Act 1 - DRAMATIC READING: Crime and Punishment is a one-act play adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus, and based on the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Act 2 - FACILITATED DISCUSSION: The "Common Good" and the "Social Contract". Defining what's "good" and who gets to decide. Where do we get morality from and is it subjective? When does idealism and "well-meaning" go too far? You say 'utopia', I say 'dystopia'. Join us and special guest Arkadi Klioutchanski who is a Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Ottawa
Crime and Punishment is an award-winning adaptation of a classic piece of literature told as an intimate psychological and spiritual journey, revealing the potential of both ugliness and beauty within everyone. The story is largely set in the mind of the young protagonist, Raskolnikov, where he relives and explores the thoughts, ideas, and feelings that drove him to his crime of murder; all the while Porfiry, a detective with impeccable intuition, and Sonia, a prostitute who still holds tightly onto her faith, urging him to confess his crime. The play becomes a psychological landscape which creates a thrilling journey into the mind of a killer and his search for redemption. Caught between his conscience and his arrogance, Raskolnikov must find the way out of his self-created prison and decide who he will become.
Run time approx 160 mins. Includes intermission
