Dominick J Porter

Black Arts Excellence: André Holland and Yale’s Justice for Everybody Stage The Brothers Size at Valley State Prison

February 12, 2026 by AOUON Contributor Leave a Comment

By Dominick J. Porter & Ghostwrite Mike, Carceral Studies Journalism Guild, Valley State Prison The last time a free world theater production of any kind was performed before a confined audience in California was 1957, nearly seventy years ago (Waiting For Godot, San Quentin). Before actor André Holland, star of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin … [Read more...] about Black Arts Excellence: André Holland and Yale’s Justice for Everybody Stage The Brothers Size at Valley State Prison

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Black Arts Excellence: André Holland and Yale’s Justice for Everybody Stage The Brothers Size at Valley State Prison

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