Jordan Harrison’s ‘The Antiquities’ Offers a Chilling Perspective on Where Technology May Be Taking Us 

The full title is ‘A Tour of the Permanent Collection in the Museum of Late Human Antiquities,’ and that’s exactly what is delivered, in a series of vignettes that stretch between the early 19th century and an unspecified time well in the future.

Emilio Madrid
Kristen Sieh and Amelia Workman in 'The Antiquities.' Emilio Madrid

One of the most original, provocative, and haunting new plays I’ve seen in more than 20 years as a critic was Jordan Harrison’s “Marjorie Prime,” a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist that was later adapted into a film. Set in the mid-21st century, it follows an elderly woman who enjoys the constant company of her late husband, in the form of a sophisticated hologram that has brought him back as a 30-year-old man.

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