FROM NUMBER TO NAME: BACK TO LIFE [Livestream August 5-7]

Written By Madelyn S

API Rise: FROM NUMBER TO NAME: BACK TO LIFE performs August 5 through August 7

“What is incarceration? What is freedom? What is forgiveness? Following East West Players’ original streaming production of FROM NUMBER TO NAME in April 2021, artist and activist Kristina Wong again devises a new iteration of this production that is the culmination of a writing and performance process exploring incarceration, undoing prison politics, and restorative justice in Asian Pacific Islander Communities. In FROM NUMBER TO NAME: BACK TO LIFE, formerly incarcerated Asian Americans and those in the API community impacted by mass incarceration take us on a journey through their experiences. FROM NUMBER TO NAME: BACK TO LIFE ​challenges viewers to reflect on our criminal justice system and imagines its future. Laugh, cry and listen as this ensemble of performers share real stories from life on the inside while re-imagining the future of the criminal justice system and freedom for our communities.

“FROM NUMBER TO NAME: BACK TO LIFE performs August 5 through August 7. Each performance will be livestreamed and is followed by a talkback with API RISE, a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower the Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander American communities and specifically those individuals who have been impacted by the criminal justice system. FROM NUMBER TO NAME: BACK TO LIFE is directed and devised by East West Players Visionary Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and Lucille Lortel Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristina Wong (SWEATSHOP OVERLORD), and features the formerly incarcerated members of API RISE, their families, and supporters.”

Madelyn S
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