FIPPP Solo Sunday Salons

The Formerly Incarcerated People's Performance Project (FIPPP) is back on stage this autumn with four Solo Sunday Salons at Berkeley Rep's School of Theatre. The Salons allow performers 4 salons of solo storytelling on October 27, November 10, November 24, and December 15 at 5 PM

These Salons mark our first anniversary at Berkeley Rep as their inaugural company-in-residence and are a stepping stone to our next full festival in the fall of 2025.

October 27 - On Stage: Al Sasser & Anthony Michael Jefferson "AJ" Host: Rebecca Fisher
November 10 - On Stage: Anthony Michael, Tylon Sizemore Host: Wayne Harris
November 24 - On Stage: Tony Cyprien, Pamela Ann Keane Host: Mark Kenward
December 15 - On Stage: Algiin Ford, Freddy Lee Johnson, Juan Salinas Host: Mark McGoldrick

At FIPPP, we believe live performance and theater should be accessible to everyone. So we are offering sliding-scale priced tickets (from $10-$20) and also have a few generously donated tickets to ensure everyone who wants to join us, can join us. No one will be turned away from a FIPPP performance due to a lack of funds. We would love to have you in our audience to see these powerful performances.

If you would like to receive one or more free tickets that have been donated by other patrons, please send us an email at [email protected] and we will work to get you into the show of your choosing discreetly and confidentially. If you would like to secure a seat for someone who may be short on funds, you can pay it forward by purchasing a Pay-It-Forward ticket when buying your own ticket.

There is no age minimum for attendance at our festival. However, these stories include frank portrayals of the causes and impacts of incarceration, including descriptions of physical violence, substance abuse, and racial trauma. That said, these stories are rich with humanity, insight, and redemption, and are highly recommended for teenagers and up. Our lineups are subject to change.

Produced by Mark Kenward, with co-direction by Rebecca Fisher, Wayne Harris, and Mark McGoldrick, and additional coaching by Dan Hoyle, Candace Johnson, and Dylan Russell, each FIPPP performance is crafted using improvisation and storytelling techniques and each of our fellows brings their own unique experience of circumstance, heartache, learning, and redemption.

With the pressing issues of mass incarceration, solitary confinement, reentry, and justice reform on both the local and national agendas, these stories of incarceration and reinvention give an invaluable insight into the conditions in Pr*son, the post-Pr*son experience, and life behind bars for the people who serve time and their families that serve along with them.

Host or Publisher Mark Kenward