Staging Shakespeare and Twelve Angry Men with fellow prisoners was a revelation but Oedipus Rex proved particularly poignant When I came to the Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) theatre at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in 1995, I'd been sentenced to 17 years for robbery. It was not my intention to watch a play. They were doing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I saw my brother Dino who was playing Big Chief, the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM on February 25, 2025