In 2002, Tim Robbins wrote a stage version of Dead Man Walking, a book by Sr Helen Prejean about her experiences as a chaplain on death row, that had been made into a successful film. Instead of having it produced professionally, in 2004 he offered the play to schools and colleges throughout the United States, particularly Jesuit schools. It is part of a three-year project designed to foster discourse and discussion about the death penalty. The project, titled The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project, is managed by the Death Penalty Discourse Center where Sister Prejean now bases her work.
