Members

Michael Rhynes and Clifton Willamson, inspired by an acting class taken at Auburn through the Cornell Prison Education Program, hit upon the idea of a permanent group, run by men incarcerated at Auburn, that would use theatre techniques as a road to redemption and transformation. They invited others to join them as “founding members” in this experiment—ongoing since 2009. Those who leave Auburn are still considered members in good standing of PPTG.


Founding Generation

David Bendezou

Returned home 2023

Jason Calkins

Returned home 2019

Kenneth Brown

Returned home 2019

Efraim Diaz

Returned home 2023

Michael Shane Hale

Now at Sing Sing Correctional Facility

Michael Rhynes

Exonerated

Clifton “Skye” Williamson

Sentence commuted by Governor Cuomo December 24, 2020


Second Generation

Demetrius Molina

Returned home 2023

Nathan Powell

Returned home 2018

James Squires

Leroy Lebron Taylor

Now at Eastern Correctional Facility

Eric Paris Whitfield

Now at Eastern Correctional Facility


Third Generation

Sheldon P. Johnson

Moved to Sing Sing 2019. Released 2023. Rearrested 2024.

Phil Miller

Returned home 2016

Adam Roberts

Now at Fishkill Correctional Facility

Jim Ryant

Returned home 2021

Raymond Van Clief

Now at Riverview Correctional Facility

Larry Greene

Returned home 2020


Fourth Generation

Robert Lawrence

Returned home 2020

Mark Thompson

Jerome Walker

Tyreek Williams

Returned home 2024

Jake Winter

Returned home 2024


Fifth Generation

Daniel Brunell

Now at Cayuga Correctional Facility

Jason Bethea

Simeon Duggins

Now at Otisville Correctional Facility

Kevin Fitzrandolph

Now at Marcy Correctional Facility

Martin Hedigen

Returned home 2024

Ariel Myers

Now at Coxsackie Correctional Facility


Sixth Generation

Cory Ford

Levi Wright

Charles Carter

Samuel Ellington


Seventh Generation

Micheal Smith

Marshall Jackson

Now at Marcy Correctional Facility

Donnel Williams

Now at Cayuga Correctional Facility

Savian Kirton

Now at Elmira Correctional Facility

Lesley Touissaint


Eigth Generation

Anthony Ramber

Ellis Douglas