RTA brings art workshops in theatre, music, dance, visual arts, writing and poetry behind the walls to over 230 incarcerated individuals [2] and operates in ten maximum and medium security New York State prisons: Sing Sing, Bedford Hills, Woodbourne, Green Haven, Greene, Fishkill, Otisville, and Taconic.
RTA works with professional teaching artists to lead year-round workshops in theatre, dance, music, creative writing, and visual arts.
The RTA model provides an intensive, comprehensive arts program to help the participants develop self-expression and the ability to communicate, collaborate, solve problems, and set goals.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice's 2003 study with the NYS Department of Correctional Services showed that RTA participants had fewer infractions than a control group.
E. Annette Nash Govan (Board Chair); Mikki Shaw (Vice Chair); Jermaine Archer; Sheryl Baker (Secretary); Lawrence Bartley; Michael Capra; Allison Chernow; Gabe Cruz; Tanya Diaz-Goldsmith; Kenneth Fields (Treasurer); Sean Dino Johnson; Suzanne Kessler; Que Newbill; Lauren Price; Karin Young Shiel.