After audiences see our play Mariposa and the Saint,they no longer wonder what she did to deserve solitary confinement – they know that nobody doesWhen I used to show people I was writing a play with a friend in solitary confinement, the first question they’d examine me was: what did she do? They wanted to know if she deserved it. But after audiences see our play, or they don’t wonder if she deserves it. They conclude that no one does. Mariposa & the Saint: From Solitary Confinement,A Play Through Letters was written over two and a half years, while Sara (Mariposa) Fonseca was held in the Security Housing Unit (Shu) of a California women’s prison. The text is derived entirely from her letters. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com