Intimate Surveillance

by Catherine Stewart

When disgraced entrepreneur Mina James sits down with storied journalist David Mendez, she quickly asserts control over the narrative. However, this reporter isn't interested in a scintillating profile on her latest technological invention. Instead, David intends to make Mina reckon with the question, who can you trust if technology becomes part of our intimate lives?

When disgraced entrepreneur Mina James sits down with storied journalist David Mendez, she quickly asserts control over the narrative. However, this reporter isn't interested in a scintillating profile on her latest technological invention. Instead, David intends to make Mina reckon with the question, who can you trust if technology becomes part of our intimate lives?

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Intimate Surveillance

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Intimate Surveillance by Catherine Stewart
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    Bold, brilliant, a true nail-biter. Directors will love directing this 2hander of a thriller with its cleanly sculpted beats and moment to moment character work. Intimate and chilling. Wonderful work that asks us to rethink technology, privacy and men. And maybe men might begin to rethink themselves.

    Bold, brilliant, a true nail-biter. Directors will love directing this 2hander of a thriller with its cleanly sculpted beats and moment to moment character work. Intimate and chilling. Wonderful work that asks us to rethink technology, privacy and men. And maybe men might begin to rethink themselves.

    ”

Character Information

VOILA, the virtual assistant technology with a speech synthesizer, can be pre-recorded.
  • Mina James
    Mid-Twenties
    Egyptian-American
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female
  • David Mendez
    Late Fifities
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s,
      50s,
      60s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male
  • Voila
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female

Development History

  • Workshop, Northern Stage and Darmouth College, 2025

Awards

  • Neukom Institute Literary Award for Playwriting
    Dartmouth College and Northern Stage (Neukom Institute for Computational Science)
    Winner
    2024