Marjorie Prime
June 26 – July 25, 2020
by Jordan Harrison, Dir. Wendy Katz Hiller
It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie — a jumble of disparate, fading memories — has a handsome new companion who’s programmed to feed the story of her life back to her. What would we remember, and what would we forget, if given the chance? In this richly spare, wondrous new play, Jordan Harrison explores the mysteries of human identity and the limits — if any — of what technology can replace.
“Jordan Harrison’s play…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. “Memory is an essential element of life – crucial to thought, feeling, progress, identity. But it also comes into play with particular power and meaning after someone who has been loved dies. And it is this tension between life and death – with memory functioning as connective tissue – that animates Jordan Harrison’s subtly shattering play, MARJORIE PRIME.” – Chicago Sun-Times.
Featuring Margaret Gilkes as Marjorie, Jeremy Kucharek as Walter, Jeannine Thompson as Tess, Lindel Salow as Jon.
$25 general admission, $20 seniors (60+), $15 students. All opening night tickets are $30 and include the gala afterglow. Group discount of $3 off each ticket for orders of 10 or more.
Fri June 26, 8.00PM Opening night, followed by afterglow. All tickets $30
Sat June 27, 8.00PM
Sun June 28, 2.00PM followed by a conversation with the artists
Fri July 3, 8.00PM
Sat July 4, 8.00PM
Sun July 5, 2.00PM followed by a conversation with the artists
Fri July 10, 8.00PM
Sat July 11, 8.00PM
Sun July 12, 2.00PM followed by a conversation with the artists
Fri July 17, 8.00PM
Sat July 18, 8.00PM
Sun July 19, 2.00PM followed by a conversation with the artists
Thurs July 23, 8.00PM
Fri July 24, 8.00PM
Sat July 25, 8.00PM