MARJORIE PRIME at Kailua Onstage Arts
Marjorie Prime
171 Hamakua Drive
Apr 5-20th
Fri, Sat at 7:30pm, Sun at 4:00pm
Kailua Onstage Arts (KOA) presents Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison
This 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist play is a Hawaii premiere. Directed by Kevin Keaveney and starring Jo Pruden, Jim Aina, Hoku Gilbert and Marshall Camden.
EXTENSION: Friday April 19th at 7:30, Saturday April 20th at 4pm and 7:30pm.
It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie examines her past, with the help of a handsome new companion who’s programmed to feed the story of her life back to her — sometimes replacing her realities with idealized memories. Through deeply drawn characters—both real and artificial— author Jordan Harrison burrows into troubling questions of the digital age: What would we remember, and what would we forget, given the power of authorship? Will we be any less human, once computers know us better than ourselves? This richly spare and wondrous play explores the mysteries of human identity and the limits — if any — of what technology can replace.
When:
April 5,6,12 and 13 at 7:30pm
April 7 and 14 at 4pm
Where:
171 Hamakua Drive
Kailua, HI 96734
Tickets at www.kailuaonstagearts.com