Rachel Bykowski pontificates on critics, world building, writing so-called “unproducable” plays, and more, in this conversation about her new play The Forgotten Language of The Handshake or The Torso Play.

Synopsis: "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."

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The Landing Theatre New Works PodcastBy Brendan Bourque-SheilJan 27, 2021