People of Interest is a nonprofit theater company dedicated to creating theatrical experiences around individual stories worth further attention. POI gives voice to the voiceless, and reveals the hidden truths through new original work. Created by theater director Jesca Prudencio, POI serves a community of individuals committed to creating work for the people, by the people.

Jesca Prudencio
Artistic Director

Jesca Prudencio is a director, educator, and community based artist. She recently received her MFA at UCSD where she directed highly physical productions of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Venus, Will Snider's How To Use A Knife, and three premieres of Bennett Fisher’s plays. She has developed work at companies like East West Players, La MaMa, Old Vic, Joe’s Pub, EST, and Musical Theatre Factory. Jesca is Artistic Associate of Ping Chong on numerous projects nationwide and was the AD on Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Jesca is a 2016 Drama League Fellow and where she will be the Assistant Director on productions at The Public Theater and the Long Wharf Theater in the fall. In 2017 she will travel throughout Asia one of the first recipients of the Julie Taymor World Theater Fellowship.

​www.jescaprudencio.com

Justin Humphres
Technical Director

Justin Humphres is a theatrical designer based out of Southern California. Currently, Justin is an MFA candidate at the University of California San Diego, where he is studying Scenic Design under the guidance of Robert Brill. Justin shares a passion for both new work and technology and strives to make worlds that are playful, kinetic, and immersive for both the audience and performer. This is seen in his designs which use simple solutions to creatively solve complex problems, and in his research surrounding the unification of technology and live performance. Currently, Justin is focusing his research on holograms, and how the body can interface with technology in a live performance setting to create immersive spaces.
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​www.justinhumphres.com

Bennett Fisher
Associate Director

Bennett Fisher is company member of People of Interest, Campo Santo and an associate artist with the Cutting Ball Theater. His plays include Campo Maldito, Borealis, Damascus, Candlestick, Don’t Be Evil, Kudzu, and Whoa is Me. They have been presented and produced by the Kennedy Center MFA Playwrights Workshop, Mixed Blood, Theater Emory, the Martin E. Segel Center, Ubuntu Theater Project, Sleepwalkers Theater, No Nude Men, New Conservatory, the Cutting Ball Theater, Custom Made Theatre Company, and Bread and Water, and others. As an actor, director, and dramaturg he has collaborated with Campo Santo, California Shakespeare Theatre, Stanford Summer Theatre, Just Theater, Crowded Fire, Pear Ave Theatre, Adirondack Shakespeare Company, Marin Shakespeare Company, and many others. MFA: UCSD, 2016. In the fall, he will join Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago as the Shank Fellowship Playwright in Residence.