tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post5949325865754892557..comments2024-03-11T07:26:04.670-05:00Comments on Posthuman Blues: Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-1471123734765399342007-11-28T17:50:00.000-06:002007-11-28T17:50:00.000-06:00Source: The Halifax Daily News - Nova Scotia Canad...Source: The Halifax Daily News - Nova Scotia Canada<BR/><BR/>http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=84273&sc=95<BR/><BR/>28/11/07 <BR/><BR/><BR/>Sci-Fi Play Probes Alien Intelligence<BR/><BR/>Dean Lisk<BR/>The Daily News<BR/><BR/>The world of science fiction - artificial intelligence, time <BR/>theories and maybe even extra-terrestrials - is getting the <BR/>centre-stage treatment.<BR/><BR/>"I scratched my brain, and I can't remember the last time <BR/>someone did an original sci-fi play in Halifax," Paul Kimball <BR/>said.<BR/><BR/>The local filmmaker is directing Doing Time, an original <BR/>production that will be performed at the Wired Monk in Halifax <BR/>beginning tonight.<BR/><BR/>Although he has helmed a number of sci-fi and UFO television <BR/>projects and documentaries for Halifax-based Redstar Films, this <BR/>is just Kimball's second time directing a play. He oversaw last <BR/>March's production of Le Theatre de Boheme's Marat.<BR/><BR/>He enjoyed the experience so much he started up his own <BR/>independent theatre company, Semaphore Theatre, to produce <BR/>original works by people he knows in the sci-fi industry.<BR/><BR/>Doing Time was adapted from a short story by Kansas City-based <BR/>UFO expert and Internet blogger Mac Tonnies. The work originally <BR/>appeared in an anthology called Illumined Black.<BR/><BR/>"The most important thing is that I wanted to do original works, <BR/>but also niche-oriented plays that you are not going to see in <BR/>Halifax - in this case, science fiction," Kimball.<BR/><BR/>The main character in the play is a young woman, Leda, who may -<BR/>or may not - be in prison. The story also deals with ideas <BR/>about time and the differences between human intelligence and <BR/>artificial intelligence.<BR/><BR/>"Mac looks, in his writing, at how close are we, as human <BR/>beings, coming to being artificial-life forms? How close is <BR/>artificial intelligence to becoming self-aware - sort of the <BR/>Terminator thing," Kimball said.<BR/><BR/>Appearing in the production are Kris Lee McBride, Christina <BR/>Cuffari and Nick Lachance.<BR/><BR/>"I enjoy working with actors who have their own strong ideas," <BR/>said Kimball, who says he has allowed them to explore the text <BR/>and the themes. "They are confident, talented young actors, and <BR/>have made this process easy for me."<BR/><BR/>Kimball said Tonnies will be flying into Halifax from his home <BR/>in Kansas City to see the play, and there are hopes the <BR/>production will tour and eventually be turned into a short film.<BR/><BR/>dlisk@hfxnews.ca<BR/><BR/>if you go<BR/><BR/>- What: Doing Time, by Mac Tonnies and Paul Kimball<BR/><BR/>- Where: The Wired Monk, 5147 Morris St.<BR/><BR/>- When: Today through Saturday, 7:30 p.m.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-32512292219639853592007-11-27T17:34:00.000-06:002007-11-27T17:34:00.000-06:00Hey, I'd like to read the screenplay, also! Maybe ...Hey, I'd like to read the screenplay, also! Maybe post on mactonnies.com with a link here?<BR/><BR/>"Once you Go, Mac!--you never turn back..." Keep up the strangegood work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-60486064100059885772007-11-26T20:45:00.000-06:002007-11-26T20:45:00.000-06:00Any chance for a screen play?I wouldn't rule it ou...<I>Any chance for a screen play?</I><BR/><BR/>I wouldn't rule it out.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-10093382705615421202007-11-26T14:36:00.000-06:002007-11-26T14:36:00.000-06:00We will anxiously await the revues...good luck. An...We will anxiously await the revues...good luck. Any chance for a screen play?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-13230380276751905642007-11-26T01:11:00.000-06:002007-11-26T01:11:00.000-06:00Thanks, Daniel!Thanks, Daniel!Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-71038058540148770002007-11-25T22:39:00.000-06:002007-11-25T22:39:00.000-06:00Mac --Congratulations, sir. There's something abo...Mac --<BR/><BR/>Congratulations, sir. There's something about live performance that draws me. I envy your opportunity.<BR/><BR/>So, break a leg!<BR/><BR/>DanielAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com