Elliot Leeds is dead -- or is he? A pioneering software mogul, Leeds makes headlines one last time when his private jet plunges into the Pacific. Months later, his grief-paralyzed widow Melanie discovers Elliot's greatest creation: a virtual-reality simulation of himself that he masterminded before his demise.

 

Programmed with advanced artificial intelligence, thousands of hours of his recorded thoughts and speech, and a digital re-creation of his face and body, "Elliot 2.0" is a talking, thinking, virtual soul. And though merely an image on the video screens of their wired, high-tech mansion, it -- he -- can answer questions, hold conversations, share memories, and perhaps even grow in intelligence and capacity. The question is...is he alive?

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April 21-24 at The Civic Playhouse

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Directed by James Chapman

Assisted by Stephanie Rochet

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Benjamin Loutitt as Elliott

Bec Kynaston as Melanie

Tim Turner as Ben

Claire Williams as Catherine

Patrick Campbell as Jerry Gold

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