{"product_id":"anthropology-9781350443709","title":"Anthropology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI have no answers. I have nothing but rage \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand sorrow. And so yes I built you because \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethis is what I do. And honestly it's not that \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehard, you're basically a chatbot. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMerril is one of Silicon Valley's leading software engineers, but her life disintegrates when her younger sister Angie vanishes on her way home from college. A year later, when the police have long abandoned their search, Merril assembles all the digital material Angie has left behind and sets about building herself a digital simulation of her sister. The resultant 'virtual Angie' offers her some solace - until, that is, it starts to reveal new details about the real Angie's disappearance... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA moving exploration of the intersection of family, technology, and legacy, \u003ci\u003eanthropology \u003c\/i\u003eis the timely new play from award-winning playwright, Lauren Gunderson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at London's Hampstead Theatre, in September 2023\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Gunderson\u003c\/b\u003e has been one of the most produced playwrights in America since 2015 topping the list twice including 2019\/20. She is a two-time winner of the Steinberg\/ATCA New Play Award for \u003ci\u003eI and You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Will\u003c\/i\u003e, the winner of the Lanford Wilson Award and the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and John Gassner Award for Playwriting, and a recipient of the Mellon Foundation's Residency with Marin Theatre Company. She studied Southern Literature and Drama at Emory University, and Dramatic Writing at NYU's Tisch School where she was a Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. She co-authored the \u003ci\u003eMiss Bennet\u003c\/i\u003e plays with Margot Melcon, and her play \u003ci\u003eThe Half-Life of Marie Curie\u003c\/i\u003e is available on Audible.com. Her work is published at Playscripts (\u003ci\u003eI and You; Exit Pursued By A Bear; The Taming \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Toil And Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e), Dramatists Play Service (\u003ci\u003eThe Revolutionists; The Book of Will; Silent Sky; Bauer, Natural Shocks, The Wickhams \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Miss Bennet\u003c\/i\u003e) and Samuel French (\u003ci\u003eEmilie\u003c\/i\u003e). Her picture book \u003ci\u003eDr Wonderful: Blast Off to the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e is available from Two Lions\/Amazon. LaurenGunderson.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51175173751058,"sku":"9781350443709","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a0e86757-9a9c-4901-ada6-6ceac1e9dd1b.jpg?v=1744287307","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/anthropology-9781350443709","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}