Direction & Costume Design......Dane Eissler
Production Design......Marie Laster
Technical Direction & Sound Design......Chris Sannino
Camera Ops......Taj Rauch, Chris Sannino, & Dane Eissler
Video Editor: Taj Rauch
Production Assistants......Kayla Bowe, Abby Leyh, & Molly Brook Moore
Starring Damien J. Wallace
with Niya Colbert
Produced by EgoPo Classic Theater, 2020
Wallace & Eissler reset Dostoyevsky's 19th century existential masterpiece to the virtual world of contemporary Philadelphia. "Und3rgr0undM4n" hid in the shadows, having withdrawn from society after the MOVE Bombings, uploading his memories onto his secretive blog site, UND3RGR0UND. One day, audiences received a friend request from the Und3rgr0undM4n on social media, and then an anonymous electronic invitation to enter his digital - and mental - world. The further they delved into his fractured psyche, the closer he comes to confronting his own traumatic past as a Black man in America. And then, he sent a video link to his unmasking...
"It’s a strong, unapologetic work of political theater [...] The use of multiple media channels
to build the work’s narrative is an ingenious way to engage with the hybridity
of theater at this moment." -Broad Street Review
