It is always great to see something new on the stages in the Dayton area. This time around, it is ‘Anthropology’ at the Sinclair Theater. We got the scoop on the performance! So excited to chat with the show’s director, Gina Neuerer!
I read the script of anthropology and immediately wanted to be part of telling this story. The playwright, Lauren Gunderson, is an incredibly creative storyteller and is telling a thriller of a story with anthropology! You’re on the edge of your seat, holding your breath, all the way through to the end. From an educational standpoint, the script offered our performance students the ability to develop deeply layered characters and the technology students the opportunity learn computer and video design and engineering skills.
I look forward to the audiences experiencing this fast-paced, beautiful story. I look forward to the audience being witness to the love and grief within this family and the many ways we cope with trauma and how it is possible to come together after we break apart.
937: Which of course means the story must be a doozie….can you gives us insight into the story itself?When Merril creates an AI version of her sister, she finds herself questioning the difference between reality and fiction. As her creation begins to develop motives of its own, Merril’s life is thrown into chaos as her family gets pulled into the power of a well-programmed machine. A story that intertwines the love of family with AI technology, anthropology will take you on a journey that will have you questioning what is real and what is not.
Here is a quote from the playwright:
“While anthropology is a roller coaster of the contrasting tensions between technology and its creators,” says Gunderson, “this play is truly a very human story of family, grief, resilience, love and sisterhood… all new technology – like all art – is first and foremost a method of expressing and coming to understand ourselves.”
The show runs at 7pm on
Oct 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18
And 2pm on Oct 12
The cast consists of Tiffany Higgins, Adalia Gaynier, Rosi Green, Kimberly Borst, and Ryan Ford.
Where: Sinclair Community College, Black Box Theatre (Building 2), 444 W. Third St., Dayton
Ticket Information: $15 plus $2 service fee. No at-the-door ticket sales. All tickets must be purchased online at: www.sinclair.edu/tickets
