Out of the Yard
Playwrights Project's Out of the Yard Program empowers personal growth and builds community as incarcerated adults dramatize their stories.
View our photos of the 2025 Beyond Prison Walls performances at SDSU.
View our photos of the 2024 Beyond Prison Walls performances at UCI.
View our photos of the 2024 Beyond Prison Walls performances at SDSU.
Visit Playwrights Project's YouTube channel to see Out of the Yard playwrights' words in action.
San Diego State University
The BPW cast and crew celebrated their hard work at their 2025 performance at SDSU.
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The BPW cast and crew celebrated their hard work at their 2025 performance at SDSU.
Click here to view the full online gallery for BPW at SDSU (January 2025)!
Please note that to access our shared folders, you may be required to create a free Dropbox account.
San Diego State University & University of California, Irvine
The BPW cast and crew celebrated their hard work at their 2024 performances at UCI and SDSU.
Click here to view the full online gallery for BPW at UCI (November 2024)!
Click here to view the full online gallery for BPW at SDSU (April 2024)!
Please note that to access our shared folders, you may be required to create a free Dropbox account.
The BPW cast and crew celebrated their hard work at their 2024 performances at UCI and SDSU.
Click here to view the full online gallery for BPW at UCI (November 2024)!
Click here to view the full online gallery for BPW at SDSU (April 2024)!
Please note that to access our shared folders, you may be required to create a free Dropbox account.
A Yard
Centinela's A Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in December 2024.
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Centinela's A Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in December 2024.
Click here to view the full online gallery for December 2024!
Click here to view the full online gallery for June 2024!
Please note that to access our shared folders, you may be required to create a free Dropbox account.
C Yard
Centinela's C Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in December 2024.
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Centinela's C Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in December 2024.
Click here to view the full online gallery for December 2024!
Click here to view the full online gallery for June 2024!
Please note that to access our shared folders, you may be required to create a free Dropbox account.
- Centinela State Prison: A Yard - January 2024
- Centinela State Prison: C Yard - January 2024
- Centinela State Prison: A Yard - June 2023
- Centinela State Prison: C Yard - June 2023
- Centinela State Prison: A Yard - February 2023
- Centinela State Prison: C Yard - February 2023
- Centinela State Prison: A Yard - December 2019
- Centinela State Prison: A Yard - June 2019
- Centinela State Prison: C Yard - June, 2019
- Centinela State Prison: C Yard - December, 2018
- Centinela State Prison: C Yard- September, 2018 (Photos courtesy of Peter Merts)
A Yard
Donovan's A Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in December 2019.
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Donovan's A Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in December 2019.
Click here to view the full online gallery for December 2019!
Click here to view the full online gallery for June 2019!
Donovan's A Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in December 2019.
Click here to view the full online gallery for December 2019!
C Yard
Donovan's C Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in December 2019.
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Donovan's C Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in December 2019.
Click here to view the full online gallery for December 2019!
Click here to view the full online gallery for June 2019!
E Yard
Donovan's E Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in December 2019.
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Donovan's E Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in December 2019.
Click here to view the full online gallery for December 2019!
Click here to view the full online gallery for June 2019!
Richard J. Donovan Archives
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Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility: C Yard- September, 2018 (Photos courtesy of Peter Merts
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Richard J. Donovan Correctional Faciility: E Yard- June, 2018 (Photos courtesy of Geri Goodale)
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Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility: C Yard- July, 2015 (Photos courtesy of Peter Merts)
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Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility: C Yard- December, 2014 (Photos courtesy of Peter Merts)
For more information on the Out of the Yard program, please contact Playwrights Project at write@playwrightsproject.org.
Testimonials
[Playwrights Project's workshop] has provided us not only with a sense of being able to accomplish something, but a feeling of belonging- and has been very rewarding and therapeautic.
- Incarcerated Playwright
