Faculty Mentor/s:
Dr. Bill Whitney, Office of Creative Inquiry
Student names:
Aiden Galbraith, 2022
Becca Landau, 2022
Dom Ocampo, 2022
Juliana Kilgore, 2024
Nessia Crispe, 2024
Paola Lebron, 2024
Tommy Anderson, 2024
Project Description:
The issue of mass incarceration is one that touches lives locally, regionally, and globally. The Beyond Bars project aims to examine all of the individual and community-wide consequences that stem from mass incarceration, focused on consequences here in the Lehigh Valley, and use innovative forms of theatre and other art and cultural forms to educate, inspire, and move audiences to action on behalf of the cause of prison abolition. In its first three years, student teams have written and performed live and virtual pieces of theatre based on stories and interviews conducted in the Northampton County Prison system and elsewhere. Currently, Beyond Bars is developing multiple performances and is looking to expand our partnerships and our reach throughout the Valley. June 2018
Month/Year Project Began:
June 2018