Theatre

Feb 25—28, 2027

2021

Guilty by Association / Canada

“2021 is an ode to humanity – and a hopeful look at how AI could enhance, rather than detract from, what it means to create art with other humans.”

— The Globe and Mail

Under the glow of a flickering screen, a daughter reconstructs her deceased father, pixel by pixel.

2021 is a live performance where theatre, AI, and video games converge, blurring the boundary between human remembrance and machine logic. An audience member steps into the role of Brian, an unhoused veteran reliving his final weeks inside a looping digital hospital encountering a labyrinth of corridors, bureaucratic dead ends, and fleeting human contact. Guided by his daughter’s narration, fragments of data become playable memory. Each decision glitches reality a little more. How do we provide dignity in death to those we fundamentally disagree with? Part elegy, part experiment, 2021 exposes the tenderness and terror of digital resurrection. It asks not whether machines can think, but whether memory itself is a kind of simulation.

Info

Venue

Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre
Emerson Paramount Center
559 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111



Dates

Feb 25, 2027 - Feb 28, 2027


Packages

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Details

Up to 2 hours

All Ages

Content Warning:

2021 includes flashing lights, audience participation, violence, crude language, and references to war, racism, and sexism. Participation and active spectatorship are a central part of 2021.




Note: This show is currently available as part of an ArtsEmerson Season Package or a group sale. Single tickets for the production will go on sale at a later date.