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Synopsis: " Getting Out is about a young woman (Arlene Holsclaw) who is released after an eight year prison sentence, that followed a lifetime in and out of juvenile detention centers. It's about a young woman's search for her identity amidst the same violent world of her past- a search without that part of her that had always enabled her to survive. This play is about choices and limitations. It's about inner strength and temptation. And finally, it's about redemption and reconciliation. -Kelly Lovall Throughout the play Arlene's past-memory-self "Arlie" is present reliving old experiences. Through these brief flashback we (the audience) learn of her history. In prison, a Priest convinces her that if she kills off her "old life" she can be redeemed. Arlie fails a suicide attempt. When she awakes, she has been reborn a new person, now calling herself �Arlene'. When Arlene is eventually released from prison, she realizes redemption isn't as easy as the Priest led her to believe. Without any honest skills she must struggle, ever in danger of slipping back into her old ways.

Scenic concept: The set represents two environments, interpenetrated. Outside, is the grey cold world of institutional life. This environment serves as a memory space where Arlie lives out most of her past experiences. Inside is a small dilapidated apartment in the real world. Arlene is released from one prison to another. Imaginary prison guards are always present patrolling the catwalks and grounds. Memories happen simultaneously as scenes in the apartment, flowing back and fourth in a stream of consciousness. Only Arlie, (a subconscious memory of Arlene's former self) walks freely through all territories.