Alley Stage Reading Series: AI Gore Rhythm by Phil Darg

Description

In the future, AI will do everything for us . . . except make us happy. Al Gore Rhythm explores the current trajectory of humanity’s relationship with technology—specifically, the deeper integration of computer tech into daily life, the explosion of AI-generated content, and the ever more sophisticated software algorithms that increasingly affect the many aspects of human existence. Phil Darg is the author of many plays and musicals including: Sasquatched! The Musical (NYMF 2013 Next Link); The Pound: A Musical for the Dogs (2017 Theatre Now New York Sound Bites); The ABC’s of LGBT at the Rainbow Valley B ‘n’ B (winner, 2020 Robert J. Pickering Award); The Diary of Anya Drozdova (O’Neill semi-finalist, 2023; Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award, finalist); Evolution (winner, 2018 William Faulkner Literary Competition); Hyard Ed (finalist, B Street Theatre, 2019); Thespis (finalist, 2020 Tennessee Williams One-Act Play Contest; Hero (Alternative Theater, New York); Facility (2017 William Inge); ‘Til Death (Darkhorse Dramatists).