CMU School of Drama


Friday, March 14, 2025

The play that changed my life: Sing Sing’s Clarence Maclin on lessons from Sophocles in prison

Theatre | The Guardian: When I came to the Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) theatre at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in 1995, I’d been sentenced to 17 years for robbery. It was not my intention to watch a play. They were doing One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. I saw my brother Dino who was playing Big Chief, the Native American guy. I knew Dino from elsewhere in the jail, but not for this.

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