The Adding Machine

Elmer Rice’s 1923 The Adding Machine gets a bold, electrifying revival in this new adaptation by director Alice Fox Lundy and Guillermo Verdecchia. This expressionist classic blends satire, and razor-sharp social commentary to expose the absurdity of our dehumanizing, mechanized world.

Mr. Zero is a faceless office drone, one cog among many in a soul-crushing system. When he’s unceremoniously fired and replaced by a machine, his descent into absurdity begins a journey that is as darkly funny as it is deeply unsettling.

The all-star ensemble includes Tim Walker (Stiff and Sons, Best of Fringe 2024), Jennifer McEwen, Breanna Dillon (A Little Closer, The Vault Creation Lab), Dani Zimmer, and Jamar Adams-Thompson (Three Ordinary Men, Cahoots Theatre) with dramaturgy by Verdecchia, along with a creative team rounded out by lighting designer Chin Palipane, sound designer Juliano Cueva-Fox and producers Anne van Leeuwen, Melissa Wright, and Marvin Araneta.

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