Life without parole

LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE

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LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE

BY WARREN DOODY

DIRECTED BY SUSAN K. BERKOMPAS

OCTOBER 21 THROUGH NOVEMBER 5, 2016

PERFORMANCES EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY AT 8PM

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DR. ELIZABETH DERMODY LEONARD ENTERED THE GATES OF THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN AT CHINO TO INTERVIEW FORTY-TWO WOMEN WHO WERE SERVING LONG-TERM SENTENCES FOR KILLING THEIR ABUSIVE PARTNERS. TEN YEARS LATER, WARREN DOODY TRANSFORMED THIS ORIGINAL RESEARCH INTO THE STAGE PLAY, LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE, WHICH TELLS THE STORY OF HELEN BROKER AS SHE FACES A PAROLE BOARD HEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND TAKES THE AUDIENCE ON A JOURNEY THROUGH THE TRAGIC UNDERWORLD OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH A LOOK INTO THE LIVES OF SOME OF ITS SURVIVORS.  |  SUITABLE FOR MATURE AUDIENCES

 

 

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