San Francisco Playhouse Explores The Metaverse With Imaginative Sci-fi World Premiere Play MY HOME ON THE MOON
Things are not all they seem as a restaurant waiter named Mai discovers artificial intelligence-powered simulations may be taking over reality.
San Francisco Playhouse will ring in 2024 with the World Premiere of Minna Lee's My Home on the Moon. In this epic sci-fi journey into the metaverse, business is booming for a formerly failing pho restaurant in the middle of a gentrified neighborhood after it receives help from a mysterious marketing consultant.
Things are not all they seem as the restaurant's waiter Mai discovers artificial intelligence-powered simulations may be taking over reality. With the help of astral projecting friends and ancient Vietnamese ancestors, and armed with bánh xèo, chả giò, and delicious pho, Mai must balance the perfection of artificial life with the harshness of reality.
A finalist for the 2024 Bay Area Playwrights Festival and semi-finalist for Ashland New Plays Festival, My Home on the Moon received developmental readings at UC Santa Cruz's Rainbow Theater Festival and Bucharest Inside the Beltway. This imaginative and innovative new play is helmed by Musical Theatre Factory's Producing Artistic Director Mei Ann Teo.
Previews: Thursday, January 25 – Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Opening: Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Closes: Saturday, February 24, 2024
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 7pm
Wednesdays: 2pm & 7pm
Fridays: 8pm
Saturdays: 3pm & 8pm
Sundays: 2pm
San Francisco Playhouse (450 Post Street, San Francisco)
Single tickets ($15-$100) and subscriptions are currently available for San Francisco Playhouse's 2023-24 Season. For more information, the public may visit https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2023-2024-season/my-home-on-the-moon/ or call the box office at 415-677-9596.
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