EXILE 5.42

​放逐｜放卒5.42

Dixon Place

March, 2016

written & directed by Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li

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ENSEMBLE: Leah Bachar  |  Chun Cho  |  Wanning Jen  |  Clare Chien-Lun Lee  |  

Chih-Heng Liao

Stage Manager: Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li  |  Lighting Designer: Yi-Chung Chen |

Graphic Designer: Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li

In early 2015 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 6 prisoners took hostage of the warden and successfully won the attention from the public, after the convicted former president was given the compassionate release. The 6 prisoners did not attempt to escape, but rather chose another path leading to tragedy, after making their statements to the society. Exile 5.42 deconstructs this true incident to question the current criminal justice system.