Listen in as In the Penal Colony writer/director/producer Miranda Haymon, along with set designer Emmie Finckel and lighting designer Cha See, discuss the relationship and performance of patriarchy & punishment, how the show’s designers interacted with their process, sites of judgement, machines, building a highly physical piece with little dialogue, avoiding the “bad version” of the play, supporting design choices, and how Kafka’s 100-year-old short story resonates today.

“…I feel that this piece is directly engaging with the real live bodies and the real live circumstances in a way that feels gripping, and theatrical, and REAL…we’re able to get folks in the room, and have a real, live, conversation…”

The Hodgepodge Group & Lucy Powis present

In the Penal Colony

written & directed by Miranda Haymon

thru July 28, 2019

Next Door @ New York Theatre Workshop

tickets: $39 (includes service charge) via NYTW.org

photos by Erica B. Sneider