Based on the novel by Mary Shelley
Recreated by Paul Bedard and Katie Palmer
Presented in conjunction with the Looking Glass Space Grant Program
November 15-19, 2011 Looking Glass Theatre
TIA’S FRANKENSTEIN re-imagines Mary Shelley’s classic novel in the not-so-distant future when we will again face a new science that redefines our ethics. Through an explosion of theater, dance, media and original music, TIA’s FRANKENSTEIN exhumes the unforgettable myth to imagine our dangerous future.
Directed by Paul Bedard
Choreographed by Katie Palmer
Written in collaboration with Jenn Tash and the cast
Produced by Kathryn Appleton
Dramaturgy by Jake Lasser
Music and Soundscape Composed by Randall Benichak and Colleen Toole
Costume Design by Ramsey J. Scott
Scenic Design by Meghan Kennedy
Media Design by Mark Costello
Lighting Design by Dan Stearns
Stage Managed by Greg Redlawsk
Recreated by Paul Bedard and Katie Palmer
Presented in conjunction with the Looking Glass Space Grant Program
November 15-19, 2011 Looking Glass Theatre
TIA’S FRANKENSTEIN re-imagines Mary Shelley’s classic novel in the not-so-distant future when we will again face a new science that redefines our ethics. Through an explosion of theater, dance, media and original music, TIA’s FRANKENSTEIN exhumes the unforgettable myth to imagine our dangerous future.
Directed by Paul Bedard
Choreographed by Katie Palmer
Written in collaboration with Jenn Tash and the cast
Produced by Kathryn Appleton
Dramaturgy by Jake Lasser
Music and Soundscape Composed by Randall Benichak and Colleen Toole
Costume Design by Ramsey J. Scott
Scenic Design by Meghan Kennedy
Media Design by Mark Costello
Lighting Design by Dan Stearns
Stage Managed by Greg Redlawsk
Dramaturgical Note
“He would rush away from his odious handiwork, horror stricken. He would hope that, left to itself, the slight spark of life which he had communicated would fade; that this thing, which had received such imperfect animation, would subside into dead matter.” – Mary Shelley, Introduction to the 1831 edition of Frankenstein
The early 1800s. A fictional Geneva. A shock of electricity—a creature is born, the creation of one man: Victor Frankenstein. Passion turns to revulsion; the abandoned creature becomes a monster. And thus begins the downward spiral.
The year 2045. On the brink of a technological revolution—the Singularity. The moment when computer processing power far exceeds the power of the human brain, when technology begins to advance itself. Computers can think. Computers can feel. And the line separating computers and humans is irreparably blurred.
According to the contemporary American futurist Ray Kurzweil, the Singularity is inevitable. The question remains: how will we deal with it when it comes? Must our story, like Frankenstein’s, end in tragedy?
- Jacob Lasser, Dramaturg
The early 1800s. A fictional Geneva. A shock of electricity—a creature is born, the creation of one man: Victor Frankenstein. Passion turns to revulsion; the abandoned creature becomes a monster. And thus begins the downward spiral.
The year 2045. On the brink of a technological revolution—the Singularity. The moment when computer processing power far exceeds the power of the human brain, when technology begins to advance itself. Computers can think. Computers can feel. And the line separating computers and humans is irreparably blurred.
According to the contemporary American futurist Ray Kurzweil, the Singularity is inevitable. The question remains: how will we deal with it when it comes? Must our story, like Frankenstein’s, end in tragedy?
- Jacob Lasser, Dramaturg
Theater in Asylum (TIA) is a New York-based theater company founded in 2010 to challenge and empower our community. TIA joyfully pursues a rigorous research and an ensemble-driven approach to theater-making. We create performances to investigate our past, interpret our present, and imagine our future. We prize space to process, space to question—asylum—for ourselves and our community.
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