The automated figures begin to come alive. L-R are Natalie Gross, Kendal Lemburg, Maddie Bieber, Averie Marshall and Natalie Biegler.
FRONT L-R Shawn Quinn, Lola Hornick, Abby Linderman and Wylee Keller in a scene from “Property Rites.” BACK: Averie Marshall and Manuela Molinera-Munoz
Shawn Quinn as Kyle McManus (CENTER) tries to sell his “art” to Mike and Ruby Pushtin. L-R are Wylee Keller as Mike Pushtin, Natalie Biegler (Figure 3), Quinn, Natalie Gross (Figure 1), and Abby Linderman (Ruby Pushtin).
In the Timber Lake High School one-act drama, Kyle MacManus (played by Shawn Quinn) has invested millions in a high-tech work of art — human figure sculptures programmed to perform thousands of movements, monologues, dialogues, and more. As he is about to sell the sculptures they “malfunction” and begin to think and act for themselves. As each one struggles to achieve autonomy, they begin...