PROCESS
Moldova has one of the highest incarceration rates in Europe as well as the highest rate of inmates serving long prison sentences. Penitentiary Nr. 17 in the town of Rezina on the banks of the Dniester River is the most secure prison in the country and home to 103 of Moldova's 110 'lifers', or people on life sentences. Many of these man were incarcerated in the 1990s, a decade in which the country experienced a brief civil war and a chaotic progression toward independence that was marred by rampant corruption and social breakdown as the social structures of Soviet society were dismantled. In Penitentiary Nr. 17, men in the 40s have already spent half of their lives behind bars. Many of them have slim chances of ever being released. Yet for Luminita Tacu and Mihai Fusu, two theatre producers and directors, the men of Penitentiary Nr. 17 are not just hardened criminals but potentially gifted actors who just need a bit of training to explore their talents. The pair saw a play performed in the prison in 2015 and decided to encourage the administration to let them come and teach the inmates to act. Poignantly, they decided to work on Hamlet, with all its passion, tragedy and redemption. When they offered the acting course to the prisoners, 11 signed up to be included.
![Dumitru, lifer of the Penitentiaty N17, looks through the window. Rezina, Republic of Moldova
Dumitru, after being incarcerated for several years, touched the flowered and felled it as if it would talked with him](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/aff86fe5-5b2b-43ac-9a46-d38cce155a29/1/1/raminmazur-2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![One of the final scene from the Hamlet/Process play during the premiere. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/4f1d59fb-321d-497b-99be-ba8ac8c935b3/1/1/raminmazur-55.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Guard of the Penitentiary nr17 sitting by the entrance. Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/e16343c9-f191-40f1-9564-b3c27c15999b/1/1/raminmazur-1.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![MIhai, one of the lifers smokes at the sport hall before the rehearsal. Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/37bf6723-c813-4460-9ff8-a1e792992e42/1/1/raminmazur-3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Rehearsal of the Hamlet/Process play at the playground of the Penitentiary N17. Rezina, republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/95f0095d-045a-4f49-b6c0-8ca659621389/1/1/raminmazur-33.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Yorick scull on the floor of the sport hall of the Penitentiry N17. Rezina, republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/6f7393c9-88ec-4831-a4b4-0e7b37055aba/1/1/raminmazur-13.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Walking cells of the Penitentiary N17 that were used as dressing rooms for the play. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/57f44cec-71ab-4b94-aa8d-1e0c78b802e7/1/1/raminmazur-14.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Sergiu, lifer from Penitentiary Nr17, performs Hamlet during the premiere. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/3a84c2f2-31dd-4c92-b386-f1e045b382b1/1/1/raminmazur-54.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Inmates of 17th Penitentiary working out before rehearsal. Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/6a2c057e-f3f3-4d75-962e-f7a67ff67c67/1/1/raminmazur-5.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Rehearsal of Hamlet/Process play at the sport hall fpr inmates. Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/5319fc6f-680a-433f-9b2f-adc308dbb957/1/1/raminmazur-9.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Doriana Zubcu, actress of national theatre checks the microphone before the main rehearsal of Hamlet/Process play at Penetentiary nr17. Rezina, Rpublic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/9957134f-0bea-4d33-a473-730bbcc20b84/1/1/raminmazur-17.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Ghenadii and Oleg, help Doina to arrange hair during the main rehearsal. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/241076e1-2b34-466f-bb27-47ab1cafbfdb/1/1/raminmazur-29.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Director of the play Luminita Ticu together with inmates before the main rehearsal of Hamlet/Process play in Penetentiary nr17. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/2c0b2110-935f-457c-9e42-a7e4a97c2a06/1/1/raminmazur-16.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Maxim and Dumitru, lifers from Penitentiary Nr17, watching the stage being prepared for the premiere. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/3753dbed-8e03-4abc-96ac-b96736fb94ed/1/1/raminmazur-25.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Lifers before the general rehearsal of the play at playground of the Penitentiaty N17. Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/e7ec644f-66e2-483a-9f7b-22e10b26c772/1/1/raminmazur-15.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Doina, young actress from Art Centre Colliseum, tries on the mask at the backstage. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/1e655d82-b08c-401d-a495-1ad8ac4ab9a1/1/1/raminmazur-38.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Backstage during the play. Penetentiary nr17, Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/34729cdf-8d3e-4f00-b3fd-d7ed036ddb8d/1/1/raminmazur-50.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Inmate actor drag the power cable from the cel after the rehearsal. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/15a0f38e-0897-4114-a2f7-b4e24640f320/1/1/raminmazur-36.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Rehearsal of the Hamlet/Process play at the playground of the Penitentiary N17. Rezina, republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/52b86775-10a0-47cd-a617-4bd73f1390c7/1/1/raminmazur-34.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Ghenadii, actor of the National Theatre, at the backstage during the main rehearsal. Rezina, republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/3654fd19-f37f-45d1-b253-f102273d5aa4/1/1/raminmazur-26.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Doina, young actress from the Art Centre Coliseum, watching the Penitentiary playground being prepared for the stage. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/686428b8-a914-433d-aab4-052d1debd3d9/1/1/raminmazur-18.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Igor, lifer of the Penitentiary Nr 17, prepares his costume inside one of the walking cells.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/2ce39b73-fd75-4d96-b212-a98054e37b31/1/1/raminmazur-30.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Mihai, plays role of Claudius. Mihai never smoked shisha in his life (20 years out of 40 he stayed in prison) so he decided that Claudius should smoke it. Penitentiary nr17, Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/ecd6a5e7-61d5-4034-a753-bc66f3f94ba9/1/1/raminmazur-41.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Profesional actors together with inmates at backstage of Hamlet/Process play in Penetentiary nr17. Rezina, republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/2e475de2-bc23-4f6e-a000-464fa4d3da96/1/1/raminmazur-53.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Final scene of the Hamlet/Process play. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/dc34ac66-0b2b-4cb2-a3b1-b4347718d078/1/1/raminmazur-57.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Audience during the main premiere. For the first time in Moldova diffrent kind of people, including actors, directors, diplomats and human right activists were gathered in most secured prison. Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/a4ba9502-6b5b-4433-8611-f5ec7ba97433/1/1/raminmazur-52.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Mihai, lifer from the Penitentiary N17, adter the play. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/8e851a43-39ac-432d-89e2-5b6fe7bd129d/1/1/raminmazur-58.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
![Mihai cries after the play, he says that for him it was very hard to play bad role cause for 20 years in prison he tried to clean himselve out of negativity. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,400/0-0-0/f2dc2dda-cb54-4099-af4c-1879fea735a0/1/1/raminmazur-59.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=a085672cc00bb6a0c7618f6da6e41e75886151594d4da006cdd3eb403b51b4de)
PROCESS
Moldova has one of the highest incarceration rates in Europe as well as the highest rate of inmates serving long prison sentences. Penitentiary Nr. 17 in the town of Rezina on the banks of the Dniester River is the most secure prison in the country and home to 103 of Moldova's 110 'lifers', or people on life sentences. Many of these man were incarcerated in the 1990s, a decade in which the country experienced a brief civil war and a chaotic progression toward independence that was marred by rampant corruption and social breakdown as the social structures of Soviet society were dismantled. In Penitentiary Nr. 17, men in the 40s have already spent half of their lives behind bars. Many of them have slim chances of ever being released. Yet for Luminita Tacu and Mihai Fusu, two theatre producers and directors, the men of Penitentiary Nr. 17 are not just hardened criminals but potentially gifted actors who just need a bit of training to explore their talents. The pair saw a play performed in the prison in 2015 and decided to encourage the administration to let them come and teach the inmates to act. Poignantly, they decided to work on Hamlet, with all its passion, tragedy and redemption. When they offered the acting course to the prisoners, 11 signed up to be included.
