When Steelworkers Became Activist Artists— And What It Taught Us About Dignity, Loss, and Change – Part 2

This week follows from Episode 59 in which Susie Tanner, Bruce Springsteen, and a band of unemployed steelworkers take a play about the death of a steel mill called lady Beth across America. In this episode, Susie joins up with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists share their stories of their lives and loves in and out of the prison Industrial complex. 

Find TheaterWorkers Chapter 1 : Here

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