THEATER 35: PART 1 - Supernova

Open-Door Playhouse

Open-Door Playhouse (Artistic Director, Bernadette Armstrong) will present the audio play of Supernova, written by Elisabeth Hawes of the Minnesota Department of Corrections, directed by Bernadette Amstrong, and presented as part of Open-Door Playhouse’s Prison Plays series. The play will premiere in two parts on the Open-Door Playhouse Podcast, Wednesday, July 14th, and Wednesday, July 21st at www.opendoorplayhouse.org. The podcast is FREE to listen to and download, but donations are greatly appreciated. Please visit www.opendoorplayhouse.org/donate to contribute.
Through the construction of monologues and conversations, Supernova gives voice to the multi-faceted women in lockup and highlights the need to bring the rights of children of the incarcerated into the equation of mass incarceration.
The cast will feature Goreti da Silva, Sue Gisser, Rosemary Thomas, Barika Croom, JayCee Porter, Zelda Kimble, Rhikki Asahi, Gloria Tasi, McKenna Koledo, Pat Loeb, Gena K. Pavey, and Debba Rofheart. The Open-Door Podcast is recorded at ES Audio Studios in Glendale, CA.
Open-Door Playhouse’s Prison Plays series was created to give writers serving time in prisons all around the country a voice through theater. Presented in collaboration with the PEN America Prison Writing Program. Open-Door Playhouse has presented work from the PEN Prison Writing Program as well as work submitted independently.
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