A current Off Broadway play by Sherie Rene Scott and Dick Scanlan tells the semi-autobiographical account of their experiences working with prison inmates.
The play's unusual title — "Whorl Inside a Loop" — refers to a specific fingerprint sample. Scott also stars in the play as a well-regarded actress who agrees to teach six inmates how to tell their stories behind the bars of a men's maximum security prison. Sharing intimate and sometimes hilarious details of their former lives, this unlikely group forms a bond.current York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood offers his review.
Source: wnyc.org