Good writers borrow, great writers steal. Jacob McNeal (Robert Downey Jr.) is a great writer, one of our greatest, a perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. But McNeal also has an estranged son, a new novel, old axes to grind and an unhealthy fascination with Artificial Intelligence. Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar’s new play is a startling and wickedly smart examination of the inescapable humanity – and increasing inhumanity – of the stories we tell.
By: Ayad Akhtar
Director: Bartlett Sher
Producer: Lincoln Center Theater in association with Team Downey
Cast list: Robert Downey Jr. (as Jacob McNeal)
Sets: Michael Yeargan and Jake Barton
Costumes: Jennifer Moeller
Lighting: Donald Holder
Sound: Justin Ellington and Beth Lake
Other info: Projections by Jake Barton
Wheelchair access, closed captioning, assistive listening
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