A Tour of Utopia Falls with Creator, R.T. Thorne, and Lead Actress, Robyn Alomar

Over the last couple of weeks, you may have seen Utopia Falls on your Hulu dashboard. And after watching the entirety of the first season a few weeks ago, I honestly do think the best way to describe it would be, “What if The Hunger Games had an America’s Got Talent – Hip Hop Edition styled competition instead of a deathmatch?” And yes, I too was skeptical about such an outlandish premise but ultimately, I found myself invested in the series. While it was very much Dystopia 101 meets Intro to Hip Hop that adult-me couldn’t fully engage with, I also recognize that a younger version of me would have devoured this series had it been around during my teen years. By the time the credits rolled on the season finale, “If I Ruled the World,” two thoughts passed through my head: 1) The entire cast seemed to have a blast filming. 2) I really wanted to know more about how this series came into existence. As such, I was lucky enough to get to sit down with both R.T. Thorne, the creator of the series, and Robyn Alomar who played Aliyah-5, one of the central characters in the ensemble. From jump, their passion and enthusiasm were very much infectious.

The Origins of New Babyl BNP: So, Robyn and R.T., I just finished Utopia Falls last week and I am very excited to talk to you about the series. R.T.: Does this mean we can talk spoilers? I guess we can. BNP: Yeah, I think it’s been long enough. Robyn: I’ve been so used to giving spoiler alerts. This will be my first time talking about the sh…