Audition for “The Singularity Play” written by Jay Stull and directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant, produced by the Theatre, Dance & Media program.  

Seeking serious actors with intrepid ambition to audition specifically for two male presenting roles, namely Henry and Jason. Everyone is invited to audition. 

Auditions will be held Monday, January 23 (6pm-10pm ET) in Rm. 303 at Farkas Hall. A signup form will be available in the lobby of Farkas Hall starting at 5PM. Students will be able to select a 20-min audition slot, between 6PM-10PM. For more information or a copy of the audition materials, please email tdm_production@fas.harvard.edu.  

The audition will consist of a conversation about your experience performing, your experiences in theater, your questions about the play and the production, and your interests in themes of performance and embodiment/disembodiment.  

And, although no significant experience in performing is a prerequisite to audition, we’d certainly like to get a sense of your facility with the script. As such, students who audition will need to prepare a side from the script, found here. Performers should perform the role of Greg from p 47 - 49. Below is a synopsis of the play as well as character outlines for the two roles we are interested in casting. 

SYNOPSIS:  

At Google, an AI named Denise has written a play called The Uncanny Valley. To test the reach and limit of AI art-making in theater, arguably the most human of the arts, the company has employed a downtown theater troupe to rehearse and develop the play with Denise and her algorithm-consultant Greg. How intelligible is Denise's work to human artists? How free of manipulation? What makes art "good?" Who determines "good?" What makes art "human," and who determines the category of "human?"   

HENRY/FINLEY 

20s-30s years old, all races and ethnicities, queer cis male presenting, NB, GNC, or trans man. HENRY is an actor who sees simulacra as forms of control; also plays FINLEY, a future, cyborg performer experimenting with embodied attraction.  

JASON/QUINN 

20s-30s years old, all races and ethnicities, straight, cis male presenting. JASON is an actor who’s expecting his first child; also plays QUINN, a future cyborg performer; a "Well, actually" kind of person.