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The Labyrinth and The Minotaur: The Incarceration Play Project
Are you afraid of monsters? When the King of Cretes son turns out to be half man and half bull, the King invents a labyrinth to keep this Minotaur imprisoned away from the rest of society. But the monster has needs and demands care and attention. So the King forces his enemies to send their citizens into the labyrinth to feed ittheir criminals and also public defenders, corrections officers, counselors, educators, nurses, and more, until the labyrinth becomes a civilization all its own.
Theseus, a rebellious young man and Prince of Athens, is sentenced to the labyrinth, but he is ready to fight for the freedom of his people. As he enters, he declares that he will find the center of the labyrinth, kill the Minotaur, and overthrow the system. With his lover Ariadne as his only thread to the outside world, he journeys deep inside a place that the rest of us try our hardest to avoid.
The Labyrinth and The Minotaur layers stories from people who have spent their lives working and living inside the Minnesota incarceration system into a classic myth to illuminate the battle we all need to face around who we punish and why, and how we rehabilitate and reintegrate them into our society.
To guarantee a cross-section of voices from within the system are represented, Wonderlust visited the womens correctional facility in Shakopee, the mens facility in Stillwater, Ramsey County Workhouse, and the recently shuttered juvenile facility, Boys Totem Town. We also held story circles with the Ramsey County Public Defenders, Prosecutors, and the employees at the Minnesota Department of Corrections, Corrections Officers at Oak Park Heights, as well as many community support groups like Power of People (POP) Institute, MN Prison Doula Project, Voices for Racial Justice, Legal Rights Center, and criminal justice reform groups like Second Chance Coalition, We Are All Criminals, and many more.
Wonderlust has been working with the incarceration community and developing the Incarceration Play Project since 2018.
Written by Alan Berks in collaboration with Carlyle Brown from the words of the incarceration community of Minnesota, directed by Leah Cooper, with choreography and puppetry by Masanari Kawahara, featuring original music by Becky Dale and Andrea Reynolds (in collaboration with the Voices of Hope inmate choir at Shakopee), sound design by Andrea Reynolds (aka Queen Drea), light design by Merritt Rodriquez, props by Masanari Kawahara, costume design by Andrea Gross, and set design and technical direction by Zeb Hults.
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LocationMixed Blood Theatre (View)
1501 S 4th St
Minneapolis, MN 55454
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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