Re-imagining Dante’s Inferno: Prison, Social Justice, and the Arts

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall

Free and open to the public

Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff can RSVP on WesNest, but reservations are not required.

Formerly incarcerated men and women will compare their journeys out of prison to the journey out of hell that Dante wrote about in this presentation of rap, gospel music, and spoken word poetry. Featuring rap poet BL Shirelle and gospel singer Debra Taylor. 

New York University Professor Alison Cornish, President of the Dante Society of America, will lead a post-performance discussion. 

Presented with support from the Theater Department, the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, the African American Studies Program, the College of Letters, the Office of Community-Engaged Learning, and Department of Romance Languages and Literatures' Thomas and Catharine McMahon Memorial Fund.