/tags/prison-performing-arts Prison Performing Arts en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:00:00 GMT /arts/2024-11-14/prison-performing-arts-plays-home-greenfinch-incarceration For 25 years, Prison Performing Arts has given detainees in Missouri prisons the chance to act and star in theater productions. But what happens after they’re released? Two alumni members are taking their experiences to Greenfinch Theater & Dive in St. Louis with plays focused on what it's like to be home. Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:00:00 GMT /arts/2024-11-14/prison-performing-arts-plays-home-greenfinch-incarceration Chad Davis /arts/2019-11-13/st-louis-international-film-festival-showcases-women-prisoners-in-the-voice-within Incarcerated people can often feel forgotten by the world outside. A documentary film that screens at the St. Louis International Film Festival on… Wed, 13 Nov 2019 06:43:21 GMT /arts/2019-11-13/st-louis-international-film-festival-showcases-women-prisoners-in-the-voice-within Jeremy D. Goodwin /arts/2018-10-12/in-hip-hop-hamlet-women-prisoners-express-their-humanity-i-didnt-feel-like-i-was-incarcerated It’s opening night for “Hip Hop Hamlet” and more than 200 women dressed in baggy, khaki-colored clothes have packed into the gymnasium at the women’s… Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:05:00 GMT /arts/2018-10-12/in-hip-hop-hamlet-women-prisoners-express-their-humanity-i-didnt-feel-like-i-was-incarcerated Jeremy D. Goodwin /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-06-15/run-on-sentences-play-shares-the-voices-stories-of-incarcerated-women A creative collaboration between a nationally known playwright and a group of women incarcerated in Vandalia, Missouri, is bringing new voices and stories… Fri, 15 Jun 2018 20:12:09 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-06-15/run-on-sentences-play-shares-the-voices-stories-of-incarcerated-women Evie Hemphill, Lara Hamdan /arts/2017-09-14/cut-paste-prison-performing-arts-alums-credit-the-late-agnes-wilcox-for-success-on-and-off-stage St. Louis’ Prison Performing Arts serves 1,000 inmates every year, some as actors, others as audience members. But leaving prison doesn’t have to mean… Thu, 14 Sep 2017 10:14:44 GMT /arts/2017-09-14/cut-paste-prison-performing-arts-alums-credit-the-late-agnes-wilcox-for-success-on-and-off-stage Nancy Fowler /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-09-01/remembering-prison-performing-arts-founder-agnes-wilcox-who-died-unexpectedly-while-vacationing Updated September 1 with St. Louis on the Air remembrance –On Friday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh discussed the life and legacy of Agnes Wilcox,… Fri, 01 Sep 2017 19:20:31 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2017-09-01/remembering-prison-performing-arts-founder-agnes-wilcox-who-died-unexpectedly-while-vacationing Nancy Fowler /government-politics-issues/2017-09-01/these-4-chose-to-carry-a-gun-the-decision-still-impacts-their-lives-years-later Gun violence is the result of a series of choices, some of them spur-of-the-moment, others made after much consideration.The vast majority of men and… Fri, 01 Sep 2017 10:03:43 GMT /government-politics-issues/2017-09-01/these-4-chose-to-carry-a-gun-the-decision-still-impacts-their-lives-years-later Rachel Lippmann /arts/2017-06-21/new-drama-unfolds-in-vandalia-womens-facility-thanks-to-expanded-prison-performing-arts A St. Louis-based organization called Prison Performing Arts (PPA) is taking a fresh approach in its 27-year-old effort to turn inmates into actors.The… Wed, 21 Jun 2017 10:12:55 GMT /arts/2017-06-21/new-drama-unfolds-in-vandalia-womens-facility-thanks-to-expanded-prison-performing-arts Nancy Fowler /health-science-environment/2016-03-21/obituary-daniel-howard-kohl-87-a-leftist-a-scientist-and-a-family-man-for-all-seasons For many who have died, the “good family man” description is draped upon them like an embroidered pall, often as much in the interest of being nice and… Mon, 21 Mar 2016 23:18:49 GMT /health-science-environment/2016-03-21/obituary-daniel-howard-kohl-87-a-leftist-a-scientist-and-a-family-man-for-all-seasons Robert W. Duffy /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-01-20/st-louis-is-full-of-adventurous-artists-prison-performing-arts-founder-agnes-wilcox-looks-back Agnes Wilcox founded Prison Performing Arts 23 years ago. Last year, she retired as director of the organization, which involves inmates and former… Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:45:29 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2016-01-20/st-louis-is-full-of-adventurous-artists-prison-performing-arts-founder-agnes-wilcox-looks-back Kelly Moffitt