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Run-On Sentence is a comedic drama by Stacie Lents based on the experiences of female prison inmates.
Originally commissioned by Prison Performing Arts, the play was initially developed with the playwright & performed by inmates at Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional Center in Vandalia, MO.
Run-On Sentence tells the story of cellmates whose lives are turned upside down by the arrival of a new inmate.
Both moving and funny, the play asks: should people be defined by our worst mistake?
Cast of 6 W, ages 21+
Running Time: 2 hours with 1 intermission
Rated M for Mature (adult language and situations)
Auditions early March 2023.
Cold readings from the script- readings released February.
Performances April 20-24, 2023, 2022
Tickets on sale Febraury 2023