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‘The End of Isolation Tour’ seeks to end the use of solitary confinement in North Carolina prisons; "The Box"; Nelson Mandela rules
Carceral Injustice: On the Stage & On the Page. Image On Thursday, August 25, please join the Pulitzer Center in partnership with MUSE and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts for a conversation about the U.S. carceral system and the panelists’ work to shed light on its injustices. The panel at UNCSA will feature playwright Sarah Shourd and actors Anthony Jefferson and John Neblett from The BOX End of Isolation Tour, as well as Phoebe Zerwick, author of Beyond Innocence: The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt. The End of Isolation Tour is bringing live performances of The BOX ac...
'The BOX' End of Isolation Tour: Chicago, Illinois. The End of Isolation Tour (EIT) presents The BOX, a play written by Sarah Shourd, a survivor of solitary confinement, in collaboration with other survivors. The BOX is a play about collective resistance and personal transformation inspired by stories in US prisons collected through years of in-depth letter correspondence and visits with incarcerated people across the country. The BOX is a rare glimpse at the intimate bonds forged in the deep end of our prison system, the ripple effects of systematic torture, and what it means to be...
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"The BOX," an immersive play detailing the horrors of solitary confinement, is coming to Eastern State Penitentiary on August 13-14 as part of the 10-city The End of Isolation Tour. Sarah Shourd, who was held in solitary confinement for more than 400 days as a political prisoner in Iran, wrote and directed the play.