Prison

San Quentin Letter

Dearest Shakespeareans and friends,

Where to begin…I left last Sunday feeling very perplexed. I came into that situation curious and left even more curious. During our workshop, I forgot that I was conversing with men who were in prison, because that is not the way my…

The San Quentin Experience

Last Sunday I had the unique oppoortunity to do a Shakespeare workshop with inmates inside of San Quentin prison. Before going in I really had no idea what the experience would be like other than that it would be similar to the Theatre of the Oppressed workshop we had done earlier…

A change of heart…

San Quentin was more than an amazing experience. Inspirational, informative, hopeful are just a few words that can explain the experience I had. Initially I was very apprehensive about going, I almost did not go but there was something telling me to go and maybe I could change lives.

San Quentin’s Message: Love

Initially I was a little uneasy going into San Quentin, not because I was afraid, but it was more so that I didn’t want to seem disrespectful. To me it felt like a human exhibit, and I honestly felt a little pretentious going in just because we were kind of going in as a group of…

Nothing but Positivity

When I first entered the premises of San Quentin, i was primarily nervous. Although it didnt show, my fears on the inside were killing me. Once we started walking through the yard, i started thinking about all of the movies about prisons and all of the tv shows. All of these stereotypes…