with Rhodessa Jones, Angela Wilson, and Nancy Rabinowitz
Rhodessa Jones is a theatre practitioner and artistic director, and founded The Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women/HIV Circle in 1989. Nancy Rabinowitz is Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature at Hamilton College, and has worked extensively on the impact of Greek theatre in prisons, and co-edited Classics and Prison Education in the US (2021). Angela Wilson is a formerly incarcerated mother, writer, actress, teacher, activist, and a
core member of the Medea Project. The three discuss the Medea Project's origins, latest residency, and their engagement with myth as a ritual of resilience.
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Speakers: Rhodessa Jones, Angela Wilson, and Nancy Rabinowitz
Production: Giovanna Di Martino and Claire Barnes. Recorded in May 2022.
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Mentioned in the episode
- The Medea Project website
- Like The Medea Project on Facebook
- Classics and Prison Education in the US (2021)
- Imagining Medea: Rhodessa Jones and Theater for Incarcerated Women (2012)
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