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Dramatic Theatre · IGN · Ages 13+ · United States of America

Family Friendly
american
social
drama
experimental
interactive
survival
world premiere

About the Project

Nine strangers from vastly different racial, political, and socioeconomic backgrounds volunteer for what they believe is a compensated social survey.

They sign the waiver. They take a number. They wait. Then they are told the truth.

Out of the nine, one must be eliminated.

Locked in a room with a ticking clock and no outside authority to blame, the participants must collectively decide who deserves to live. What begins as rational discussion slowly fractures into something far more revealing: racism disguised as logic, prejudice masked as practicality, class hierarchy defended as necessity.

ISIM is a psychological chamber play that strips humanity down to its rawest instinct — survival — and asks an uncomfortable question:

When forced to choose, what do we really value?

 

This is not a play about villains. It is about bias. And the terrifying realization that no one in the room is innocent.

Production Team

* Fringe Veteran

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