THE UNCANNY VALLEY to Play The Brick, 10/8-19

After a successful premiere in The Brick's 2014 Game Play Festival THE UNCANNY VALLEY, written and directed by Francesca Talenti will return to The Brick Theater (579 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn) for a limited two-week run October 8-19. The production will feature a RoboThespian actor along with human actors Katja Hill and Alphonse Nicholson (Dominique Morisseau's Autumn's Harvest at Lincoln Center Theater). The creative team will include Puppeteer/Robot Manager Jim Bulluck, Software Designer Adrian Ilie, Robo Explorer Henry Fuchs, Set Designer David Navalinsky, Lighting Designer Kathy A. Perkins (Daniel Sullivan's In Real Life with Manhattan Theatre Club), and Stage Manager Alex James.

What do we gain in our quest for immortality? What might we lose? Is technological progress the product of free will, or a Faustian bargain? Francesca Talenti imaginatively explores these questions in The Uncanny Valley, a new play for two humans and one humanoid robot.

In The Uncanny Valley, young Edwin agrees to participate in a study run by the mysterious Professor Southcott in order to escape a destructive digital doppelganger. The contract Edwin signs promises him wealth and a clean slate; in exchange, he must upload his mind into Dummy, a robot capable of mirroring Edwin's being. This new multimedia play is a horrifying yet humorous exploration of the fragility of the human soul.

The Uncanny Valley will play a two-week run October 8-19 at The Brick (579 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, one block from the L train Lorimer stop / G train Metropolitan stop), Wed 10/8 @ 8pm, Fri 10/10 @ 8pm, Sat 10/11 @ 8pm, Sun 10/12 @ 2pm, Thu 10/16 @ 8pm, Fri 10/17 @ 8pm, Sat 10/18 @ 8pm, & Sun 10/19 @ 2pm. Tickets ($18) are available online at www.bricktheater.com or by calling OvationTix at 212-352-3101. The show runs approximately 75 minutes, without an intermission.