Join CCWP for two benefit performances of Mariposa & the Saint and a conversation about the shocking conditions in California’s women’s prisons and what can be done to change them.
Thursday, May 7th at Stagewerx, 446 Valencia St. at 16th, San Francisco
$15 advance thru Brown Paper Tickets, $20 at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds
Doors open at 7:00, Play begins promptly at 7:30
Sunday, May 10th at La Peña, 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
$15 advance thru Eventbrite, $20 at the door, no one turned away for lack of funds
Doors open at 7:00, Play begins promptly at 7:30
In 2012, Mariposa was sentenced to fifteen months in solitary confinement. In 2015 she is still in a special confinement unit. Through letters with longtime friend Julia Steele Allen who met her through a CCWP prison visiting team, Mariposa brings her experience to the stage.
Written by Sara (Mariposa) Fonseca & Julia Steele Allen
Directed by Noelle Ghoussaini
A Benefit for the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, www.womenprisoners.org
For more information contact CCWP info@womenprisoners.org, 415-255-7036 x 4
