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.