After a global environmental disaster, humans have retreated to a sterile and bleak life underground, only made bearable thanks to chips implanted in their brains that can simulate tastes, smells, sights, and sounds. Ever hopeful that partial re-habitation is imminent, reproduction is strictly regulated in order to maintain genetic diversity. Against this bleak background, one couple desperately want to raise a child, but Anna’s depression prevents her from clearing the mental health exam. She is given hope when her husband Oliver brings her a helper robot to train for another family. As her mental health improves, she discovers a devastating truth that could turn society’s carefully constructed world upside down.
Zoe Kazan is an actor and playwright whose first full-length play, Absolom was produced at the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville as part of the 2009 Humana Festival. The Manhattan Theatre Club commissioned her second play, This Thing of Darkness. Kazan’s Broadway credits as an actor include The Seagull and Come Back, Little Sheba. Her Off-Broadway credits include Things We Want, 100 Saints You Should Know, and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
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Thu, Nov 13 • 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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