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Homunculus by Andrew Piechota
October 19, 2023 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Two debt-laden young workers, Ash and Sage, toil in the depths of a decrepit mansion-turned-crypto-mine deep in the woods near the Columbia River Basin, looking after a massive rig of computer servers. They receive food via airdrop, rest in sleeping bags, and are forbidden from contact with the outside world. As they struggle to adapt to the demands of a distant authority, they spiral, each in their own way, toward mysticism and obsession.
There is someone watching them; there is something in the walls; there is something within themselves, aching to be free- here at the intersection of technology, nature, and the occult.
Cast:
Owen Hickle-Edwards as Ash
Stephanie Fongheiser as Sage
Peter Ferneding as Felix
Martina Logan as Avery
Dramaturg:
Felix Abidor
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