Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Adapted and directed by Edward Einhorn
From the novel by Philip K. Dick
ORIGINALLY PERFORMED:
Nov 18 - Dec 10, 2010
3LD Art and Technology Center
80 Greenwich St, New York, NY
An adaptation of Philip K. Dick's sci fi classic about androids and a bounty hunter, Rick Deckard, who loves them/loves to kill them. The book inspired the film Blade Runner, but this adaptation returns to the original novel's ideas about a post-apocalyptic world seeking resurrection through the rediscovery of empathy. The production uses innovative video techniques to blur the lines between humanity and technology, finding the soul within the machine.
CAST
Mercer: Timothy Babcock*
Rick Deckard: Alex Emanuel*
Bryant: Ian W. Hill
Iran Deckard: Uma Incrocci*
Roy Baty: Christian Pedersen*
Rachael Rosen: Yvonne Roen*
Buster Friendly: Trav SD
Phillipa Ryan: Alyssa Simon* Isidore: Ken Simon*
Luna Luft: Moira Stone*
TV Crew/Puppeteers: Lynn Berg, Lindsey Carter, Maia Karo, Candace Lawrence
Cello: Michael Midlarsky, Laura Metcalf
*Member of AEA
PRODUCTION
Adaptor/Director:
Edward Einhorn
Composer: Henry Akona
Dramaturgy: Karen Ott
Set Designer: Neal Wilkinson
Video Designer: Jared Mezzochi
Costume Designer: Carla Gant
Lighting Designer: Jeff Nash
Puppet Designer: Barry Weil
Stage Manager and Props Designer: Berit Johnson
Assistant Directors:
Tom Berger and Patrice Miller
Fight Choreography: Daniel Zisson
Assistant Costume Designer: Candace Lawrence
Graphic Design by Clinton Corbett
Reviews
“Challenging, thought-provoking...[Dick]'s indictments of blind religious faith, tabloid TV, celebrity worship and a society gone numb seem depressingly timely four decades later.”
— Raven Snook,
Time Out New York
“Edward Einhorn has crafted an eerie, strikingly designed adaptation of Philip K. Dick's heady post-apocalyptic novel.”
— AJ Mell,
Backstage
“An act of fan love but also dramatically shrewd, since a downtown play is a better forum than a Hollywood blockbuster for a grim meditation on religion, consumerism and what it means to be human...Neal Wilkinson’s set is exactly right: high-tech but also organic, a design that resists straight lines and geometric shapes. Its surrealism (imagine a modest, cut-rate creation by Gaudí) matches the dreamlike style...What sticks with you are more ghostly images: a fuzzy video screen, a sad-faced android and an opera singer, played by Moira Stone, who seems both completely phony and movingly fragile at the same time.”