Answers from Marc

1) To escape the bonds of human separation, go into space, and look back at home.
or
To bring the elite secrets of space travel, time travel, and immortality to the people.

2a) Maesie's life extension pod open house was an incredible idea. I loved the limited interaction where the challenge isn't as much what to say as how to communicate. I think that an audience would feel less pressure in that situation as there is a clear liminal delineation.

2b) Liz's Mobile over golden record. So simple and effective. Beautiful

2c) James' conversations about spirituality. I just really liked the rotating conversation model. It felt kinda like speed dating with philosophers.

2d) Alex's mirror experience. It was very effective for me. I particularly liked the mixing of prepared text and personalized elements. I think it's interesting to try the same thing except the voice could be over a speaker or headphones so that it seems recorded until it gets personal.

2e) Julie's personal time capsules.

3) You will prepare a time capsule of your life on Earth. You will find in the solitude of space a new view of yourself. You will find your humanity reflected by the light of the cosmos. You will have your first Vodka Tang.

Answers from David

Though I no business doing so, as I've only seen the process from
afar, here are my attempts at answers to your 3 questions:

> 1) In 15 words or less, what is the goal/purpose of Project~X~?

Ha ha. To use hard science and its legacy to create a *spiritually*
transforming experience for the audience.


> 2) What two research presentations/eXtudes have spoken to you most
up to this point? Why? (you are welcome to choose your own)

Oh my. Exploring the escape from gravity (or some other earthly
normalness) seems like a license-able prospect (because it is
theatre, after all, you can get away with some seemingly impossible
things)

> 3) If you had to explain right now to a theatregoer what the
experience of Project~X~ will be like, what would you say? (be as abstract or
concrete as you like/can)

Quasi-empirical truth about the cold nature of the universe
resonates through the charlatan devices of theatre. ha ha!

flame on dudes!!!!!

David C

Answers from Alex

1. to give the audience true human experiences and the amazing ways in which people communicate with each other pertaining to both what it is to be living and what it means to die.

2. i liked maise's writing on the shower curtain etude. just a great way to experience and communicate with an audience, and a weird dip into past technology.

i also liked jonathans telling audience stories and having them tell them back and then recycling them back again. again just great beautiful ways to interact with an audience and another human being.

3. the lengths to which we go to be remembered and hold onto the people that we love both living and past. a journey into holding onto something dear and sharing it with people. things remembered and things held dear know no bounds of time.

Answers from Jerry

1) The goal of Project X is a personal journey exploring how humans attempt to define our human experience and advance it into the future.

2) Liz's space mobile struck me as a simple, playful and somewhat awe-inspiring moment of connection to something outside ourselves that captured the wonder of the cosmos. Maesie's life bubble stuck with me as a sad yet beautiful paradox of what we strive for in the advancement of our species vs. the desire to preserve the natural joy in our humanity.

3) The Project X experience will feel as if it could not have taken place without the audience's presence. The piece is about them, their interaction, memories, interpretation, and individual encounter with the world around them. They complete the puzzle that tells a story of who they are and where they want to go.