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Prison Performing Arts

Dec 28, 20202 min read

A TRIBUTE TO AGNES WILCOX

This tribute was written by PPA Alum, Hazel, and shared with her permission. She is pictured below in a production of "The Dayroom Club"...

Prison Performing Arts

Mar 24, 20202 min read

A NOTE FROM PPA REGARDING COVID-19

PPA Supporters, While the COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis, it has impacted each of us personally. Whether you or a loved one...

20 YEARS & COUNTING: PPA CELEBRATES MAJOR MILESTONE IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING

Prison Performing Arts

Nov 14, 20193 min read

20 YEARS & COUNTING: PPA CELEBRATES MAJOR MILESTONE IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING

SINCE 1999, THE NUMBER OF YOUTH INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAMS HAS STEADILY DECLINED. AND THAT’S A GOOD THING. It’s been twenty years since we...

Prison Performing Arts

Oct 14, 20194 min read

LAURA HULSEY REMEMBERED

Prison Performing Arts was informed late in September that Laura Hulsey, a recently returned citizen, Alumni actor, and deeply valued PPA...

PPA ANNOUNCES SHANNON DURIO AS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR

Prison Performing Arts

Aug 6, 20193 min read

PPA ANNOUNCES SHANNON DURIO AS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR

Prison Performing Arts is thrilled to announce that Shannon Durio is joining the PPA team as our new Managing Director! Shannon will...

HIP HOP POETRY PROJECT CELEBRATES 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY THIS JUNE

Prison Performing Arts

Apr 21, 20193 min read

HIP HOP POETRY PROJECT CELEBRATES 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY THIS JUNE

Fifteen years ago, Rachel Tibbetts, while working with a group called Young Audiences of St. Louis, teamed up with Nathan Graves at the...

Prison Performing Arts

Mar 3, 20191 min read

JOIN US FOR A PREMIÈRE MOVIE SHOWING OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT PRISON PERFORMING ARTS AT THE CHASE

Prison Performing Arts: Voices Within A new documentary by Filmmaker Lisa Boyd Friday, April 12th @ 7:00 p.m. DOORS OPEN @ 6:30 p.m. View...

"RUN ON SENTENCE" EARNS NOMINATION FOR BEST NEW PLAY BY THE ST. LOUIS THEATRE CIRCLE

Prison Performing Arts

Feb 27, 20192 min read

"RUN ON SENTENCE" EARNS NOMINATION FOR BEST NEW PLAY BY THE ST. LOUIS THEATRE CIRCLE

Top photo: premiere of Run-On Sentence atWomen's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center. Bottom photo: production of...

THE PPA ALUMNI COMPANY WRITES "KEPT AWAY" FOR THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

Prison Performing Arts

Jan 31, 20192 min read

THE PPA ALUMNI COMPANY WRITES "KEPT AWAY" FOR THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

In Fall 2018, the PPA Alumni Company began work on writing a new play, Kept Away, designed for family audiences. Kept Away has...

Prison Performing Arts

Aug 27, 20182 min read

AN OPEN INVITATION TO PIPER KERMAN

Dear Mrs. Piper Kerman, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to invite you to Prison Performing Art’s Annual Fundraising...

Prison Performing Arts

Aug 12, 20182 min read

AN OPEN INVITATION TO MARTHA STEWART

Dear Ms. Martha Stewart, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to invite you to Prison Performing Art’s Annual Fundraising...

Prison Performing Arts

Oct 31, 20144 min read

PRISON PERFORMING ARTS ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP TRANSITION

THEATER DIRECTOR, ACTOR, AND PPA COLLABORATOR CHRISTOPHER LIMBER NAMED INTERIM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, SUCCEEDING FOUNDER & ARTISTIC...

PPA'S DEBUT AT SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS

Prison Performing Arts

Jun 23, 20141 min read

PPA'S DEBUT AT SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS

Several years ago, when I was Company Manager for the Shakespeare Festival St Louis, I thought that Forest Park during the festival...

PPA IN THE GREATER ST. LOUIS HUMANITIES FESTIVAL

Prison Performing Arts

May 5, 20142 min read

PPA IN THE GREATER ST. LOUIS HUMANITIES FESTIVAL

I've seen a few shows recently with Prison Performing Arts, and I've been nothing but impressed. I come in not knowing what I'm going to...

TEN YEARS OF COURAGE, COLLABORATION, AND HIP HOP

Prison Performing Arts

Mar 24, 20143 min read

TEN YEARS OF COURAGE, COLLABORATION, AND HIP HOP

You Have a Week... It was really moving to be a part of the 10 year celebration and share the stage for a brief moment with the kids as a...

PPA ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION OF THREE BOARD MEMBERS

Prison Performing Arts

Jan 20, 20142 min read

PPA ANNOUNCES THE ELECTION OF THREE BOARD MEMBERS

Prison Performing Arts is pleased to announce the election of three new members of its Board of Directors and Board Executive Committee:...

AGNES WILCOX FEATURED IN MAY 2013 ALIVE MAG

Prison Performing Arts

Apr 20, 20131 min read

AGNES WILCOX FEATURED IN MAY 2013 ALIVE MAG

Readers of this month'sALIVE Magazinewill spot an especially familiar face — our own Agnes Wilcox is included in an article titled "Women...