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ABSTRACT
The Phoenix Players Theatre Group was founded by incarcerated theatre artists located in a maximum-security prison with the aim of creating a space where they can be witnessed in order to initiate a process of personal, cultural, and sociopolitical transformation. This article integrates research from trauma theory with theatre and social justice studies, in addition to the archive of written material by the Phoenix Players themselves, to understand how practicing collaborative prison theatre to cope with traumatic experiences constitutes a pedagogy of self-narrating, self-teaching, and self-humanizing.
Notes
1 For more information on the Cornell Prison Education Program, see their website: cpep.cornell.edu
2 Rhynes was nominated for a Pushcart prize by aaduna, a nonprofit company that seeks to identify and publish new and emerging writers and artists, especially creative people of color. For more information, see their website: http://aadunanotes.blogspot.com/2011/12/congratulations-to-aaduna-nominees-for.htmlaaduna.org
3 For an extended archive of writings, videos, and performance pieces, see the PPTG web site: www.phoenixplayersatauburn.com.
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Notes on contributors
Nick Fesette
Nick Fesette is a theatre artist and PhD candidate in Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University. He researches prison studies, theatre and social change, critical theory, race and gender, popular culture, and directing. More info can be found by stalking him on social media or on his website: nickfesette.net
Bruce Levitt
Bruce Levitt is a professor in the Department of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University. For 7 years Levitt has assisted the Phoenix Players Theatre Group in their training and devising four original pieces that the group has performed for invited audiences. Levitt is also the current faculty director of the Cornell Prison Education Program that provides men in four regional correctional facilities the opportunity to earn an associate's degree while incarcerated. This past August, Levitt was the inaugural recipient of Cornell's Engaged Scholar Prize.