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?
August 5-8 at The Civic Playhouse
Directed by James Chapman
Assisted by Stephanie Rochet
Benjamin Loutitt as Elliott
Bec Kynaston as Melanie
Tim Turner as Ben
Claire Williams as Catherine
Patrick Campbell as Jerry Gold