Gary Farlow has been in the South Carolina prison system for 35 years. For the past 10 years, he has been working with a mentor in Creative Writing. Currently, he mentors other inmates in Creative Writing and is the long-time editor of their prison newsletter. In 2025, his play Song of the Prison Gate was awarded first place in the 2025 PEN America Prison Writing Contest.
On May 2nd and 3rd Teatro Paraguas and Ironweed will present a reading of his play, directed by Alexander Lane and featuring an ensemble of 10 Santa Fe, Espanola and Albuquque-based actors including Rudy (Froggy) Fernandez, Jorge Gonzalez, Daric Gutierrez, David Jondreau, John Macker, Marcos Maez, Emery Malec-Barrera, Matthew O'Reilly, Joaquin Rodriguez, and 2021-2023 Poet Laureate of Santa Fe Darryl Lorenzo Wellington.
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