Ada

by Aeneas Sagar Hemphill

Ada has long been a proud worker for the Company, a corporation which, following an event of ecological collapse known as “The Flood,” has taken charge of every aspect of production and social life. When Ada experiences changes in her performance, she is assigned to her superior, Joan, for frequent meetings to assess and correct her thinking and behavior. Their work together begins to reveal a possible history...

Ada has long been a proud worker for the Company, a corporation which, following an event of ecological collapse known as “The Flood,” has taken charge of every aspect of production and social life. When Ada experiences changes in her performance, she is assigned to her superior, Joan, for frequent meetings to assess and correct her thinking and behavior. Their work together begins to reveal a possible history of trauma, but Joan remains in denial—until a shocking act of violence throws her perfectly-ordered world off balance and puts her at odds with her radical daughter.

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  • Brynn Hambley: Ada by Aeneas Sagar Hemphill
    “

    An eerie sci-fi horror that manages to incite unease without any stereotypical "horror" tropes such as gore or jump scares. This play manages to discuss everything from sexual assault to the morality of AI to anti-capitalist views in a mere 87 pages. I found myself rooting for Ada, and Amy, making the ending all the more effective. A challenging work in the best way.

    An eerie sci-fi horror that manages to incite unease without any stereotypical "horror" tropes such as gore or jump scares. This play manages to discuss everything from sexual assault to the morality of AI to anti-capitalist views in a mere 87 pages. I found myself rooting for Ada, and Amy, making the ending all the more effective. A challenging work in the best way.

    ”
  • Jan Rosenberg: Ada by Aeneas Sagar Hemphill
    “

    This is an exciting, frightening, and all too topical play. Aeneas has created a world that feels all too close to ours, and it's the journey of getting to know Ada and her superiors (and maybe sometimes allies) was thrilling and heartbreaking. This is a play that will challenge and get under the skin. It will quite literally grab you in a robot-grip vice, especially in the last few scenes.

    This is an exciting, frightening, and all too topical play. Aeneas has created a world that feels all too close to ours, and it's the journey of getting to know Ada and her superiors (and maybe sometimes allies) was thrilling and heartbreaking. This is a play that will challenge and get under the skin. It will quite literally grab you in a robot-grip vice, especially in the last few scenes.

    ”
  • Alli Hartley-Kong: Ada by Aeneas Sagar Hemphill
    “

    I had the privilege of getting to experience the reading of this play at Signature Theatre, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was particularly interested in how trauma response is portrayed within this play, and how that shapes Joan's relationships with her daughter, and with Ada. I could see this being a really great fit for a theatre looking at science fiction, plays about machine learning, and representation of real versus unreal.

    I had the privilege of getting to experience the reading of this play at Signature Theatre, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was particularly interested in how trauma response is portrayed within this play, and how that shapes Joan's relationships with her daughter, and with Ada. I could see this being a really great fit for a theatre looking at science fiction, plays about machine learning, and representation of real versus unreal.

    ”
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