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November 2025
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La Mama once again brings us challenging and timely theater with the searing and provocative world premiere of And Then We Were No More, a new play by Tim Blake Nelson and directed by Mark Wing-Davey that will leave you wondering where the heck are we headed as a society as we blindly embrace artificial intelligence and let it lead us instead of finding ways to contain it. Could there possibly be another road for us to take? Another track that keeps us out of reach from the machines? Sadly it appears not as we simply barrel blindly down the path towards total machine dominance. So buckle up tight because it looks like humanity may be in for one terrible ride.
Taking his inspiration from Franz Kafka’s 1919 short story In The Penal Colony, actor/writer Tim Blake Nelson delivers a message that is urgent for our times with this new play. As AI takes on a larger and larger role in our society we have already become vulnerable to its abuse by the government in God knows how many ways. And as time goes on we may come to see some truly horrifying outcomes.
And Then We Were No More serves as a warning to us. In the not-too-distant future a lawyer is forced to represent a prisoner deemed ‘beyond rehabilitation’ and destined to perish in a newly developed machine designed to execute ‘without pain.’ The attorney must strive for justice in a system devoid of mercy.
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And Then We Were No More
September 19 – November 2, 2025
Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 East 4th Street. NYC
For more information on upcoming performances at La Mama →
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Interview with Elizabeth Marvel and Tim Blake Nelson
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