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Events
Naropa Community Town Hall Dialogue on the Death Penalty
Hosted by BFA in Performance Program and Peace Studies Department
With CU-Boulder Sociology Professor Michael Radalet and Howard Morton, Executive Director of Families of Homicide Victims and Missing Persons
Wednesday, March 31, Noon-1:30pm
Performing Arts Center, Naropa University
"Broad discourse is especially important on the issue of the death penalty because executions take place as almost secret rituals behind prison walls with only a few witnesses, so most people are never going to get close to state killings — unless the arts take them there.” – Sister Helen Prejean
Free and open to the public.
Dead Man Walking
Presented by BFA in Performance Program and Peace Studies Department
Directed by Joan Bruemmer, Director of BFA Performance
Featuring BFA Students and members of the Naropa Community
Friday, April 30, 8:00pm
Saturday, May 1, 8:00pm
Performing Arts Center, Naropa University
Naropa University’s BFA in Performance Program and Peace Studies Department present Dead Man Walking, written by Tim Robbins. The goal of the Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project is, “to integrate the power of theatre arts and academic study into the national discourse on the death penalty to replace ignorance, apathy, and cynicism among young people regarding the death penalty with information, introspection, and inspiration.”
$10 general admission, half of proceeds donated to Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project;
Free for seniors, students and Naropa community w/ ID
Dr. Shirin Ebadi speaks at Naropa University
October 9-10, 2009 slideshow
Keynote Address
John & Bayard Cobb
Peace Lecture
Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ
at the John and Bayard Cobb
Peace Lecture
Video: "Dead Man Walking—The Journey Continues"
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