Overview

• The world‑premiere off‑Broadway production opened at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre, with performances beginning September 28.
• Mark Wing‑Davey directs a cast led by Elizabeth Marvel, joined by Scott Shepherd, Jennifer Mogbock, Henry Stram, and Elizabeth Yeoman.
• Set in a future justice system run by a godlike algorithm, the drama follows a lawyer assigned to an inmate who has waived trial and chosen execution by a supposedly painless machine.
• Critics commend Marvel’s advocacy‑driven performance and note striking turns from Shepherd as an official, Stram as a machinist, and Mogbock as an investment‑firm analyst.
• Reviews praise the cold, mechanized world conjured by David Meyer’s set and Reza Behjat’s lighting, while raising concerns about plotting and a puzzling late coda.