Comic Potential at The Alden

Comic Potential transports you to the near future, where soap opera actors have been replaced by "actoids" and the art of comedy has been lost. In this romantic and comic foray into science-fiction, two things separate humans and androids: a sense of humor and the ability to love -- until an apparent glitch in one of the actoids causes it to show signs of creativity. Now, the android and an idealistic young writer will redefine what it means to be human, as they begin to explore the worlds of physical comedy and ... real love? Written by Tony Award-winning British playwright Alan Ayckbourn (Private Fears in Public Places), Comic Potential was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Drama Desk Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. Challenge your perceptions of humanity and love with this McLean Community Players' production of Comic Potential.