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Like art imitates life. oh, man, that looked good. i like it. they did good. i want to see some more of it, though. >> for iris white, the playwright, it was the first time he had seen a performance of it, and he was really happy. you know, it was like the greatest day of his life. >> but white's elation was not to last. the day ended in bitter disappointment. >> and then an hour later, he got in a fight in the yard and got busted and got sent back to the shu. so it just shows how fast things can fall apart even when things are going good. prison can take it all away from you. >> it's the old ...

>> just days before our shoot, inmate iris white had completed a 3 1/2-year shu term and had been transferred to general population. he was allowed to return to the shu to finish his work on the script. now, he gets to join this group of general population inmates who will bring the script to life. >> it was really funny, because some of the inmates were playing witches in macbeth, dancing around, these big old guys, dangerous, scary-looking guys, going "whoo!" >> an all-male cast is something that we need to get accustomed to. we're not used to it. the population here isn't used to seeing the...

So i really like that>> i'm from the hood, you know, not to separate the hood from anything. shakespeare was something, you know, i never thought i would experience in my life. you know, since i came in contact with shakespeare, i see a lot of those parallels that correlate with urban life. >> essentially macbeth and the rest of the characters are committing either immoral, unethical or criminal acts. where we would say criminal acts, right? of course, that's what we're in here for, committing criminal acts. so it's made me more introspective. >> the sky has the residue of sunlight, but it fad...

Shakespeare was something, you know, i never thought i would experience in my life. you know, since i came in contact with shakespeare, i see a lot of those parallels that correlate with urban life. >> essentially macbeth and the rest of the characters are committing either immoral, unethical or criminal acts. where we would say criminal acts, right? of course, that's what we're in here for, committing criminal acts. so it's made me more introspective. >> the sky has the residue of sunlight, but it fades away like butter on cornbread. macbeth is getting rid of them. that's how he keep his hand...

Nerve. >> as the actors were performing, i looked over my shoulder and i noticed iris was silently reciting every word of the play. so i focused my camera on him and i thought it was pretty cool that he was getting to see his own words coming to life and enjoying it so much. >> all he's known in belief, he shall bury it. i tell you, hags, that this -- [ applause ] >> this is the first time i seen it when he was speaking, i knew everything, i knew the words as he was saying it, right? it's crazy to hear it. to see the words come to life. make you want to continue to do it. like art imitates lif...