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This narrative tracks five individuals within the "People’s Diasporatic Party"—outfitted in corporate attire—as they take refuge in a desolate East New York residence While the group anticipates the fallout from an orchestrated bombing, hysteria takes hold, exposing the rift between their brutal insurgent schemes and abstract revolutionary principles.

Cast:

Kwame: Kevin Aoussou

Tamara: Justice Ford

Ahmed: Joseph Pryce

James: Dontaye Albert

Lance: Jimmie Rogers III

Lewis: Grayson Kennedy*

Creative Team:

Director: Makari Robinson-McNeese

Stage Manger: Shreya Khanna

Production Manager: Tommy Thams*

Producer: Tommy Thams*, Grayson Kennedy*+

Lighting Design: Emma Berry

Scenic Design: Catalina Nino

Costume Design: Grace Weir

Props Design: Ellory Jezuit

Marketing: JonMarie Johnson*

* - Denotes Ensemble Member

+- Denotes Artistic Director

About Gwydion: The Gwydion Theatre Company was formed in Los Angeles, CA by a group of actors following their completion of training in 2019. It started with doing Shakespeare in parking lots, apartments, parks, to then tackling full scale productions during the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Following the pandemic, a decision was made to move operations to Chicago, IL in order to connect with the storefront community that Chicago is renowned for. Gwydion has now served as a resident company at The Greenhouse Theater Center since 2022 and has mounted nine full-length productions, as well as co-producing Chicago’s first “Theatre of the Absurd Festival” alongside the Chopin Theatre. Gwydion Theatre aims to be a theatre of class, one that addresses the growing dominance of commercialism and pay-to-play in our artform through critical and provocative theatre that challenges the biases of the theatre community here in Chicago. Gwydion Theatre also aims to uphold the theatre as a central pillar of the identity of Chicago.