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Mariposa & the Saint:
Play exposing harms of solitary
confinement comes to Kingston
- Rev. Laura Markle Downton, Director of U.S.
Prisons Policy & Program
National Religious Campaign Against Torture
Kingston, NY (Friday, May 20,
2016) – Julia Steele Allen, an award-winning
playwright and activist, announced the play, Mariposa & the Saint, will come to Kingston, NY. Mariposa & the
Saint: From Solitary Confinement, A Play Through Letters is based entirely on letters written between Sara (Mariposa)
Fonseca and Allen while Mariposa was held in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) of
a California women’s prison. The play is directed by Noelle Ghoussaini and
performed by Julia Steele Allen and Ray Huth.
The event, hosted by the Unitarian
Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, located at 320 Sawkill Road,
Kingston, will consist of consciousness raising entertainment with the
performance of the play Mariposa & the Saint followed by a workshop exposing the harms of
solitary confinement in the United States.
KINGSTON, NY PERFORMANCE
DATE:
Doors open 30 min. prior
to each performance. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are $10-$15 sliding scale,
no one turned away for lack of funds, formerly incarcerated come for free.
Friday, May 20,
2016- Kingston at 7PM:
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Road
(Please note, due to the Washington Ave.
entrance to Sawkill Rd. being closed, please use Rt. 209 and the Sawkill
Rd. exit and go south on Sawkill to 320 Sawkill Rd.)