Full Houses, Bold Experiments: Disconnected Delivers a Weekend to Remember
Two sold-out nights. Seven brand-new plays. One unforgettable experiment in the future of storytelling.
In just seven weeks, we went from a blank page to a fully staged production—each play created by first-time playwrights using a neuroscience-informed acting process. Together, they explored the ways technology reshapes human connection—sometimes for the better, often for the worse.
Our audiences were not just spectators—they became part of the experiment. One of the seven plays was written entirely by AI, and at the end of the night, we asked the crowd to guess which one. The room was split. We also introduced our first fully AI-generated character—image, voice, and animation—sharing the stage with human performers.
The plays themselves were as varied as the issues they tackled: a dating app romance gone wrong; the lure and danger of online gambling; the silent isolation technology can bring to the elderly; how AI might comfort some people more than human interaction—and even replace romantic relationships; the way phones reshape family dynamics, where texting replaces talking; and the dark trade-off of influencer fame, where online followers often come at the cost of real friends.
Disconnected: The Stories We Stand to Lose wasn’t just a festival—it was proof that theater can keep pace with the digital age, using its tools to question its impact. And judging by our full houses, audiences are ready for that conversation.
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