The performance will take place in Whittemore Theater on Saturday, February 16, at 7:30 pm, and is free and open to the public.
For more information call (802) 258-9219.