Zoo Motel by Thaddeus Phillips (review)

[...]time and space were extended to their limits when a multitude of voices swirled up from the famous Golden Record sent into space on the Voyager satellite, awaiting response from a point in the distant future when those who recorded it will likely be dead. Zoo Motel could also have been called t...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Theatre Journal 2021-09, Vol.73 (3), p.425-427
Main Author: Huang, Honglan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actors
Hotels & motels
Motion pictures
Theater
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:[...]time and space were extended to their limits when a multitude of voices swirled up from the famous Golden Record sent into space on the Voyager satellite, awaiting response from a point in the distant future when those who recorded it will likely be dead. Zoo Motel could also have been called the "Zoom Hotel," as the actor playfully suggested; virtual space was not only the subject of the play, but also its medium. [...]the door to the room reappeared, and the crossed-out theatre projects in the notebook turned into stages illuminated by ghost lights.
ISSN:0192-2882
1086-332X
1086-332X
DOI:10.1353/tj.2021.0084