+ 2023

July 6, 2023 CanvasRebel: Meet Frannie Shepherd-Bates

March 30, 2023 Solutions Journalism: Favorite Solutions Journalish of 2022

+ 2022

November 30, 2022 VoyageMichigan: Check Out Frannie Shepherd-Bates's Story

August 2, 2022 Model D Media: Lifting the lid on solitary confinement: 'The Box' brings transformative theater to Detroit

June 14, 2022 Model D Media: Shakespeare in Prison offers far more than an escape

June 1, 2022 Detroit Research, Vol. 3

+ 2021

August 7, 2021 CW50 Community Connects - Shakespeare in Prison

April 27, 2021 Folger Shakespeare Library's SHAKESPEARE UNLIMITED, Episode 166: "Richard III" in Prison

February 4, 2021 Press & Guide: The Bard from behind bars: Shakespeare in Prison helps with 'shaking off the shackles'

+ 2020

November 24, 2020 A Cup of T: Culture and Clowns and Conjuring

October 30, 2020 Very Detroit: "Break Out"

October 28, 2020 Concentrate: During COVID, Shakespeare in Prison program stays connected to Pittsfield Township inmates via mail

January 6, 2020 Detroit News: Shakespeare in Prison teaches inmates 'radical empathy'

+ 2019

May 3, 2019 SEEN Magazine: Divine Secrets of the Mama Sisterhood

April 23, 2019 Michigan Department of Corrections Field Days Podcast: Shakespeare in Prison

March 18, 2019 Live Design: Designing in Prison, Part Three

March 14, 2019 Live Design: Designing in Prison, Part Two

March 12, 2019 Live Design: Designing in Prison, Part One

January 22, 2019 American Theatre: A Role for Theatre in Criminal Justice?

+ 2018

December 30, 2018 Michigan Radio: Year in Review: Stateside's Best in 2018

June 12, 2018 Michigan Radio: Women bring Macbeth to life in Shakespeare prison program

May 10, 2018 Statera Foundation: Op-ed by Frannie Shepherd-Bates

May 7, 2018 Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation funds Shakespeare in Prison

February 25, 2018 Detroit Free Press: Shakespeare program teaches all the world's a stage -- even prison

+ 2017

November 23, 2017 CBS Detroit: Eye on Detroit - Shakespeare in Prison

October 4, 2017 Nonprofit awards nearly $25K in grants to Oakland, Macomb organizations

June 6, 2017 WeWork: 3 Creator Award Winners Who Are Changing the World

May 26, 2017 WeWork: In Detroit, 'Not Just for Profit' Companies Win Big at Creator Awards

April 10, 2017 Crain's Detroit: Detroit's Shakespeare in Prison to offer workshop for juveniles

+ 2016

June 24, 2016 WDIV Local 4 Detroit Live in the D: Shakespeare in Prison program empowers inmates

June 23, 2016 WDIV Local 4 Detroit: Shakespeare in Prison program empowers inmates at women's correctional facility

June 18, 2016 Detroit Free Press: For female inmates, Shakespeare is liberating

+ 2015

October 26, 2015 Metro Parent: Orange is the New Bard: Shakespeare in Prison Brings Theater to Inmates

June 22, 2015 Ford Go Further film

+ 2014

June 3, 2014 WDET 101.9 FM: Inmates Perform Shakespeare in Prison

April 4, 2014 The Huffington Post: How Shakespeare Is Helping Women Prisoners Help Themselves

+ 2013

April 28, 2013 Michigan Radio: Shakespeare helps prisoners change

+ 2012

September 12, 2012 Detroit Metro Times: Behind Bars with the Bard

February 16, 2012 CBS Detroit: Detroit Area Women’s Prison Shakespeare Program ‘Liberates’ Inmates