Post by thinkinkmesa on Oct 27, 2011 14:56:10 GMT -5
Sister Helen Prejean visiting Hoban
SOUTH AKRON — The debate over the death penalty will take center stage at Archbishop Hoban High School with the visit of social justice advocate Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, to coincide with the school’s production of “Dead Man Walking†by the Hoban Troubadours.
Hoban will host a dialogue after opening night Nov. 3 with Sister Prejean, whose 1994 book “Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States†was the basis for the play and a film. There will be a book sale and signing. The play runs Nov. 3 at 6:30 p.m. and Nov. 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $11 for reserved seats and $7 for general admission and can be ordered at www.hobantroubadours.org. Tickets also will be sold at the door.
The play portrays Sister Prejean’s experiences and insights as she ministered with men facing execution, and then to the families of murder victims. The show is part of the national Dead Man Walking School Theater Project out of Boston. To learn more about the project, go to www.dmwplay.org.
Sister Prejean began her prison ministry in 1981 in New Orleans. While living in the St. Thomas housing project, she became pen pals with Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers, sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana’s Angola State Prison. She has witnessed five executions in Louisiana and today educates the public about the death penalty by lecturing, organizing and writing.
For more on Sister Prejean, go to www.prejean.org.
According to Hoban officials, Tim Robbins, who wrote the stage play, required that any school producing the play must also agree to involve at least two other academic departments (law, sociology, criminal justice, etc.) to provide courses related to the death penalty and “Dead Man Walking.†Art and music departments also were encouraged to develop related creative projects. Discussion groups, prison visitation and other activities were soon added.
www.akron.com/akron-ohio-education-news.asp?aID=14104
SOUTH AKRON — The debate over the death penalty will take center stage at Archbishop Hoban High School with the visit of social justice advocate Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, to coincide with the school’s production of “Dead Man Walking†by the Hoban Troubadours.
Hoban will host a dialogue after opening night Nov. 3 with Sister Prejean, whose 1994 book “Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States†was the basis for the play and a film. There will be a book sale and signing. The play runs Nov. 3 at 6:30 p.m. and Nov. 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $11 for reserved seats and $7 for general admission and can be ordered at www.hobantroubadours.org. Tickets also will be sold at the door.
The play portrays Sister Prejean’s experiences and insights as she ministered with men facing execution, and then to the families of murder victims. The show is part of the national Dead Man Walking School Theater Project out of Boston. To learn more about the project, go to www.dmwplay.org.
Sister Prejean began her prison ministry in 1981 in New Orleans. While living in the St. Thomas housing project, she became pen pals with Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers, sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana’s Angola State Prison. She has witnessed five executions in Louisiana and today educates the public about the death penalty by lecturing, organizing and writing.
For more on Sister Prejean, go to www.prejean.org.
According to Hoban officials, Tim Robbins, who wrote the stage play, required that any school producing the play must also agree to involve at least two other academic departments (law, sociology, criminal justice, etc.) to provide courses related to the death penalty and “Dead Man Walking.†Art and music departments also were encouraged to develop related creative projects. Discussion groups, prison visitation and other activities were soon added.
www.akron.com/akron-ohio-education-news.asp?aID=14104