Homo Ex Machina
Stanford University
Prosser Studio
May 3 - May 6, 2018
Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/574402759597656/
This production is supported by the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics' Frankenstein @ 200 grant.
What constitutes identity? What do we owe those who love us? What do we owe ourselves?
Charlie is a brilliant scientist whose life is upended when she is diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease that leaves her stuttering, shaking, and forgetful. Selflessly, Charlie's wife, Maggie, plunges into her new role as caretaker, and over the years both settle into their new identities. When Charlie finds out about an experimental neurostimulation brain implant she immediately agrees to the procedure. The transformation Charlie undergoes, however, is more than either she or Maggie have bargained for.
Impelled by the manipulative neurologist Ava and the adoring graduate student Tyler, Maggie and Charlie are pushed to their breaking points. As they negotiate the problematic gift of Charlie's Faustian bargain, they must each confront themselves in ways that are excruciating and disorienting. Entangled in each others identities, the lives of Charlie and Maggie crescendo into a devastating climax that renders everything changed and nothing capable of being how it was before.
Stephanie Whigham as Maggie, Stephanie Crowley as Charlie. Photo: Max Richardson.
Stephanie Whigham as Maggie, Diana Roman as Ava. Photo: Max Richardson.
Stephanie Crowley as Charlie, Diana Roman as Ava. Photo: Max Richardson.
Stephanie Crowley as Charlie, Jake Goldstein as Tyler. Photo: Max Richardson.
Jake Goldstein as Tyler, Stephanie Crowley as Charlie, Stephanie Whigham as Maggie. Photo: Max Richardson.
Jake Goldstein as Tyler, Stephanie Whigham as Maggie. Photo: Lana Palmer.
Stephanie Whigham as Maggie, Stephanie Crowley as Charlie. Photo: Lana Palmer.
Stephanie Crowley as Charlie, Jake Goldstein as Tyler. Photo: Lana Palmer.
Stephanie Crowley as Charlie. Photo: Lana Palmer.
Cast
Charlie……………………………..………….Stephanie Crowley
Maggie………………….……………………Stephanie Whigham
Ava…………………....……………………...………..Diana Roman
Tyler………....….…………………………………….Jake Goldstein
Crew
Director…….………………..…………………....Karola Kreitmair
Stage Manager……………………………...………..Marie Burks
Set Designer………..……………………...…………..Olivia Popp
Sound Designer…..…………………………………..Lana Palmer
Light Programmers.….....Allen Wehner & Olivia Vazquez
Costume Designer………….……………………...R. Dutch Fritz
Board Operator……………………....………...…Olivia Vazquez
Poster Design……………..…….…………Stephanie Whigham