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THE EFFECT at Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny Park
Dates: 9/4/2025 - 9/14/2025
📍 Theatre: Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny Park
Town Players of New Canaan / Good Question Theatre Company
POWERHOUSE THEATRE IN WAVENY PARK
New Canaan, CT 06840
Phone: 203-594-3636
Tickets: $40/$35/$25
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Would you trust love if it came from a pill?
The Effect is a sharp, provocative exploration of love, neuroscience, and the blurry line between emotion and chemistry. Set inside a clinical drug trial, the play follows two young volunteers, Tristan and Connie, who begin to fall for each other—only to question whether their feelings are real or the result of a new antidepressant. As their connection deepens, the experiment unravels, forcing doctors and patients alike to confront questions of identity, autonomy, and the ethics of medicating the human mind.
THE EFFECT is a 2012 U.K Critics Circle Award Winner for Best New Play. Lucy Prebble is best known for her critically acclaimed play, ENRON, and is an Emmy Award Winner (HBO's Succession).
THE EFFECT contains adult language and situations, and is recommended for audiences of high school (age 16+).
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Ages: Ages 16+ (due to adult language and situations)
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