Sing Sing Film Screening
and exclusive panel discussion with Sean San Jose, actor in Sing Sing; Lesley Currier, Managing Director of Marin Shakespeare; and Troy Williams, Founder of the San Quentin Prison Report
Friday, April 17
7 pm | Lark Theater, Larkspur
To continue our 20th anniversary year, we’re excited to invite you to the second event in our anniversary series. On April 17, we’ll gather at the Lark Theater in Larkspur for an evening of film, conversation, and community — bringing proximity to the realities of incarceration and the perspectives of those most directly impacted.
The evening will feature a screening of the critically acclaimed film Sing Sing, based on the true story of Divine G (Colman Domingo), who is incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York and finds purpose through a theater program inside the prison.
Following the film, join us for an exclusive panel discussion featuring Sean San Jose, actor in Sing Sing; Lesley Currier, Managing Director of Marin Shakespeare; and Troy Williams, former client, current UnCommon Law Advisory Board member, and Founder of the San Quentin Prison Report.
About the Panel
Sean San José
Sean San José is a writer, director, performer, and actor in the critically acclaimed film, Sing Sing. He is a proud part of Colman Domingo’s production company, Edith Productions, for film, television, and theatre. He is also the co-founder of Campo Santo, a new performance group for People of Color in San Francisco. Founded in 1996, Campo Santo is committed to developing new performance work and nurturing People of Color–centered audiences, and has premiered over 100 new pieces. For 15 years, he was the Program Director of Performance at Intersection for the Arts, alongside Deborah Cullinan, Kevin B. Chen, and Rebeka Rodriguez. Intersection for the Arts is San Francisco’s oldest alternative arts space. He co-created Alma Delfina Group–Teatro Contra el SIDA and Pieces of the Quilt, a collection of 50+ short plays on AIDS.
Lesley Currier
Troy Williams
Lesley Currier is the founding Managing Director of Marin Shakespeare Company. She holds a B.A. in Religion from Princeton University, where she was awarded the Frances LeMoyne Page Award for Theatre. She spent three years with the Ukiah Players, where she acted, produced and served as fundraiser coordinator for the Phase II building expansion. In 1988, while in Ukiah, she initiated the New American Comedy Festival. After a season acting at Ashland’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival, she studied at U.C. Irvine’s M.F.A. Program in Acting, before being invited to Marin with her husband Robert to found Marin Shakespeare Company. Since 1989, she has produced award-winning summer productions, provided work for thousands of theatre artists, created education programs that serve thousands of students each year, and founded Shakespeare for Social Justice which has provided opportunities for rehabilitation through Shakespeare and Theatre in 14 California State Prisons, and Alameda and Marin Juvenile Halls.
Troy Williams is a filmmaker and journalist, and founder and operator of 4north22, a media production and consulting company that produces transformative stories to promote social change and restorative justice. He is the founding Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the San Quentin Prison Report (SQPR), an award-winning radio and video production program operated inside the prison. Prior to his release from San Quentin, Troy spent six years facilitating curriculum for the Victim-Offender Education Group and other restorative justice programs. Troy is a former UnCommon Law client and now serves on UnCommon Law’s Advisory Board.