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Prison Performing Arts
Mar 29, 20232 min read
We've Moved!
March 25, 2023, Prison Performing Arts staff and a band of board members and community volunteers packed up their offices and bid...
Prison Performing Arts
Apr 19, 20222 min read
Meet Playwright Stacie Lents
“This project is one of the most interesting and challenging of my career. My job was to take a complex and brilliant work by Ms. Atwood...
Prison Performing Arts
Apr 17, 20221 min read
Meet Actor Alicen Kramer-Moser
"I have been eager to work with a program like PPA ever since I was a teenager helping to plan a Vacation Bible School musical program...
Prison Performing Arts
Mar 28, 20221 min read
Meet Director Lucy Cashion
"I'm very lucky to work with such dedicated, thoughtful artists and with the support of PPA, a company unlike any other I've ever...
Prison Performing Arts
Mar 28, 20221 min read
Meet Actor Miranda Jagels Félix
"The last time I collaborated with PPA I played the role of Patricia in A Memory of Two Mondays—we almost missed our chance to perform...
Prison Performing Arts
Mar 28, 20221 min read
Meet Production Intern Reed McLean
"I love being a part of a project that creates an intentional space for our artists at the NECC to contribute to something larger than...
Prison Performing Arts
Mar 28, 20221 min read
Meet Visiting Scholar Beth Charlebois
"I am so excited to be returning to NECC to see how PPA's fabulous actors turn Atwood's novel about prison Shakespeare into a theatrical...
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...
Prison Performing Arts
Feb 3, 20222 min read
A Message From Shannon
I am so proud of what PPA has achieved in this challenging season. Several years ago I stepped into the Women’s Eastern Reception,...
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...
Prison Performing Arts
Jun 16, 20212 min read
PPA Welcomes New Board Members
Prison Performing Arts is committed to diversifying and expanding the skills and networks of our Board of Directors. We are...
Prison Performing Arts
Apr 1, 20211 min read
PPA Family Spotlight: Michele Mallette Sherman
This past year, Michele Mallette Sherman stepped down from Prison Performing Arts’ Board of Directors after more than a decade of...
Prison Performing Arts
Jan 17, 20212 min read
Board Spotlight: Melinda Ligon
We caught up with longtime PPA Board member, Melinda Ligon, to chat a little about her time with PPA and why she believes everyone should...
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
Dec 19, 20196 min read
MEET PPA INTERN, CORINA SOSA
We sat down with Corina to talk about their experience moving to St. Louis from Dallas, Texas, how they felt seeing a prison performance...
Prison Performing Arts
Nov 14, 20196 min read
MEET CARL OVERLY, JR.
We sat down with Carl to talk about his role as a Teaching Artist with PPA Youth Programs and to learn how he ties social justice work...
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...
Prison Performing Arts
Oct 3, 20192 min read
MEET NIKEISHA FORTENBERRY, DETENTION PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT THE STL CITY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER
Nikeisha is the Detention Program Coordinator at the St. Louis City Juvenile Detention Center. Here’s what she has to say about her role...
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...
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