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About Postal Prophets
Our journey begins far into a dystopian future on planet Ared’baan. Solar system and gravitational anomalies have destroyed over 70% of Ared’baan’s ecosystems and the planet’s rotation has slowed and shifted on its axis.
The people of Nation Firstile eventually become the last population on liveable land. To ensure survival in such precarious times, unscrupulous experimentation led to a human-made, automated, indestructible governing system: Parochial Synthetic Intelligence (PSI) was put into place to bring order and sustainability for the good of the Nation. As PSI came into power, word also came that a child was born with a blue birthmark and a voice that could turn the lights on and turn minds off. One thousand years later through brutal experimentation and dispossession, the Nation has been able to craft a society of perfect checks and balances, obedience, apathy and segregation for the Nation’s preservation. PSI’s strict governance of Naturals is enforced by a legion of Blues through the Communications & Postal Consortium who control every aspect of information and resource exchange.
Postal Prophets is a musical play that follows O’ludree, a young Blue and indentured vocal labourer who works under Nation Firstile’s & PSI’s oppressive eye. O’ludree dreams of a different path and world shown to them in both sleeping and waking states. Are these visions a path to O’s own freedom or a prophecy of a grander cosmic plan? Which destiny will O’ludree fulfill; the revolutionary voice of a clandestine resistance or the subservient agent of order? Postal Prophets explores the power of both agency and passivity while embarking on a daring quest of liberation from the nation!
Postal Prophets is part of the RISER New Works Festival.
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PLAIN LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION: Postal Prophets is a new musical set in a dystopian future where the people, their communications and resources are all governed by an artificial intelligence system on a dying planet. This presentation will be a staged reading of the show including performances of the show’s music.
AUDIENCE EXPERIENCE: Audiences will sit in a theatre and watch actors perform the play.
Age recommendation: 14A (Content warnings below)
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Discussed/Suggested Content: Indentured servitude and segregation based on physical traits.
VENUE ACCESS NOTES:
Postal Prophets is located in the Backstage Theatre at the Fringe Theatre Arts Barns. You can access the Backstage Theatre on the north side of the building, off of Gateway Boulevard and next to the Strathcona High Level Streetcar Stop. Keep an eye out for Common Ground signage that will point the way! Paid parking is available throughout the immediate area, the closest being the parking lot north of Knox Church. Free street parking is available on 84 Avenue, and throughout the area. The facility has wheelchair-accessible gender neutral washrooms.
Cast and creative team!
Playwright/Co-Composer D’orjay Jackson
Co-Composer Sahil Chugh
Director Sue Goberdhan
Dramaturg Kristi Hansen
Stage Manager Makeda Romanetti
RISER & Postal Prophets are supported by:
