In the not-too-distant future with artificial intelligence deeply embedded in our daily lives, 85-year-old Marjorie struggles with her fading memories. That is, until the appearance of Walter, a mysterious and charming young man, programmed to help Marjorie recall her past. Jordan Harrison’s 2015 Pulitzer Prize Finalist play burrows into thoughtful questions of the digital age: what would we remember, and what would we forget, if given the chance to re-write our own stories? Will we be any less human, once computers know us better than we know ourselves? This wondrous, touching, and clever play explores the mysteries of human identity, collective family memory, and the limits – if any – of what technology can replace.
Recommended for ages 14 and over due to mature themes involving aging, grief and self-harm.
"Jordan Harrison's elegant, thoughtful and quietly unsettling play… keeps developing in your head, like a photographic negative, long after you have seen it." — The New York Times
"(Marjorie Prime) has all the hallmarks of the best science fiction; it's clever in conceit, alive with humor, surprising in its turns, and terribly haunting by the time the lights go out." — The New Yorker
CAST:
Marjorie – Jalayne Riewerts
Tess – Lorrie Lord
Jon – Kevin Babbit
Walter Prime – Eric Friedman
CREW:
Director– Jennifer Kingry
Stage Manager – Cali Van Zandt
Set Builders – Jim Skiles, Mike Skiles
Light & Sound Design – Jennifer Kingry
