Prison Reform via Shakespeare
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Dameion Brown |
TEDxMarin
• September 2020
A former life sentence inmate makes a case for the power of Shakespeare inside our prisons.
Dameion discovered Shakespeare through MSC’s Shakespeare at Solano Prison program while serving 23 years of a life sentence. Upon release, he took on the role of Othello, winning the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for “Best Actor.” He has continued to work as an actor with Marin Shakespeare Company, Ubuntu Theatre, Theatre First, and Lorraine Hansberry Theatre.
More info https://www.marinshakespeare.org/shakespeare-in-prison or https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/from-prisoner-to-actor/