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John Cameron Mitchell
Octet
by Dave Malloy
Synopsis
Featuring a score for an a cappella chamber choir and an original libretto inspired by internet comment boards, scientific debates, religious texts and Sufi poetry, Octet explores addiction and nihilism within the messy context of 21st-century technology.
Eight internet addicts gather in a support group in a church basement to share their stories in a series of hymns and solo confessionals where they explain their relationship to technology, each of which corresponds to one of the Major Arcana cards in a tarot deck.
With moments of both rawness and also levity, this musical from the author of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 deftly discusses the many ways in which technology and phones have affected people.
Publication
Publisher Concord Theatricals
Octet is a play written by Dave Malloy and published by Concord Theatricals .
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