Shakespeare play from prison

Behind the scenes

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Sammie Byron, inmate
		"The death scene with Othello and Desdemona was almost a reenactment of the crime I committed."

Leonard Ford, inmate
		"As a prisoner, it's something I have to check every day: to look at myself and say 'No, I am going to be human.' "

Larry Chandler, warden
		"The cops got 'em for 20 minutes. The courts got 'em for a half hour. We got 'em for years."

Curt Tofteland, play director
		"I would do something for victims, but they're not in one place. I've got perpetrators in one place, and I can work with them."

Acting with conviction

2001

Act I: Behind bars

Act II: Dress rehearsal

Act III: Taking risks

Act IV: The right role

Act V: Expectation

Curtain call

2002

Act I: Choosing 'to be'

Act II: 'Hamlet'

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2001: 'Titus Andronicus'

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Reporter, writer, audio producer – Mary Wiltenburg

Photographer – Andy Nelson

Story editor – Amelia Newcomb

Site design – Stuart S. Cox, Jr., Christian Scripter

Flash presentations – Stuart S. Cox, Jr.

Photo editor – Alfredo Sosa

Producer – Kirsten Conover