Breaking the Fourth Wall

Writer | Producer | Editor

Defying censorship, three LGBTQ+ playwrights from Kenya and Uganda navigate acceptance and resistance as their plays are staged at the Criminal Queerness Festival in NYC.

Official Selection

Out on film | Seattle Queer Film Fest

Credits

Director - Achiro P. Olwoch

Executive Producers - Blake Drummond, Garrett Kafchinski

Supervising Producer - Leslie Cunningham

Producers - Sara Mermelstein, Lillian Isabella, Andrea Munger

Production Coordinator - Andrea Munger

Writers - Sara Mermelstein, Leslie Cunningham

Creative Director - Dan Yund

Design & Animation Lead - Sydney Otieno

Illustrator - Dalmarcus Constance

Animators - Dalmarcus Constance, Desmond Du, Sydney Otieno

Editors - Jonah Crespi, Kaisa Pitsi, Sara Mermelstein, Leslie Cunningham, Andrew Sanders

Color Correction - Jonah Crespi

Marketing & Distribution - Lillian Isabella

Camera Operators - Lydia, Miguel Cevallos, Anonymous

Production Company: Diagonal Media LLC

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Credits for the Criminal Queerness Festival

June 21-23, 2022 at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Playwrights- Achiro P. Olwoch, Jonathan Wamukota Opinya, and Muleme Steven

Directors- Jacob Basri, Raz Golden, and Ann C. James

Actors - Janet Kilonzo, Lebene Ayivor, AnJu Hyppolite, Nessa Amherst, Abdu Hytrek, Gregory Marlow, Tyler Isaiah Bey, Mar'Shon Dalton, Rodney J. Jackson, and Karl Hawkins

Featured Speaker - Edafe Okporo

Artistic Producer - Adam Odsess-Rubin

Head Curator - Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko

Stage Manager - Aisling Galvin

Dramaturg - Begum "Begsy" Inal

Casting Director - Joseph Hayes

Scenic Designer- Zachary Blumner

Lighting Designer - Moneé Stamp

Sound Designer - Courtney Seyl

Costume Designer - Jules Peiperl

Video Designer- Dmitri Barcomi

Lincoln Center Staff- Jon Nakagawa, Godfrey Palaia, Roshni Lavelle

National Queer Theater Staff - Yoshi Kuroi, Camille Witt, Lilah Guaragna, Durell Cooper

Partners - Heritage of Pride/ NYC Pride, Brooklyn Arts Council, Arts on Site, Artistic Freedom Initiative, Visual Echoes for Human Rights Uganda

Thank You - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Spectrum News 1, Desmond Pictotte