The Weavers

When:
Saturday, Oct 03, 2026 2:30p -
3:30p

Where:
MIT Theater Arts
345 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Admission:
FREE

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A new extended reality (XR) performance tracing the plight of textile workers pressed to the brink by the unstoppable march of automation.

The Weavers


After the play by Gerhart Hauptmann

Directed by Jay Scheib


Premiering as part of MIT Future Fest


Performances


All performances will take place in Building W97 at MIT

(345 Vassar Street in Cambridge, MA).


The Weavers is a new extended reality (XR) action-film-inspired performance based on Nobel Prize winner Gerhart Hauptmann's play from 1912. It centers a community of textile workers and their bosses whose understanding of labor, sense of faith, and humanity is pressed to the brink by the unstoppable march of mechanization, automation, and the free-fall collapse of empathy. #willAItakemyjob


Generously supported by the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST)

Please note that MIT Future Fest performances require the purchase of a Festival Pass.

Performances are free for those who present MIT ID at door.


Performers

Brad Burgess

Parker Jennings

Cristhian Mancinas-García

Sally Rose Zuckert

Jorge Rubio

Mitra Sharif

Hui Ying Wen

Hugo Zasloff Nelson


Creative Team

Joseph Lark-Riley, stage design

Peter Torpey with Anna Borou Yu, video and interactive design

Yanyi Liu, camera

Jonathan Fajors, clothes

Christian Frederickson, sound design

Xinyu Xu, lighting design

Maggie Moore, Director of Production

Zisan Ugurlu, dramaturgy

Molly Bercutt, stage manager

Jay Scheib, director

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