A Lesson Before Dying

Hazlett Theater 6 Allegheny Square E, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

by Romulus Linney, based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines Directed by Rich Keitel March 4, 2016 - March 13, 2016 New Hazlett Theater: 6 Allegheny Square E, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 www.primestage.com “I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.” Jefferson, an African-American […]

The Exonerated

Prime Stage Studio 840 Saw Mill Run Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Directed by Vince Ventura March 20, 2016 7:00 PM Prime Stage Studio: 840 Saw Mill Run Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15220 www.primestage.com Culled from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files and the public record, The Exonerated tells the true stories of six wrongfully convicted survivors of death row in their own words. In this ninety-minute play, we […]

Life Peace Justice Conference

Villanova University 800 E. Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA, United States

Life Matters Journal presents Life/Peace/Justice Conference: an unforgettable weekend with some of the best people you will ever meet, discussing the most urgent issues of our day. The presentations will cover ethics, history, practice and public policy on a whole breadth and depth of life issues: abortion, unjust war, the death penalty, euthanasia & mercy […]

Annual Dinner — Legislative Initiative Against the Death Penalty

The special guest speaker will be Amy Krone Wilkinson, the sister of Pennsylvania native Ray Krone, who was sentenced to death in Arizona for a crime he did not commit. DNA evidence proved his innocence and Ray become the 100th person to be exonerated after being sentenced to die in the US. The two winners […]