PANOPTIKON

PANOPTIKON aims to illuminate the experience(s) of incarceration. Based on first hand accounts, the composition comprises monologue, spoken word and hip hop in a series of snapshots about isolation, aggression, softness and sandwiches.

Director: Shanae Sodhi

Sound Designer: Stephon Smith

Movement Coordinator: Nawa Nicole Simon

Dramaturge: Makambe K Simamba

Tremors Lighting Designer: Brianna Bernard

Text: Donna-Michelle St. Bernard & Sunny Drake

Featuring: Kareem Vaude, Nicci Pryce, Kern Albert & DM St. Bernard

Producer: Shanae Sodhi

Created in collaboration with countless community members and contributors, with support from the Ontario Arts Council, Stratford Festival Playwrights Lab, Rumble Theatre, Vancouver Poetry House, bcurrent theatre, SpringWorks Festival Digital Hothouse, Porchlight Theatre, Industry Theatre.