MARJORIE PRIME
By Jordan Harrison
Directed by Adriana Baer
February 7 - March 5, 2017
Video Design by ShutterSky Pictures
Music by johnny_ripper
In this inquisitive new drama, a family grapples with the difference between a life lived and a life remembered as 85-year-old Marjorie struggles to keep hold of her memories and identity, gently assisted by an artificial version of her late husband, Walter. An exploration of aging, memory and technology, MARJORIE PRIME peers into what lies ahead and how our past is rewritten to face today.
“Harrison ambitiously explores themes as grand and challenging as our inevitable relationship to Artificial Intelligence technology, the ephemeral nature of memory and the stories we leave behind when we pass from life,” said Artists Rep Artistic Director Dámaso Rodríguez.
“A thought-provoking play about memory, its corruption and our insistence that technology help us outwit death.” - The New York Times
PRODUCTION CAST
Marjorie | Vana O’Brien*^
Walter | Chris Harder*^
Tess | Linda Alper*^
Jon | Michael Mendelson*^
PRODUCTION CREATIVE TEAM
Adriana Baer° |Director
Kristeen Willis Crosser| Scenic Designer
Gregory Pulver^ |Costume Designer
Jennifer Lin | Lighting Designer
Em Gustason | Sound Designer
Kaye Blankenship | Props Master
Luan Schooler | Dramaturg
Matt Pavik | Assistant Director
Sarah Kindler | Assistant Scenic Designer
Melinda Roddy | Assistant Costume Designer
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers
° The director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
^ Artists Rep Resident Artist
+ Equity Membership Candidate
