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Documentary Film Screening: Shakespeare Behind Bars

Location: 156 Straub Hall
Sun, 01/10/2016 - 3:00pm

In this documentary, a theater troupe consisting entirely of convicted felons performs the plays of William Shakespeare for a captive audience. The troupe is already in its seventh year when the film crew joins them as they attempt to put on "The Tempest," a play largely about the dangers of social isolation. In candid interviews, the film chronicles the project from its casting, through its rehearsals and finally to its performance at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in Kentucky.
Location: 156 Straub Hall