Reading frankenstein

Photos by: Jesús López Vargas
Reading Frankenstein (a CounterBalance Theatre Production) is an intermedia performance in which a contemporary scientist named Mary Shelley discovers that one of her failed genetic experiments is running amok in her laboratory, at the same time as the novel Frankenstein is haunting her imagination. Given the autonomy of A.I. and the accelerating scientific possibilities of CRISPR, Reading Frankenstein presents questions about ethics and evolution in an era of genetic possibility. 

Content Creation Design: Morgan Embry
Co-Playwright: Annie Loui and Antoinette LaFarge, in collaboration with neurobiologist Jim Fallon
Direction: Annie Loui
Projection Design: Antoinette LaFarge
Projection Engineer: Merle Dewitt III
Scenic and Lighting Design: Lonnie Alcaraz
Costume Design: Holly Poe Durbin
Sound Design: Vinnie Olivieri
Composition: Mark Caspary
Stage Manager: Bradley  Zipser
Location: The xMPL Theater on the campus of UC Irvine
Oct 31-Nov 9, 2019