Overview
Ritual4Return (R4R) is a 12-week program utilizing theater, improvisation, mindfulness exercises, chant, mask-making and storytelling to help returning citizens address and overcome the shame, stigma and trauma of incarceration.
On Dec 13, participants will enact the theatrical rite of passage they created together to formally mark the transition from prison back to their communities and into a new chapter of their lives.
1PM: Pre-event audience workshop and dialogue
3PM: Homecoming ritual
5PM: Dinner and celebration
To learn more, visit ritual4return.org. For more information, contact Kevin Bott, Executive Director of Ritual4Return, at kevin@ritual4return.org.
Ritual4Return is made possible by support from The Alexander-Stewart Fund, Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Returning Citizens Support Group, Rutgers University-Newark NJ-STEP (Scholarship and Transformation Education in Prison) and the New Jersey Department of Corrections Office of Community and Reintegration Initiatives.
NJPAC Arts & Well-Being is made possible through foundational support from RWJBarnabas Health, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and Women@NJPAC. Additional support provided by Merck Foundation, Music Man Foundation, Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W. Farris Foundation Home Community Fund, M&T Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Vitaquest International, S. Dillard & Adrienne Kirby Family Philanthropic Fund, DoorDash and Lyft.