Reckless Son: Reentry

Matt Butler is a songwriter, poet, storyteller and founder of Art That Serves, an organization dedicated to bringing the arts to the incarcerated. His solo show Reckless Son tells the story of how his one concert at the Albany County Jail has led to over 100 performances in jails and prisons across the country. He has been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS, and The Bluegrass Situation. SPIN Magazine named Butler to its artist and album of the year lists, noting that “Butler is doing something special for the American arts.” He has performed for the David Lynch Foundation, the Columbia Center for Justice, the American Folk Art Museum, NAMI, and the Caron Foundation. Butler was the inaugural Activist in Residence at Kripalu and an Artist in Residence at HB Studio. He is the author of two collections of poetry.

Ellie Heyman is a director of theater and film, returning to Under the Radar after They, Themselves and Schmerm and Boner Killer. Her work with musicians includes Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan; The Traveling Imaginary with Julian Koster of Neutral Milk Hotel, which was rated a “Top 5 Show of The Year” by NPR; and The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air) for Night Vale Presents, which was rated #1 on Apple Podcasts and has been downloaded 5+ million times. Other credits include The Great Work Begins, featuring Glenn Close, Paul Dano, and Brian Tyree Henry (Drama League Award); Space Dogs (MCC); Adrienne Truscott’s (Still) Asking for It (Public Theater); Beardo (Pipeline Theater); fuzzy (Barrington Stage); Ten Brave Seconds (Pioneer Theater); and Eschaton (PGA Award nomination). Heyman is a graduate of Northwestern and Boston University and a former fellow at WP Theater and the Drama League.