Hi-Fi I Wi-Fi I Sci-Fi

February 2—19, 2017
Presented by CultureHub and La MaMa in association with the Seoul Institute of the Arts

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Gay City News, Culturebot, Broadway World, American Theatre

In the 1960s and 1970s, playwright Robert Patrick led an underground theatre movement that questioned the future through a series of quirky, minimalist science fiction plays. For La MaMa’s 55th season, CultureHub and SeoulArts re-staged these original plays by one of La MaMa’s first playwrights, not as vintage nostalgia, but as startlingly contemporary works far ahead of their time that allow us to see our digital lives in a whole new light:

Action an emerging and an established writer are caught in a feedback loop leaving it unclear who is generating who.

Camera Obscura features two lovers trying to connect through networked screens, resulting in crossed questions, crooked answers, and a surprise resolution.

All In The Mind previews a world where individual consciousness has been interconnected into a collective web of telepathic communication.

Simultaneous Transmissions is a short play about us and them. Two families face off and due to their mistrust and fear of each other their sons are sent into battle to pay the ultimate price. The script is funny, absurd and painfully relevant.

Anything Is Plausible is a new, world-premiere comedic monologue delivered by an actor who may or may not be a virtual creation. In a world where any actor can be replaced by computer generated animations.

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