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 2023 Beyond Prison Walls performances at SDSU.
Visit Playwrights Project's YouTube channel to see Out of the Yard playwrights' words in action.
A Yard
Centinela's A Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in June 2023.
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Please note that to access our shared folders, you may be required to create a free Dropbox account.
Centinela's A Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in June 2023.
Click here to view the full online gallery for June 2023!
Click here to view the full online gallery for February 2023!
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 June 2023.
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Click here to view the full online gallery for February 2023!
Please note that to access our shared folders, you may be required to create a free Dropbox account.
Centinela's C Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in June 2023.
Click here to view the full online gallery for June 2023!
Click here to view the full online gallery for February 2023!
Please note that to access our shared folders, you may be required to create a free Dropbox account.
A Yard
Donovan's A Yard playwrights celebrated their hard work at their final performance in December 2019.
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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!
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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Click here to view the full online gallery for June 2019!
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
