Episode 398. ‘Salesman’ Behind Bars

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UnknownLast year, Kate Powers told us of her work doing Theatre In Prisons with Rehabilitation Through The Arts. This week Kate returns to tell us of her recent production of Death of a Salesman at Fishkill Correctional Facility, which restored much-needed urgency and vitality to that American “classic”. Featuring original titles, changing temperatures, under appreciated messages, the first rule of stage violence, “Puppies Behind Bars”, misunderstood Shakespeare plays, a special appearance by an award-winning salesman, unexpected levity, and the dangers of so-called Post-Traumatic Dustin Hoffman Disorder. (Length 20:22)