PRISONCORE!
Projection Design
About the show
PRISONCORE! is a multimedia show that places the audience within a panopticon to examine the impact of an always-watching eye. Lucky is starting his job as the night shift guard in the guard tower of a new panopticon prison claiming to focus on reform. Lucky introduces the inmates to Rain, a popular VTuber dealer who streams for an online casino. Their ideas of freedom are challenged after a moment of indifferent cruelty and we are left questioning who is getting sacrificed for our ‘freedoms’.
Written by kanishk pandey
Directed by Rachel Gita Karp
Produced by Thalia Sablon, Emma Richmond
Cast: Rory Kulz, Kayla Juntilla
Stage Manager: Alisa Rabin
Media Design by Lauren Serafica
Projection Design by WhimZee Hanna
Set Design and Lighting Design by Kelvin Pater
Costume design by Lissa Carandang-Sweeney
Sound Design by Ariana Cardoza
We used a dual-projector setup where the audience is split in two on either side of the set, viewing an online blackjack game on the tower screen. In the second act, the set opens up to reveal one of the performers inside, and we change the projection mapping to half of the screen, to see both versions of the live actress and the VTuber model she controls in real time.
