“”What you will see tonight is entertainment, but what I see is rehabilitation.”  Brian Fischer, Commissioner, NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

Theatre is central to RTA’s program. It allows us to put ourselves in another’s shoes, try out new emotions, choices and ways of communicating. It develops empathy and deepens understanding.

Performances focus on collaborative projects in which each person shares responsibility for the group’s success.

RTA’s theatre program includes full-scale and workshop productions, improvisation, Shakespeare, play reading, script analysis, character study, devised theatre and offstage training.

“When I act out someone else’s experiences I touch on their emotions. I’ve connected to another human, another family, another community.”Clarence, Prisoner-Participant

Plays produced by RTA at Sing Sing and other New York State prisons include: 

Superior Donuts	The Bullpen
Starting Over	Two Trains Running
Macbeth	Of Mice and Men
West Side Story	Oedipus Rex
Jitney	SLAM
Voices from Within	A Few Good Men
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest	12 Angry Men
The N_____ Trial	Stories From The Inside Out
Breakin’ the Mummy’s Code	Fine Print
In The Silence of the Heart	Stratford’s Decision
Reality in Motion	The Sacrifice
An Evening of Theatre, Four Original One-Act Plays	When We’re Home