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Patty Prewitt Featured on the Dr. Phil Show

Prison Performing Arts

Dec 12, 20221 min read

Patty Prewitt Featured on the Dr. Phil Show

PPA Artist Patty Prewitt is a 73-year-old mother of five, grandmother of 13, and great-grandmother. For the past 36 years, Patty has been...

Margaret Atwood Discusses Hag-Seed on CNBC

Prison Performing Arts

Dec 8, 20221 min read

Margaret Atwood Discusses Hag-Seed on CNBC

Margaret Atwood appeared on CNBC to discuss her book Hag-Seed earlier this month. Along with discussing the work's themes of justice,...

Prison Performing Arts

Nov 10, 20221 min read

PPA Speakers Series - Courtney Bailey

Join Missouri Humanities and Prison Performing Arts at an in-person presentation and playwriting workshop! Led by local playwright,...

The Golden Record: A New Play by the PPA Alumni Theatre Company

Prison Performing Arts

Oct 13, 20221 min read

The Golden Record: A New Play by the PPA Alumni Theatre Company

Join the PPA Alumni Theatre Company in January 2023 for The Golden Record! Curated and adapted by Courtney Bailey Directed by Rachel...

Q&A With Margaret Atwood at the 2022 Gala!

Prison Performing Arts

Sep 8, 20221 min read

Q&A With Margaret Atwood at the 2022 Gala!

Margaret Atwood’s work has been recognized for numerous awards, including the Booker Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the...

Prison Performing Arts

Aug 22, 20221 min read

Save The Date!

Sep. 22 6pm-8pm VIP Reception @ 5pm Magic Chef Mansion 3400 Russell Blvd Saint Louis, MO 63104

Prison Performing Arts

Aug 22, 20221 min read

2022 Annual Gala!

Please join us for Featuring a virtual Q&A between performers of Hag-Seed and Margaret Atwood (author of Hag-Seed and The Handmaid's...

Prison Performing Arts

Jul 27, 20222 min read

PPA Speakers Series - Maria Ojascastro

Join Missouri Humanities and Prison Performing Arts at an in-person presentation and hands-on class presented by Maria Ojacastro! Learn...

SLJDC Youths Write and Perform an Audioplay

Prison Performing Arts

Jun 29, 20221 min read

SLJDC Youths Write and Perform an Audioplay

The young artists at the St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center, with guidance from teaching artist Carl Overly, Jr., wrote and...

Prison Performing Arts

Jun 20, 20221 min read

PPA Speaker Series - Dr. Kimberly Welch

Black Theatrical Protest: #BlackLivesMatter What does it mean to be hypervisible? How does hypervisibility affect the life chances of...

Prison Performing Arts

Jun 16, 20221 min read

Micah Shurtleff Obituary

An announcement from PPA Alumni Artist Micah Shurtleff's parents: "It is with much sorrow that Tim and Charla Shurtleff bid farewell to...

Prison Performing Arts

May 25, 20221 min read

PPA Movie: The Voice Within

The term “true crime” is zeitgeist these days. Humanity’s fascination with the “hows” and “whys” of murder and other crimes has made...

Prison Performing Arts

Apr 13, 20222 min read

Hiring: Project Coordinator

Position: PROGRAM COORDINATOR Type: PART-TIME ANNUAL (20 hrs/week) COMPENSATION: $20/hr START DATE: June 13, 2022 Prison Performing Arts...

FREE LIVE EVENT: Discussion of Margaret Atwood's HAG-SEED

Prison Performing Arts

Mar 24, 20221 min read

FREE LIVE EVENT: Discussion of Margaret Atwood's HAG-SEED

Details Date and time Tue, April 12, 2022 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT Location Centene Center for the Arts 3547 Olive Street St. Louis, MO...

Announcing John Wolbers as PPA's New Executive Director

Prison Performing Arts

Feb 18, 20222 min read

Announcing John Wolbers as PPA's New Executive Director

A message from Steve Knight, President of the Board of Directors: Prison Performing Arts is excited to announce that John Wolbers is...

PPA Awarded American Rescue Plan Grant from National Endowment for the Arts

Prison Performing Arts

Jan 27, 20222 min read

PPA Awarded American Rescue Plan Grant from National Endowment for the Arts

Prison Performing Arts is pleased to announce we have been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment...

A Christmas Carol Workshop Brings the Spirit(s) of the Holidays Into WERDCC

Prison Performing Arts

Dec 31, 20211 min read

A Christmas Carol Workshop Brings the Spirit(s) of the Holidays Into WERDCC

Teaching artist Emily Klingensmith recently led artists in Spoken Word at Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center...

Rudolph Meets Jake - New Audio Drama by the Youth at St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center

Prison Performing Arts

Dec 23, 20211 min read

Rudolph Meets Jake - New Audio Drama by the Youth at St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center

Hot on the return to in-person classes, the young people in the Learning Through The Arts program at the St. Louis County Juvenile...

First Online Classes Lead to Audio Drama Success

Prison Performing Arts

Dec 23, 20211 min read

First Online Classes Lead to Audio Drama Success

Things aren’t ever really “normal” for justice-involved youths, and the societal and structural changes brought on by the pandemic didn’t...

Rachel Tibbetts Assumes New Leadership Role at PPA

Prison Performing Arts

Jun 30, 20212 min read

Rachel Tibbetts Assumes New Leadership Role at PPA

Prison Performing Arts (PPA) is excited to announce the promotion of Rachel Tibbetts to Artistic Director. This newly restructured role...