THE EGG: A Play by Noah Masterson

Welcome to the Incubation

About the Play

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THE EGG is about an egg-laying college professor, a feather-faced hacker, and a mute street artist whose lives collide when a disruptive technology enters the scene.

THE EGG is about identity and being true to oneself.

THE EGG is about isolation and connection.

THE EGG is about what happens when corporations take artifical intelligence to its logical extreme.

THE EGG is about the role of art in daily life.

THE EGG is about mortality and immortality. Aging and childhood. Love and death and friendship.

And it's got an army of dolls.

CHARACTERS

RAYMONDA nebbishy computer programmer.
MAVISA frustrated academic
CHUYRaymond's only friend, a silent street artist
AGNESA one-person corporation and government agency
HORTENSIAAgnes's propagandist
FALCOA wise-cracking carnival freak
SORAYAMavis's virtual therapist
HECTOR*Raymond's pet iguana
PETE & WULFGAR*Sad-sack employees of Agnes
LAMBAST P. SKETCH*A back-alley surgeon
EDDIE*Falco's boss
ENSEMBLEThe Dollums**, Patient, Therapist, Elevator Riders / Tourists / Mourners

* Three actors are needed for the Ensemble and can double in other roles.
**DOOT, AH & BOOTAY, Agnes's life-size dolls / advisors, collectively known as "The Dollums"

History

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2 November, 2024
First public reading at Austin History Center, Austin, TX

17 January, 2025
THE YOLK, a 20-minute version of THE EGG, performed at Hyde Park Theater as part of FronteraFest, Austin, TX

Get Involved

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Let's Hatch this Thing!

I'm seeking investors and producing partners to help hatch THE EGG.

--> Download the play here.

Are you...

A theater owner?
A stage manager?
A producer?
A director?
An actor?
A high school theater instructor
A professor of theater?
Some kind of wizard?
Tired of boring theater?
Rich?
Ready to make magic?
A patron of the arts?
Afraid of what the future may hold?
Ready to push back on the digital metaverse?
Bored?
Unsettled?
Unready for techno-fascism?
A costumer / propmaster / choreographer / lighting or sound technician?
Extremely well connected?
Just want to get involved?

Get in touch!

Noah Masterson

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Noah Masterson holds a degree in screenwriting from the University of Miami.

Noah was a musician, composer, and sound designer with Inverse Theater Company in New York City in the late 90s and early aughts. That experience served as an education in what’s possible in the theater world: absolute magic, on a shoestring budget.

After leaving New York, Noah entered the corporate world and stayed there for 20 years. During that time, THE EGG was incubating. Now, it is ready to hatch.