Photo Flash: MARJORIE PRIME at Artists Rep
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 10, 2017
Artists Repertory Theatre presents the Northwest Premiere of MARJORIE PRIME, a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, by JorDan Harrison. Featuring Vana O'Brien, Chris Harder, Linda Alper and Michael Mendelson, MARJORIE PRIME runs through March 5 on the Alder Stage.
In this inquisitive new drama, a family grapples with the difference between a life lived and a life remembered as 85-year-old Marjorie struggles to keep hold of her memories and identity, gently assisted by an artificial version of her late husband, Walter. An exploration of aging, memory and technology, MARJORIE PRIME peers into what lies ahead and how our past is rewritten to face today.
Take a look at photos from the show below!
"Harrison ambitiously explores themes as grand and challenging as our inevitable relationship to Artificial Intelligence technology, the ephemeral nature of memory and the stories we leave behind when we pass from life," said Artists Rep Artistic Director Dámaso Rodríguez.
"What we see in this play is an idea of our current future," wrote the play's director Adriana Baer. "It is not purely science fiction - the inspiration for this play came from JorDan Harrison's interaction with technology currently available. MARJORIE PRIME inspires audiences to consider our relationships with our devices - not in a negative, Luddite way, but in a curious, thoughtful way."
On January 23, the film adaptation of MARJORIE PRIME, written and directed by Michael Almereyda, premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival starring Jon Hamm, Lois Smith, Geena Davis and Tim Robbins.
For more information, visit www.artistsrep.org.
Photo credit: John Rudoff
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Linda Alper and Michael Mendelson
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Linda Alper, Vana O'Brien, Michael Mendelson, and Chris Harder
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Vana O'Brien and Linda Alper
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Linda Alper and Michael Mendelson
Chris Harder and Vana O'Brien
Linda Alper, Vana O'Brien, and Michael Mendelson
Michael Mendelson and Chris Harder
Michael Mendelson, Vana O'Brien, and Chris Harder
Vana O'Brien and Chris Harder
Vana O'Brien, Linda Alper, Michael Mendelson, and Chris Harder
Vana O'Brien and Linda Alper
Vana O'Brien, Michael Mendelson, and Chris Harder
Vana O'Brien
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