![Dumitru, lifer of the Penitentiaty N17, looks through the window. Rezina, Republic of Moldova
Dumitru, after being incarcerated for several years, touched the flowered and felled it as if it would talked with him](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/aff86fe5-5b2b-43ac-9a46-d38cce155a29/1/1/raminmazur-2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![One of the final scene from the Hamlet/Process play during the premiere. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/4f1d59fb-321d-497b-99be-ba8ac8c935b3/1/1/raminmazur-55.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Guard of the Penitentiary nr17 sitting by the entrance. Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/e16343c9-f191-40f1-9564-b3c27c15999b/1/1/raminmazur-1.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![MIhai, one of the lifers smokes at the sport hall before the rehearsal. Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/37bf6723-c813-4460-9ff8-a1e792992e42/1/1/raminmazur-3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Rehearsal of the Hamlet/Process play at the playground of the Penitentiary N17. Rezina, republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/95f0095d-045a-4f49-b6c0-8ca659621389/1/1/raminmazur-33.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Yorick scull on the floor of the sport hall of the Penitentiry N17. Rezina, republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/6f7393c9-88ec-4831-a4b4-0e7b37055aba/1/1/raminmazur-13.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Walking cells of the Penitentiary N17 that were used as dressing rooms for the play. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/57f44cec-71ab-4b94-aa8d-1e0c78b802e7/1/1/raminmazur-14.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Sergiu, lifer from Penitentiary Nr17, performs Hamlet during the premiere. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/3a84c2f2-31dd-4c92-b386-f1e045b382b1/1/1/raminmazur-54.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Inmates of 17th Penitentiary working out before rehearsal. Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/6a2c057e-f3f3-4d75-962e-f7a67ff67c67/1/1/raminmazur-5.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Rehearsal of Hamlet/Process play at the sport hall fpr inmates. Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/5319fc6f-680a-433f-9b2f-adc308dbb957/1/1/raminmazur-9.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Doriana Zubcu, actress of national theatre checks the microphone before the main rehearsal of Hamlet/Process play at Penetentiary nr17. Rezina, Rpublic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/9957134f-0bea-4d33-a473-730bbcc20b84/1/1/raminmazur-17.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Ghenadii and Oleg, help Doina to arrange hair during the main rehearsal. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/241076e1-2b34-466f-bb27-47ab1cafbfdb/1/1/raminmazur-29.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Director of the play Luminita Ticu together with inmates before the main rehearsal of Hamlet/Process play in Penetentiary nr17. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/2c0b2110-935f-457c-9e42-a7e4a97c2a06/1/1/raminmazur-16.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Maxim and Dumitru, lifers from Penitentiary Nr17, watching the stage being prepared for the premiere. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/3753dbed-8e03-4abc-96ac-b96736fb94ed/1/1/raminmazur-25.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Lifers before the general rehearsal of the play at playground of the Penitentiaty N17. Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/e7ec644f-66e2-483a-9f7b-22e10b26c772/1/1/raminmazur-15.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Doina, young actress from Art Centre Colliseum, tries on the mask at the backstage. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/1e655d82-b08c-401d-a495-1ad8ac4ab9a1/1/1/raminmazur-38.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Backstage during the play. Penetentiary nr17, Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/34729cdf-8d3e-4f00-b3fd-d7ed036ddb8d/1/1/raminmazur-50.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Inmate actor drag the power cable from the cel after the rehearsal. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/15a0f38e-0897-4114-a2f7-b4e24640f320/1/1/raminmazur-36.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Rehearsal of the Hamlet/Process play at the playground of the Penitentiary N17. Rezina, republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/52b86775-10a0-47cd-a617-4bd73f1390c7/1/1/raminmazur-34.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Ghenadii, actor of the National Theatre, at the backstage during the main rehearsal. Rezina, republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/3654fd19-f37f-45d1-b253-f102273d5aa4/1/1/raminmazur-26.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Doina, young actress from the Art Centre Coliseum, watching the Penitentiary playground being prepared for the stage. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/686428b8-a914-433d-aab4-052d1debd3d9/1/1/raminmazur-18.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Igor, lifer of the Penitentiary Nr 17, prepares his costume inside one of the walking cells.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/2ce39b73-fd75-4d96-b212-a98054e37b31/1/1/raminmazur-30.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Mihai, plays role of Claudius. Mihai never smoked shisha in his life (20 years out of 40 he stayed in prison) so he decided that Claudius should smoke it. Penitentiary nr17, Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/ecd6a5e7-61d5-4034-a753-bc66f3f94ba9/1/1/raminmazur-41.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Profesional actors together with inmates at backstage of Hamlet/Process play in Penetentiary nr17. Rezina, republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/2e475de2-bc23-4f6e-a000-464fa4d3da96/1/1/raminmazur-53.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Final scene of the Hamlet/Process play. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/dc34ac66-0b2b-4cb2-a3b1-b4347718d078/1/1/raminmazur-57.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Audience during the main premiere. For the first time in Moldova diffrent kind of people, including actors, directors, diplomats and human right activists were gathered in most secured prison. Rezina, Republic of Moldova.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/a4ba9502-6b5b-4433-8611-f5ec7ba97433/1/1/raminmazur-52.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Mihai, lifer from the Penitentiary N17, adter the play. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/8e851a43-39ac-432d-89e2-5b6fe7bd129d/1/1/raminmazur-58.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)
![Mihai cries after the play, he says that for him it was very hard to play bad role cause for 20 years in prison he tried to clean himselve out of negativity. Rezina, Republic of Moldova](https://format.creatorcdn.com/2cd7d8b6-cb91-4dfa-814a-7d2da2a754cc/0/0/0/0,0,2200,1650,2200,1200/0-0-0/f2dc2dda-cb54-4099-af4c-1879fea735a0/1/1/raminmazur-59.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648594~hmac=fdb1aa4f53ee0b2cc3fc0790f5171509129ef430ba458518be5b85405a02c86c)