Genie in the Machine
Two plays about AI and virtual space from the Catalyze Playwriting Group
CONTENT WARNING: mental illness, addiction, transphobia, suicide, sexual harassment, and explicit language. The National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 1-800-273-8255 and https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org.
Image of Lake Erie beach from Debsie3802 on Pixabay
Neural net background from iStock
HadalyGirl dialogue adapted from web.mit.edu/sqshemet/Public/bot/bot_old_clean.txt
Curtain music: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
Cast and Crew
Stage Manager - Gillian Daniels
Special thanks to MIT for the Zoom webinar license, Central Square Theater for publicity, and the Catalyze Playwriting Group
Deaths of Despair
by Anna Waldman-Brown
Performed by:
Chris Tadeu - Joe Wilson
Zachary Barryte - Bobby Martin
Angela Davis - Angela Lee
Arianna Smith - Researcher
HadalyGirl
by Rachel Bowens-Rubin, Zach Barryte, and Sabrina Shemet
Performed by:
Bridget Hillyer - HadalyGirl
Catherine Giorgetti - Boy 1
E. Rosser - Boy 2
Kitty Drexel - Boy 3
Jenny Guzbethal - Boy 4