Bilibid Weeks: An Account of Prison Theater in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Abad, Ricardo G., Magno, Nicolo Ricardo
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Prison theater; Bilibid theater; prison reform and rehabilitation; Special Classes for Children in Conflict with the Law; Shakespeare in prison; RolePlayers
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol9/iss2/2; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/paha/article/1297/viewcontent/PAHA_209.2_202_20Article_20__20Abad_20and_20Magno_20__202024Update.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

For three years, the training company RolePlayers, Inc., worked with young male inmates at the Special Classes for Children in Conflict with the Law (SC-CCIL), a unit of the New Bilibid Prison, in two theater productions that were shown to the prison community and the external public. The first prod...