Postal Prophets is part of the RISER New Works Festival.
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About Postal Prophets
Created by D’orjay Jackson
WORK-IN-PROCESS: Postal Prophets will be presented as a script reading including performances of songs from the musical.
Our journey begins far into a dystopian future on planet Ared’baan, 1,000 years after the great war between a humanoid race and a sentient intelligence information system. The people of Nation Firstile are the only surviving population of the planet’s land colonies and are under strict governance by the Communications & Postal Consortium who control every aspect of information and resource exchange.
Postal Prophets is a musical play that follows O’ludree, an indentured vocal labourer who works under the oppressive eye of the CPC but dreams of a different path and world shown to them in both sleeping and waking states. Are these visions a path to O’s freedom or a prophecy of a grander cosmic plan? Which destiny will O’ludree fulfill; the revolutionary voice of of a clandestine resistance or the subservient agent of order? Postal Prophets explores the power of both agency and complacency while embarking on a daring quest of liberation from the nation!
Age recommendation: 16+ (Content warnings below)
Content Warnings
Mention/themes of indentured servitude and segregation based on physical traits.
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Playwright/Co-Composer D’orjay Jackson
Co-Composer Sahil Chugh
Dramaturg Kristi Hansen
Project Mentor Ray Hogg
Directorial Consultant Sarah J Culkin
Astrological Dramaturg Salem Zurch Smith
Work-in-process reading cast: Moe Ahmed, Kijo Gatama, Kija Lado, Miracle Mopera, Mustafa Rafiq
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