Sentenced to Shakespeare: Courts and Theater Company Join Forces

Sentenced to Shakespeare: Courts and Theater Company Join Forces

Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA)

New York Times: In Prison, Play With Trial at Its Heart Resonates

ANGOLA, La. — On a December night in 1991, the man who would later play Jesus committed a string of armed robberies in New Orleans. Ten years later, the woman who would play the Virgin Mary robbed a Mexican restaurant across town. A month after that, a teenager killed his girlfriend and infant daughter. He would go on to play Joseph... (more)

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