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See Me: Prison Theater Workshops and Love

See Me: Prison Theater Workshops and Love

By: Jan Cohen-Cruz HowlRound Theatre Commons
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See Me: Prison Theater Workshops and Love explores how the intimacy that podcast host Jan Cohen-Cruz and so many others have experienced in prison theatre workshops is possible in such a dehumanizing environment. The throughline is a deep dive into the workshop that she co-led in the early 1970s, cowritten with Finn K., a core participant, interspersed with reflections from five other pairs of people who were part of other prison theatre workshops together. They reflect on why people joined the workshops, how they got started and developed, building trust and affection, creating performances, learning lessons, facing obstacles, and what happened after the workshops.

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Art Entertainment & Performing Arts
Episodes
  • Reflection

    Reflection
    19 Mar 2026
    Contributors share final reflections on the attraction of prison theatre workshops. They explore the importance of being seen in all one’s complexities and discuss how imagining the world on stage manifests a vision for the real world. Finn and Jan affirm their workshop experience together.
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    41 min
  • Aftermath

    Aftermath
    12 Mar 2026
    This episode covers what happens to Jan after she is banned from the workshop and Finn when he is released. Ausettua and Kathy create the Graduates for women to continue theatre when they get out, and the Free Mama Glo campaign launches. Jess supports of returning citizens. Rand discusses the challenges of reentry.
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    31 min
  • Collapse

    Collapse
    5 Mar 2026
    In this episode, personal relationships between Finn and Jan and Alex and Kevin fall apart. Collective efforts like the Trenton workshop and the street theatre house, which took great care to build, collapse. How long it takes to build something; how quickly it can tumble.
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    26 min
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