“The play addresses significant ethical questions through the lens of an imaginary, yet plausible, future,” writes Emily McClanathan.
Shannon Leigh Webber and Monique Marshaun in"Babel" from Redtwist Theatre.
Set in what is presumably the future United States , “Babel” centers on two expecting couples, one who has been trying to get pregnant for eight years, the other happily surprised. However, a positive pregnancy test, even when greatly desired, immediately leads to anxiety about “pre-certification” — a mandatory process of in-utero testing to determine the physical, cognitive and behavioral desirability of the fetus’s genetic code.
The other couple, Ann and Jamie , is best friends with Dani and Renee, although you wouldn’t know it from some of their chilly interactions. It’s clear that suspicion and surveillance are part of their everyday lives. Throughout the show, actors make their entrances and exits with robotic movements, eyes straight ahead, while stark red and blue lighting and ominously cheerful voice-overs promoting the certification program reinforce an ever-present Big Brother.
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