rocky is based on the young man that herman wallace held inside.henever a new person would come in, he would reach out and give them advice on how to cope, tell them of how this pod works, basically. that is the relationship between rocky in my play. amy: and who played rocky? >> he is a friend of a friend. he came out of a the word work. >> what you plan to do with "opening the box"? your performing excerpts around the country? for thewe're working production. it will premiere -- the world premiere will be in san francisco next july. i mean, i think -- there's been a lot of attention comparatively speaking on solitary confinement in the last five years. momentum has been building. people know the facts, but i feel like there's still a lack of actual stories of who the people are that end up in the deep end of our prison system in the worst punishment that we mete out. i feel this is a role like an plane. the high profile nature of my case meant i got a tremendous amount of attention. when we performed at the fortune society, it was for an audience