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New Golden Age

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 2m, 1any gender (adult)

Karen Hartman

In the New Normal, two sisters face a big tech dystopia. Professor Lin leads the resistance with her students, while her sister Polly attempts a perilous inside maneuver. A story of memory, intimacy and revolution.

New Golden Age

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m, 1any gender (adult)
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Science Fiction
  • Suggested Use
    • Scene Work
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
In the New Normal, two sisters face a big tech dystopia. Sunlight, founded by a boy genius, has expanded during the Pause, bringing every corner of our lives InLight. Now folk-hero Professor Lin defends the Right to the Dark, while her sister Polly attempts a perilous inside maneuver with a new gig InLight. Will we ever meet unobserved again? New Golden Age is a revolutionary tale about reclaiming human connection in an age driven by data.
History
New Golden Age premiered at Primary Stages (59e59 Theaters) in New York City in 2022.
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Performing Groups

MAT – A multibillionaire tech founder, warm, feels more like Buttigieg than Zuckerberg. White, mid thirties. He/him.

LIN – A professor of ethics. Elegant and forceful. East or South Asian, late forties. She/her.

POLLY – A broke creative person. A superpower listener. White, mid twenties. He/him.

SILAS – An employed creative person. A powerful listener. Black, mid twenties. He/him.

JACE – The student leader of Lin’s movement. Wears a kilt. Bright hair, possibly green. Any race, early twenties. They/them or she/her.

  • Time Period The Future
  • Setting A low-tech future world. An old-fashioned, high status office. 2033.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“Hartman does one better than Orwell.” – TheaterMania
“Structured like a Greek tragedy, [New Golden Age] imagines the dark consequences of an extremely online future as two sisters struggle to connect IRL.” – The New York Times

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    New Golden Age at Primary Stages

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    Behind the Scenes of New Golden Age

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Authors

Karen Hartman

Karen Hartman

Karen Hartman is a finalist for the 2023 international Susan Smith Blackburn prize. In 2022, her work launched VOLT at 59e59 Theaters, an unprecedented festival of three simultaneous off-Broadway premieres by a single author: New Golden Age (Primary Stages); The Lucky Star (T ...

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