The Singularity Play (Spring 2023)

Students dance onstage during the TDM show The Singularity Play.
a bisected robotic face emerges on the left side of the all black poster. "Harvard Theater, Dance & Media presents The Singularity Play" is at the top, with event dates/location in the bottom right.

Performance Dates and Times

Farkas Hall, 12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge
Thursday, April 27 at 7:30pm
Friday, April 28 at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 29 at 2pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, April 30 at 2pm
The performance runs approximately 90 minutes.

About The Singularity Play
At Google, an artificial intelligence 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. But 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?" 

Written by Jay Stull
Directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant
Featuring Kayla Bey '25, Jack Griffin '25, Ryan Morillo '23, Walter Ohams '23, Jeremy Ornstein '24, Emi Park Cummings '24, Sophia Parker '23, Katie Runions '25, Mireya Sanchez-Maes '24, Julia Ward '25, and Cheryl Singleton.

Lighting Design by Christina Tang
Scenic Design by Luciana Stecconi
Costume Design by Rachel Padula-Shufelt
Props Design by Kat Nakaji
Sound Design by UptownWorks
Multimedia Design by Treyden Chiaravalloti
Choreography by LROD

Production Photos by A Priori Photography

A performer faces upstage, silhouetted by bright light shining out of an open door in the wall.
Five performers stand and sit around a white table
Six performers dance, following each other in a line around a table. They all have their arms raised in the air
An actor lies on the table while another actor looks down at her. The image of them doing this is projected on the wall behind them.
One actor shows another something on a phone. Another actor looks on as they do this.