PREVIEW
PRESS RELEASE // Lafayette College:
Frankenstein 2029 is an immersive visual arts, theater,
music, dance, film, and media experience based on
Mary Shelley’s gothic novel that challenges both the
boundaries of live performance and what it means
to be human in an ever-accelerating technological
world. Meander through Shelley’s bedroom.
Explore Walton’s ship and observe its
intrepid crew. And tread carefully
through Victor Neurotech’s lab
and spy their latest inventions. Or
shadow the Creature itself (not
too close!), as it ventures through
the venues and unpredictably
interacts with audience and cast
alike. The brainchild of art professor Ed Kerns of Lafayette College,
Frankenstein 2029 embodies the College’s mission to infuse the arts across
the curriculum and drive true cross-disciplinary collaboration. Over eighty students, faculty, staff & alumni have
fused their expertise in neuroscience, art, chemistry, computer
science, engineering, English, neuroscience, theater, and more
to bring Frankenstein 2029 to life. “With this production, we’re
tackling the big, transcendent questions facing us all: the nature of humanity’s connectivity, the impact of socio-economic
and gender inequalities, the ethics of extending life, and most
especially technology’s current and future role in our lives,”
says Kerns. “How will we be changed, individually, collectively,
by these issues?”
For more information on the April performance and to purchase
tickets, visit: https://sites.lafayette.edu/frankenstein2029/