Orphic

In order to help Anya, Andrew, and the rest of the Orphic team better understand the world of our new Agamemnon, I was given the task of researching the 1980s crack epidemic in Oakland, California. Anya’s play is completely immersed in this underworld of drug lords and addicts. I was excited to receive this research prompt: I’m from the Bay Area myself, and have family who saw and experienced this epidemic first hand. However, whatever real-life connections I might have to th