MONEY
MONEY is a 3-Act dramatic play, conceived and directed by Rick Miller, featuring a cast of 8 Canadian performers. This multidisciplinary work explores how currency fuels our lives and relationships, and flows as the lifeblood of human civilization.
MONEY is structured around 3 generations of characters, whose lives intersect in 3 time periods:
-1988 (in the height of 1980s “Greed is Good” mentality)
-2008 (in the heart of the global financial meltdown)
-2028 (in the future: where we speculate on AI, liberal capitalist democracy, cryptocurrency, and the climate emergency)
8 performers each embody a central character, plus a variety of supporting parts. The MONEY storylines will culminate in a 2028 Canadian federal election featuring an AI candidate, with our audience voting - or betting - on the future with their phones.
(*BMO Lab in Creative Research in the Arts, Performance, Emerging Technologies and AI)
Development began in 2022, is continuing through 2024, with a World Premiere planned for the 2025-26 theatre season.
If you would like to support (or invest in) this project, please contact us here.
We would like to acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.
