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August
8, 2005 
VOL.
43, NO. 14Oakland,
CA
Holy Names University
considers
producing ‘Dead Man Walking’
The Campus Ministry office of Holy Names University
is exploring the possibility of staging “Dead Man Walking”
during next spring in collaboration with the Oakland school’s drama
department.
Tim Robbins, director of the “Dead Man Walking” movie adaptation
of Sister Prejean’s book, wrote a stage version in 2002 and is allowing
it to be performed in high schools and colleges royalty-free, provided
that study of the death penalty is included in at least one study discipline
besides the theater department. Robbins wrote the play after Sister Prejean
convinced him that unless the arts address the issue of state killings,
most people are never going to get close to them.
St. Thomas Aquinas Dominican Sister Sharon Casey, director of campus ministry
at Holy Names, said she was inspired to take on the project after hearing
Sister Prejean speak on campus earlier this summer.
This past spring, 20 schools nation-wide presented the workshop production
including Loyola University in Chicago.
