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The Story
This award-winning adaptation is 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.
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?
The discussion included special guest Arkadi Klioutchanski, a professor at the University of Ottawa where he has been teaching various courses on Russian language and culture since 2005. His professional interests include the 19th century Russian literature and its greatest writers such as Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. Most of the cultural courses he teaches include reading and discussion of "Crime and Punishment".
The Artists
The Artists
TOM CHARLEBOIS (Porfiry, Various)
Tom is no stranger to the Ottawa theatre scene or to the company. He has appeared on stage in four previous 9th Hour productions including Mr. Beaver in Narnia (2014), and Father Christmas in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2018), as well as part of the ensemble casts for Prodigal Son (2017), and the musical Godspell (2018). In addition to the stage, Tom's voice is also recently featured as the Grandpa character (narrator) of the brand new audio drama Beauty Will Save the World (2024), an original work developed and produced by 9th Hour Theatre Company.
ASHLEY GILLARD (Sonia, Various)
Ashley is an award-winning choreographer and actor who has performed in Canada, USA and New Zealand. She most recently appeared on stage as Anna Watson in The Girl on the Train (Kanata Theatre). Ashley’s 9th Hour credits include Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2024), the Celebrity in Beauty will Save the World (2024), and the Unicorn in The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (2023). Ashley enjoys exploring pieces that dive into deeper themes. She seeks to build an emotional connection with audiences and to transport them into an exciting realm of storytelling.
IAN MCMULLEN (Raskolnikov)
Ian is an energetic theatre creator and actor originally from New Brunswick, and has acted, produced and directed in Ottawa for the past eight years. In 2019 Ian produced and directed the Rideau Award Winning ExDEMONators at the Ottawa Fringe Festival. Ian's 9th Hour credits include Pierre Gringoire in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2024), Mr. Tumnus in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2023), Assistant Director of Halo (2020), and Peter Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2018). In addition to theatre, Ian is a lover of the outdoors and can be found in the woods hiking, biking and paddling.
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