The Singularity Play (excerpt) by Jay Stull

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THE SINGULARITY PLAY By Jay Stull Characters DENISE GREG LAUREN HEIDI ALICE JASON HENRY OCEAN SKYLER CHARLIE MARYANN

an AI playwright who has written a play called “The Uncanny Valley” a computer scientist, also HOLLIS a director, also SALEM an actor, also EMILY, also JULES an actor, also ROYAL an actor, also DENVER an actor, also FINLEY another director a stage manager, also SIRI another playwright a friend from Idaho

Time Present day, and also three generations from now. Place The offices of Google, and also a rehearsal room of the future. Notes /

indicates where the subsequent character begins speaking.

[words in brackets]

indicate unspoken language.

(​continuous​)

means a character is presenting a continuous thought across distinct intervening dialogue lines. Denise’s dialogue lines are written in ​this format​ to reflect the different quality of her speech.

Tiny print

indicates the smallness of sound from the virtual world. means that a cyborg in the second act is doing too many parallel computing tasks. It may indicate a freeze in physicality or a slowing of speech or expression.


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