Welcome to Episode 5 of Lying Awake: A Theatre Podcast!

This episode features Pierre Cooks, a theatre artist from South Bend, Indiana who this week embarks on a 12-month creative project called Black Voice. Using his dance and movement background, Pierre will collaborate with local artists, vocalists, dancers, poets, and theatre-makers to create twelve video art pieces leading up to a live cabaret-style performance on his birthday, July 16, 2021. Three of his collaborators, Rebel Noire (Nekisha Alayna Alexis), Michelle Jewell, and Laurisa Lesure, join Pierre and John to talk about how their artistic lives will fuse with Pierr's vision to create Black Voice.