What is Parallax?

  • Parallax Science Fiction Theatre Festival is about using perspective to challenge our experience of theatre. Just as an object seems entirely different when viewed from another angle, the ways that we make theatre can change dramatically when we invite collaborators from other disciplines to share their own vision.

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Parallax Festival

Louisville, KY, June 26th-28th, 2015

Parallax Science Fiction Theatre Festival is about using perspective to alter how theatre is experienced. We will be producing staged readings of short science fiction plays in cooperation with designers and technitians from backgrounds other than theatre. Performances will be accompanied by a special technical exhibit featuring designs and prototypes of orginal elements created by Makers for the plays. The idea for the festival comes from the scientific principle of parallax. Just as an object seems entirely different when viewed from another angle, the ways that we make and see theatre can change dramatically when we invite collaborators from other disciplines to share their own vision. Together, we can find new ways of creating science fiction on stage. The hope of this festival is to create an expanded culture of cooperation between the Maker and theatre community.
Parallax Science Fiction Theatre Festival is hosted by Here There Be Monsters & Co. The festival is organized by Bethany Morse, Christos Callow Jr., and Carol Stewart.
For more information, contact us at parallaxlou@gmail.com, or find us on Twitter @parallaxlou, and on Facebook at Parallax Science Fiction Theatre Festival.

Call For Makers

Announcing Selected Plays

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This first year of the festival will entail staged readings of short Sci-Fi plays solicited from across the country. Each play will be paired with makers from the local community to design elements of the show. In addition to these new works, select nights will feature a special presentation of a scene from Rossum's Universal Robots by Savage Rose Theatre Company. RUR, written in 1921, is the first recorded piece of science fiction theatre, and the origin of the word robot.

This year's selected plays are:

Advanced Program Systems by Bella Poynton
Björke-land by Kelley Holley
For the Living by Chie-Hoon Lee
Hero Worship by Brian David Walker
The Last Oreo by Paco Jose Madden
Origin by Ray Robinson
Prenatal Yoga by A. Vincent Ularich