If to date sci-fi has found its most vivid forms of expression in literature and film -- because of the capabilities inherent to those forms -- the possibilities of the genre remain largely untapped by theater/dance artists. Combining the physical verve inherent in Jennifer Allen's choreography with the phantasmagorical digressions that typify Drew Pisarra's writings, FUTUREWORLD fuses disparate strains: the testosterone-driven tales of Philip K. Dick, the thought-provoking and speculative social critiques of Octavia Butler, the campy awkward incongruities of sci-fi B movie icon Ed Wood, and the ponderous, time shifting sensibilities of Andrei Tarkovsky's high art film Solaris.

Forsaking the technical wizardries generally associated with most "real time" forays into this genre, Allen/Pisarra embrace the dictum "less is more", and thereby heighten attention to what it means to be human in times ahead. The result is a hybrid theatrical experience that is science fiction, not only in its style and its content, but in its scope.

Tune in next week to find out if Glycol
will get her first mate Guargum to safety!

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