Grapefruit Lab

What audiences are saying about Liberty By Any Means 🙌

We want to say thank you to everyone who came out, and stayed present for something hard and honest. This piece exists because of Michael's willingness to tell his story, and because audiences show up to discuss the injustice of solitary confinement.

👉 Now we want to take Liberty By Any Means further. Michael has the opportunity to bring this work to the International Restorative Justice gathering in Ethiopia, and we need help getting him there.

Donate at the link in our bio to support his travel and help this story reach a global stage!

What audiences are saying about Liberty By Any Means 🙌

We want to say thank you to everyone who came out, and stayed present for something hard and honest. This piece exists because of Michael's willingness to tell his story, and because audiences show up to discuss the injustice of solitary confinement.

👉 Now we want to take Liberty By Any Means further. Michael has the opportunity to bring this work to the International Restorative Justice gathering in Ethiopia, and we need help getting him there.

Donate at the link in our bio to support his travel and help this story reach a global stage!

We asked audience members to share their experience watching ACT Ensemble perform 12 Angry Men at Limon Correctional Facility, and we are filled with gratitude.

This is what happens when people are given the tools, trust, and space to create.

And this is the power of theater making you forget that you are inside of a prison.

👉 Programs like this don't run on good intentions alone. Donate today to help sustain arts programming in Colorado prisons to support future productions like this!
📸: McKenzie Lange

We asked audience members to share their experience watching ACT Ensemble perform 12 Angry Men at Limon Correctional Facility, and we are filled with gratitude.

This is what happens when people are given the tools, trust, and space to create.

And this is the power of theater making you forget that you are inside of a prison.

👉 Programs like this don't run on good intentions alone. Donate today to help sustain arts programming in Colorado prisons to support future productions like this!

🎙️We're on Colorado Public Radio!

CPR News caught up with the ACT Ensemble at Limon Correctional Facility about our production of 12 Angry Men.

This production was a year in the making, and it means the world to us to have this news coverage to recognize and celebrate the ACT Ensemble.

P.S. What the prisoners have to say about their experience working on the play will get you teary eyed 🥹

👉 Listen to the full segment at CPR.org (link in bio)

We're on Colorado Public Radio! 🎙️

CPR News caught up with the ACT Ensemble at Limon Correctional Facility about our production of 12 Angry Men.

This production was a year in the making, and it means the world to us to have this news coverage to recognize and celebrate the ACT Ensemble.

P.S. What the prisoners have to say about their experience working on the play will get you teary eyed 🥹

👉 Listen to the full segment at CPR.org (link in bio)

Help us get Liberty by Any Means to Ethiopia! 🇪🇹

We are thrilled to announce that Michael Clifton and Grapefruit Lab have been invited to bring Liberty By Any Means to Addis Ababa this November, an international gathering held during International Restorative Justice Week.

👉 The piece asks a direct question: what happens when a justice system loses its capacity to restore, and only knows how to punish?

That question sits at the center of America's mass incarceration crisis. A purely punitive model doesn't make anyone safer, it just continues the cycle. Restorative justice offers a different premise: that people can leave a system in better shape than they entered it.

Every dollar toward this trip puts that argument, and this piece, in front of the people building that alternative.

THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone who has donated so far, we have raised $2,170 raised already and we need your help to get us to our goal!

👉 Link in bio to help us bring Liberty by Any Means to a global audience!

Help us get Liberty by Any Means to Ethiopia! 🇪🇹

We are thrilled to announce that Michael Clifton and Grapefruit Lab have been invited to bring Liberty By Any Means to Addis Ababa this November, an international gathering held during International Restorative Justice Week.

👉 The piece asks a direct question: what happens when a justice system loses its capacity to restore, and only knows how to punish?

That question sits at the center of America's mass incarceration crisis. A purely punitive model doesn't make anyone safer, it just continues the cycle. Restorative justice offers a different premise: that people can leave a system in better shape than they entered it.

Every dollar toward this trip puts that argument, and this piece, in front of the people building that alternative.

THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone who has donated so far, we have raised $2,170 raised already and we need your help to get us to our goal!

👉 Link in bio to help us bring Liberty by Any Means to a global audience!

We are thrilled to have Rachael K. Sharp and Regan Linton as our co-directors for the upcoming Recipe 3.0 project!

⭐ Rachael K. Sharp is a facilitator, theatre maker, and community collaborator with 20+ years of work at the intersection of art and social imagination.

⭐ Regan Linton is an award-winning actor, director, and writer from Denver specializing in disability aesthetics and accessible design.

Over the past year, ACT Ensemble has been gathering recipes, family memories, and stories from prison communities.

👉 Follow along to learn more about bringing Recipe 3.0 to life!