The Nether

Originally performed in Los Angeles where it won seven 2013 Ovation Awards, this play follows a detective looking for morality in an online, role-playing virtual reality realm that lets users experience extremely realistic acts of imaginary deviance. Original.

Autorentext

Jennifer Haley won the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for The Nether. The play's premiere by the Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles won seven 2013 Ovation Awards, including Playwriting. Her other plays include Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom and Breadcrumbs. Her work has been developed at the Sundance Theatre Lab, The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference, and Lark Play Development Center. She is a member of New Dramatists.

Klappentext

A daring examination of moral responsibility in virtual worlds, The Nether opens with a familiar interrogation scene given a technological twist. Suspenseful, ingeniously constructed, and fiercely intelligent, Haley's play forces us to confront deeply disturbing questions about the boundaries of reality.

Zusammenfassung
A daring examination of moral responsibility in virtual worlds, The Nether opens with a familiar interrogation scene given a technological twist. Suspenseful, ingeniously constructed, and fiercely intelligent, Haley's play forces us to confront deeply disturbing questions about the boundaries of reality.