2021 is a live performance by Cole Lewis, Patrick Blenkarn, and Sam Ferguson where theatre, AI, and video games converge, blurring the boundary between human remembrance and machine logic. An audience member steps into the role of Brian, an unhoused veteran reliving his final weeks inside a looping digital hospital, guided by his daughter's narration as fragments of data become playable memory. The work premiered at Under the Radar in 2026 and is supported by the National Arts Centre of Canada's National Creation Fund, exploring questions of dignity, digital resurrection, and whether memory itself is a kind of simulation.
Cast and Creative Team for 2021 at Emerson Paramount Center, Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre
Cast
Patrick Blenkarn
Ensemble
Sam Ferguson
Ensemble
Cole Lewis
Ensemble
Machine Dazzle
Ensemble
Matt Ray
Ensemble
Taylor Mac
Ensemble
John Kani
Ensemble
Annalisa Dias
Ensemble
Ronee Penoi
Ensemble
Scott Silven
Ensemble
Patrick Page
Ensemble
Creative Team
Madeline Sayet
Director
Annalisa Dias
Lyricist/Book-writer
Ronee Penoi
Composer/Lyricist
John Kani
Playwright
Scott Silven
Illusionist
Faye Driscoll
Co-Director
Niegel Smith
Co-Director
Machine Dazzle
Costume Designer
Matt Ray
Creator
Taylor Mac
Creator
Patrick Page
Actor/Performer
Ronee Penoi
Interim Executive Director of the Office of the Arts & ArtsEmerson Director of Artistic Programming
Alex DeLuca
Media Contact
Darren DeLuca
Media Contact
Ronee Penoi
Director of Artistic Programming
Patrick Page
Artist
Taylor Mac
Artist
Matt Ray
Artist
Scott Silven
Artist
Ronee Penoi
Composer
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