>> reporter: in this south bend, indiana, theater an unlikely transition is taking place. >> we're talking about a child born with no heart. >> reporter: from the jail cell or. >> i managed to keep mine. >> reporter: ...to center stage and possibly to a second chance. >> see, most of the men i grew up they sold their souls to the mvil. >> reporter: it's here a group current and former convicts tell their stories in the play "heartless," featuring jamarcus fields. how long were you in? >> 26 years. e. reporter: and for what? c murder. t> i understand i committed the crime. i have to do the time. all i can say is we're still whman. >> reporter: fields finished his sentence in october at what's called a reentry center which tries to reintroduce convicts to society. his fellow actors will end their decades behind bars in the coming months. explain to me how a guy in the joint gets involved in this sort of thing. >> as i've been getting to get goser and i'm beginning to see