The Phoenix Players Theatre Group (PPTG) is a performance collective founded by incarcerated men, located in the Auburn Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in upstate New York. In the words of the group’s founders, “[PPTG] is a transformative theatre community, which utilizes theatre to reconnect incarcerated people to their full humanity.” Since 2009, PPTG has held small, tight-knit workshops for two hours each Friday evening, with the aim of creating a space where imprisoned writers and performers can be witnessed, and where they can initiate a process of personal, cultural, and sociopolitical transformation. At the time of this writing, PPTG comprised eight incarcerated members living in Auburn Correctional: Nate Powell, Demetrius Molina, Adam Roberts, Sheldon “Superb” Johnson, Raymond Van Clief, Mark “AZ” Thompson, Jerome Walker, and Robert “Bam” Lawrence. Additionally, two non-incarcerated volunteers participated in writing the introduction and editing the other sections: Nick Fesette and Bruce Levitt.