ABOUT THE PLAY
Welcome to the United Levels, a distant future that is closer than we think. Formally known as the United States of America with parts of Canada and Mexico. Citizens are defined by the amount of debt plaguing their finances and divided by their financial status into Levels. Level 1 being the wealthiest, Level 10 being the poorest. Sachs, a Level 9, uses her position as a Personal Journalist to help bring a sense of checks and balances to this capitalist driven future. She will always report the facts objectively, no matter how damning. Sachs finds herself working with an up and coming tech company that promises to bring equality through its questionable medical advances. She is forced to analyze her own moral code when asked how much she would sacrifice to raise her level and what would she charge for a literal piece of herself.
CHARACTERS
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY/AWARDS
CHARACTERS
- Sachs: She/Her, 30’s
- Mac: They/Them, 17-years-old
- Sarah: She/Her, 40’s
- Guidance: A computer simulation/AI tech, ageless but young-looking, programmed she/her.
- Please note that all voiceovers are voiced by Guidance. The actor playing Guidance should use different voices/personalities for each voiceover. These voices include:
- Experiment Announcement Voiceover
- Beach Voiceover
- LifeScroll Voiceover
- Infection Door Alarm Voice
- Teachers Voiceover (T.V.)
- Marathon Announcer
- Vacation Voiceover
- Retract Voiceover
- Mac’s Mom’s Voice – Voiced by a different actor (pre-recorded)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY/AWARDS
- Semi-finalist for the Landing Theatre Company New American Voices Festival 2021: Houston, TX
- Semi-finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights' Festival 2021
- Semi-finalist for the Risk Theatre's Modern Tragedy Award 2020