they're trying to kill you

In a sterile waiting room for the neuralink microchip, Soren and Ivan contemplate modernity, gay sex and War & Peace all the while signs from the world and from within cause them to question what is gained and lost when fully ingesting modern technology into their bodies. The hot nurse and local loon come in and out as these two face existential questions about the irreversibility of the future and whether we...

In a sterile waiting room for the neuralink microchip, Soren and Ivan contemplate modernity, gay sex and War & Peace all the while signs from the world and from within cause them to question what is gained and lost when fully ingesting modern technology into their bodies. The hot nurse and local loon come in and out as these two face existential questions about the irreversibility of the future and whether we have any agency against its oncoming tide. Loosely an adaptation of The Death of Ivan Ilyich and HEAVILY inspired by the thinking of Foucault, Butler, and Kierkegaard, this queer comedic romp through existential philosophy will have you thinking, laughing, crying, and maybe even questioning if it's a good thing we push forward with unchecked liberty on the frontiers of technology with little to no consideration of how the beauty of a flower can provide just as much if not more satisfaction to one's life.

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  • Dane Futrell: they're trying to kill you

    Philosophically rich, bitingly profound, and acts as a proper result of the past existential ideologies that have manifested an illusory and chaotic present moment. I love the humanity of this piece so much. Drenched in the philosophy of Tolstoy and Kierkegaard while being completely original, I cannot recommend this play enough.

    Philosophically rich, bitingly profound, and acts as a proper result of the past existential ideologies that have manifested an illusory and chaotic present moment. I love the humanity of this piece so much. Drenched in the philosophy of Tolstoy and Kierkegaard while being completely original, I cannot recommend this play enough.