K-POP MAENADS
a play by Sam Ahn
ALab Theater Festival at IRT Theater, June 30 and July 2, 2026
directed by Gregory Almanza
with Maxwell Brown, Eason Rytter, Isaac Mukamal, Jack Softcheck, Avery Elledge, Kana Seiki, Olivia O'Connor, Sally Zheng
Euripides' The Bacchae, retold. PJ, a lonely young man rotting in his family's New Jersey basement, uses AI to build a pornographic video game starring his favorite K-pop girl group: women he can pause, replay, and program to love him.
