January 22-26, January 29-February 1, 2020

Who Holds the Devil is an immersive, theatrical exploration of one possible future for humanity. Utilizing interactive set installations, movement as narrative, and Geothe’s Faust as a literary basis, Afterculture Theatre invites you to step into a post-apocalyptic landscape where the repercussions of humankind’s climate negligence are tangible and dire. Our last remaining hope: an impenetrable vault that can only be accessed by solving the riddle of civilization’s demise. Can the riddle be solved, and hope restored? Or will the vault, and the fate of humanity, be sealed forever?

CAST & CREW

Lil G/Chorus/Gretchen: Sylvannah Regalado

John Lawrence/Faust: Shayne Brakefield

Shama/Mephistopheles: Samuel

Sheridan/Chorus: Claire Bieber

Kora/Chorus: Jennifer Paige Little

Nova/Chorus: Raylee Magill

June/Chorus: Claire Rosee

Ohmo of the Last Eyes: Jay Beck

Storyteller Voice: Tevyn East

Lighting Design: Tom Willis

Set Design/Sound Design: Samuel

Movement Direction/Choreography/Costume Design: JD Frost

Artistic Direction: Tay Schulz

Set Builders:

Mea Adams, Jay Beck, Anna Campamones, JD Frost, Samuel, Rebecca O’Shea, Tay Schulz, Shelby Vogelpohl, Tom Willis

Front of House:

Tevyn East, Sam Hicks, Shelby Vogelpohl

Stage Hands:

Cass Giles, Megan Gulla, James Holeman, Kacy Johnson, Lucy Knowles, Rebecca O’Shea, Shelby Vogelpohl

Video: Isaac Blade

september 14-16, 21-23 2017

TRINITY is a site-specific, audience-immersive theatrical experience that tells the story of Dr. Oppenheimer, his atomic bomb, and the three great women in his life. At 5:29AM on July 16th, 1945 the world’s first successful test detonation of an atomic bomb, codenamed “Trinity,” turned the New Mexican desert sand into glass. This is our account of what happened on the evening of July 16th. Come explore the troubled mind that led us into the atomic age.

Kitty Oppenheimer: Courtney Waltermire

Ruth Tolman: Allison Evans

Jean Tatlock: Claire Rose

J. Edgar Hoover: Pete Sears

Technical Director, Sound Design & J.R. Oppenheimer: Samuel

Lighting Design: Tom Willis

Artistic Director & Movement Direction: Tay Schulz

Stage Manager: Madison Webb

Stage Hands: Flo Delluh & Jeana Thacker

Photos: Mothwing Photography

January 5, 2016

In collaboration with The Imaginarium of The Bluegrass, Lexington Community Radio, and Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Afterculture Theatre produced a multimedia dramatic reading of "The Dead" by James Joyce. The performance was recorded live and broadcast the following night on Lexington Community Radio.

Gabriel Conroy & various male characters: Samuel

Gretta Conroy & various female characters: Tay Schulz

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Photos: Erica Chambers, Jordan E. Mazurek

June 11-14, 2015

Afterculture Theatre's inaugural production was an immersive adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's classic play, "No Exit" at Shakespeare & Co. in downtown Lexington.

Director, Inez: Tay Schulz

Designer, Garcin: Samuel

Estelle: Courtney Waltermire

Valet: Ben Rogers

Assistant Director/Stage Manager: Lindsey Carlstedt Sovkoplas

Sound Technician: Emma Lewis

Stage Hand: Lucy Knowles

SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 26 2019

This 5-Week Introductory T.O. Course was a prototype for future T.O. classes in Lexington, open to all interested parties without regard to prior theatrical experience and offered for a $5 suggested doantion. Classes were held every Saturday for five weeks from 12:00pm to 2:30pm. The course served as an introduction to Theatre of the Oppressed, contextualizing the use of embodiment as a means for collectivizing, sharing experiences, increasing our capacity to organize together effectively, and practicing vulnerability and fierce commitment to justice.