Life Lost in the streets

Maine Inside Out’s group of incarcerated artists at Mountain View Correctional Facility created a new play this Spring titled “Life Lost In the Streets.” The play focused on themes of growing into manhood, the struggles of street life and incarceration and the significance of brotherhood. The play was humorous and heartbreaking, a powerful tale woven in by the group members' life experiences. The facility administration canceled the June 7th public performance in order to prioritize security inside the facility. 

Prior to the performance the inside artists had created a recording of poetry and stories in collaboration with podcaster Emma Reynolds. These recordings were incorporated into the original play “Broken Clocks” performed by the MIO ensemble at the Juneteenth Festival. The entire 6 minute podcast is available for listening on the MIO festival webpage linked below. This recording is an opportunity to connect and bear witness to their powerful voices and to engage in a larger dialogue with the artists. If you are compelled, please share any reflections you have after listening to admin@maineinsideout.org and we will get them to the artists.