Felon: An American Washi Tale

Event time: 
Sunday, June 12, 2022 - 7:00pm to 9:15pm
Location: 
Holcombe T. Green Jr. Hall GRN, Frederick Iseman Theater See map
1156 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Event description: 

Felon: An American Washi Tale
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Alone in solitary confinement, a teenager called out to the men in the hole with him: “Somebody, send me a book!” Moments later, Dudley Randall’s The Black Poets slid under his cell door. Those pages, in that funky and desperate place, were the start of the teen’s transformation into a poet, lawyer, and promoter of the rights of prisoners. Now, 23 years after his release from prison, Reginald Dwayne Betts explores the experience and lingering consequences of having a criminal record in a solo theater show based on his poetry collection, Felon. Betts, who recently received a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, advocates for literacy in prisons and is the founding director nonprofit organization Freedom Reads, which delivers books to inmates and brings contemporary writers and artists together with incarcerated audiences.

Admission: 
Free

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