Title: The Humans
Venue and Format: Livestream
Innovation: Play turned digital using a model house and video clips to create a virtual stage experience.
By turns hilarious and haunting, the Tony-winning play The Humans tells the story of the Blakes, a middle-class American family celebrating a most unusual Thanksgiving. This year, they gather in New York City at youngest daughter Brigid’s Chinatown apartment – a basement duplex that would feel like a bargain if not for the lack of sunlight and the sudden, unexplained, loud noises coming from upstairs. Normally they celebrate in Scranton, but the break with tradition is just one of many disruptions with which they’re forced to contend. Stephen Karam’s brilliant play delivers both the warm comfort of family and a thoroughly modern anxiety about what’s on the other side of the wall.
THEATRE/COMPANY: Olney Theatre Center
ARTISTS:
Playwright: Stephen Karam
Director: Aaron Posner Scenic Designer: Paige Hathaway Costume Designer: Kelsey Hunt Lighting Designer: Max Doolittle Sound Designer: Sarah O’Halloran Video Editor: Emily Jerison
Featuring: Kimberly Gilbert, Mitchell Hébert, Sherri L. Edelen, Dani Stoller, Catie Flye, and Jonathan Raviv.
DATE OF PREMIERE: September 2, 2020
COUNTRY: USA
LANGUAGE: English
CATEGORY: Online, Livestream