The Lenfest Center for the Arts

Susan Wager: Assistant Director, Lenfest Center for the Arts wagers@wlu.edu
Mailing Address: Lenfest Center Box Office 100 Glasgow Street Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia 24450 540-458-8000

Theater for Social Change Master Class Taught by Curt Tofteland

Theater for Social Change Master Class
Masterclass taught by Curt Tofteland, Founder, Shakespeare Behind Bars

February 7, 2015
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Johnson Theatre

Tofteland brings thirty-five years of professional theater experience to his current role as a freelance theater artist-director, actor, producer, playwright, writer, teacher, program developer, and prison arts practitioner.

He is the Founder of the internationally acclaimed Shakespeare Behind Bars (SBB) program. From 1995 - 2008, Tofteland facilitated the SBB|KY program at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex. During his 13 year tenure, he produced and directed fourteen Shakespeare productions. Two participants in the SBB|KY program have garnered three Pen Literary Prison Writing Awards.