About the Play

Sister Helen Prejean (played by Katherine Hill) and Matthew Poncelet (played by Justin Basl) with the guard Trapp (played by David Paul Montgomery)

Based on the book Dead Man Walking by Sister Helen Prejean, the play was written by Academy Award-winning actor/director Tim Robbins and will be directed by NDNU Theatre Department Chair Michael Elkins. This compelling work is part of a year-long examination of the death penalty by the NDNU School of Arts and Humanities Center for Social Justice, and is produced by special arrangement with Tim Robbins and the DEAD MAN WALKING SCHOOL THEATRE PROJECT.

Directed by Michael B. Elkins
Scenic design by R. Dutch Fritz
Costume design By Katherine Mary Mills

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