The Weavers

The Weavers
After the play by Gerhart Hauptmann
Directed by Jay Scheib
Premiering as part of MIT Future Fest

Performances

Wednesday, September 30 at 7pm, Preview
Thursday, October 1 at 7pm, Preview
Friday, October 2 at 7pm, Future Fest
Saturday, October 3 at 2:30pm, Future Fest
Saturday, October 3 at 7pm, Future Fest

All performances will take place in Building W97 at MIT
(345 Vassar Street in Cambridge, MA).

The Weavers is a new extended reality (XR) action-film-inspired performance based on Nobel Prize winner Gerhart Hauptmann’s play from 1912. It centers a community of textile workers and their bosses whose understanding of labor, sense of faith, and humanity is pressed to the brink by the unstoppable march of mechanization, automation, and the free-fall collapse of empathy. #willAItakemyjob

Generously supported by the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST)

Please note that MIT Future Fest performances require the purchase of a Festival Pass.

Performances are free for those who present MIT ID at door.

Performers
Brad Burgess
Parker Jennings
Cristhian Mancinas-García
Sally Rose Zuckert
Jorge Rubio
Mitra Sharif
Hui Ying Wen
Hugo Zasloff Nelson

Creative Team
Joseph Lark-Riley, stage design
Peter Torpey with Anna Borou Yu, video and interactive design
Yanyi Liu, camera
Jonathan Fajors, clothes
Christian Frederickson, sound design
Xinyu Xu, lighting design
Maggie Moore, Director of Production
Zisan Ugurlu, dramaturgy
Molly Bercutt, stage manager
Jay Scheib, director